Exceptional A limerick A Potpourri of Poetic Curiosities : The kiss by CD Richards

Now Mary's a pogonophobiac, who thought she was having a heart attack when a young man named Chris tried to give her a kiss— "To me, your face feels like a prickleback!"   Recognized Author Notes Today's word: pogonophobia (n.) a hatred or dislike of beards. I've chosen to use a noun representing a person who suffers from pogonophobia. A prickleback is a spiny fish. I don't get to choose the words. 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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