Sensible Selection Poem by Douglas Scotney
Sensible Selection
English showed sense
in drawing on Latin 'satis':
otherwise 'satisfied'
could have been 'enoughed';
and knowing better,
instead of drawing on French 'fichu',
it called 'had it' and 'finished'
'stuffed'.
Sunday, December 2, 2018
Topic(s) of this poem: language,rhyme
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
had English drawn on Indonesian, 'satisfied' could have been 'cukuped'.
pronounced chew-kooped, (-oo- as in 'booked')
pronounced chew-kooped, (-oo- as in 'booked')
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