Steganograms were always his forte
The solving of a puzzle his delight
Enigma held no terrors for his mind
German forces, bound to lose the fight
A codebreaker was he, one without peer
Numbers, pattern, words were child's play
One morn they found him dead inside his room
Great was the loss to humankind that day
Regrettably, those were benighted times
And prejudice was globally in vogue
Many years too late we realised
Some heroes have unjustly been called rogue
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Author Notes
Today's word: steganogram (n.) a coded text or message.
The subject today is puzzles and hidden messages, so I think it's only appropriate I leave it to readers to find the message and decipher it (optional, of course). Some research may be necessary, if you don't know the story.
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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