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not a limerick
A Potpourri of Poetic Curiosities
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Career advice
by CD Richards
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Now, I don't care to hassle or harangue,
but I've no wish at all to see you hang.
Avoid latrocination;
it's not a good vocation.
Don't take the path embraced by Kelly's gang.
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Author Notes
Today's word: latrocination (n.) robbery; theft.
Ned Kelly is Australia's most famous bushranger (highwayman). He was hanged in 1880.
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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