Now, if your stamp is upside down,
there is no need to pout or frown;
a tete-beche is not a bad thing,
for it can increased riches bring.
Since stamps which are in some way flawed
are by philatelists adored,
a "thank you" is what you should say,
and just be glad it came your way.
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Author Notes
Today's word: tete-beche (n.) a stamp wrongly printed, being upside down in relation to others in a set.
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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