Douglas Scotney Poems

We deny that our dreaming
is not a natural thing;
we believe that it is.
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and thought,
'dinosaurian needs
must have stretched
a fly's body and wings.
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I needed to see THIS violet
by THIS flowing stream.
I took a trireme to THIS islet -
I needed to see THIS violet
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My treasury* says
that grand buildings in Spain
converted to bed tourists
go by the name paradores.
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Your X had to be pretty individual
back when X was the prevalent sign.

Handwriting Xperts sprang up.
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I hear that poet of old
ask his lady dear
to put on weight.
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'From what is required of scissors
to mine small diamonds from cardboard,
our basic currency unit will be the snip;
100 carats will make up a snip',
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If I
want to turn
a passage
into a poem,
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By combining Greek words,
'winged monsters' are 'pteroterata'.

All pterosaurs,
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That patch you get
in the upper hoist quarter
of a nation's flag -
eg the blue and white one
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