Lesson 2 Poem by Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

Lesson 2



'Abyssinia',
from the 'Habshat', a tribe;
apparently not
from the Greek for 'has no bottom';

'kohlrabi',
from Latin for 'cabbage' and 'turnip';

'lambaste',
from Old Norse for 'to beat' and 'to lame';

AIR MAIL replaced POST HASTE;

'gelada',
the maned Ethiopian baboon,
from Arabic for 'mane', 'qiladah';

Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: language
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Gk. abyssos;
there's an endless poem in this
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Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide
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