A Kind Of Vertigo Poem by Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

A Kind Of Vertigo



The English french like they english
and the French english like they french.

If the English englished like the French english,
and the French frenched like the English french,

then each used the other's words,

the English would french like the French,
and the French would english like the English:
the opposite of what I said at the start,
and you wouldn't be able to tell the buggers apart.

Friday, July 25, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: language
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
after hearing French poet Jacques Roubaud speaking in English
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Bri Edwards 30 July 2014

excuse me while i fall over from dizziness! ! ! ! ! cute, douglas. thanks for sharing. now, if only australian tourists and students and transplants (in the u.s.a.) could learn to speak english like we americans, i.e. properly! ! ! !

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Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide
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