Smoke In The Academy

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Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

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Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

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The English translation
of 'pen-name' to 'nom de plume'
makes the French Academy fume
(it says 'nom de guerre')
for 'plume'
associates writers with birds and feathers.

Imagine the association,
and the smoke,
were pseudonyms
'nom de wethers'.

Douglas Scotney

Monday, October 1, 2018

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poem poems english imagine Writers

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wether: castrated ram

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Kumarmani Mahakul 01 October 2018

Imagine the association the associated birds will be feathered. An amazing poem is very brilliantly penned. Thanks for sharing this poem with us...10

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