It's been a long journey, exactly a year.
Those present at outset are mostly still here,
while others have kindly joined in on the way
on this, my year's quest for a new word a day.
But sadly, all things one day come to an end,
just as has the book on which these words depend.
To those who have shared their insightful reviews—
a huge vote of thanks from myself and my muse.
Your wisdom and humour have made the job fun,
I hope that your new year will be a great one.
I'll still be here writing, I trust you will too;
today's little poem's my handsel to you.
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Author Notes
Today's word: handsel (n.) A New Year's gift.
Happy New Year to all!
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.
(P.S. It was.)
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