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A children's limerick
A Potpourri of Poetic Curiosities
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Pennies from heaven
by CD Richards
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There's a nasty old pirate named Hook,
and his best mate is Cardinal Crook.
Each day they set sail
to preach and boot-hale—
lay up treasures, by Hook or by Crook.
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Author Notes
Today's word: boot-hale (v.) to plunder or pillage.
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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