My bounty is as boundless as the sea,
my love as deep; the more I give to thee.
Can one find fault with my archiloquy?
Indeed thou must, it plagiarism be!
So, I will beg forgiveness of the Bard,
and pray the reader, judge me not too hard;
I merely sought a simple point to make,
put down those sticks and stones, for goodness' sake!
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Author Notes
Today's word: archiloquy (n.) the opening of a speech.
The opening two lines of my speech (poem) are shamelessly stolen from Romeo and Juliet, however my legal team advises me I can claim something called "fair use".
My much-treasured Christmas present for 2017 is a book by Paul Anthony Jones: "The cabinet of linguistic curiosities". Each page contains a descriptive story about some obscure or archaic word. It occurred to me it would be a fun exercise to try and write, each day, a poem featuring the "word of the day" from the book.
Thanks for reading.
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