Bharal Poem by Douglas Scotney

To get away with 'Words beginning bh in the Chambers Dictionary'
as your Mastermind Quiz specialty,
as there are only 10 or so,
you may have to come up with
why the Persian word for 'paradise', 'bihisht'
is the origin of the word for an Indian water carrier, a bheestie.

As punishment for your audacity
expect questions about the Bhagavad Gita -
even the vast Maha-bharata.

You'll have to know the common name
of the blue sheep of the Himalayas, the pseudois nayaur -
and its alternative spellings burrel, burrell, burrhel and burhel.

The edible Bengal quince, the bhel,
is spelled bel and bael as well.