Hiding here in this hell-kettle, I
wait while the whale wanders off, then
silently swim to the shoal.
Glad that I'm not gobbled,
my Mom makes merry.
Dad draws breath and
calmly claims:
That was
close!
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Author Notes
Today's word: hell-kettle (n.) a deep gulf, or abyss.
Photo credit: SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC. CC2 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode
My much-treasured Christmas present for 2017 is a book by Paul Anthony Jones: "The cabinet of linguistic curiosities". Each page contains a descriptive story about some obscure or archaic word. It occurred to me it would be a fun exercise to try and write, each day, a poem featuring the "word of the day" from the book.
Thanks for reading.
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