General Poetry posted January 15, 2018 Chapters:  ...13 14 -15- 16... 


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With apologies to Hans Christian Andersen

A chapter in the book A Potpourri of Poetic Curiosities

The king and the boy

by CD Richards

"Has anyone seen, worn by King or by Queen,
fine raiment that's more alamodic?"
Immensely impressed, the King loved his vest,
his demeanor was fully euphoric.

A young upstart lad turned a good day to bad,
"Your Highness, why've you got no clothes on?"
A feeling of dread, the King's face turned red,
'twas just like the words were in neon.

Before you all bail from this little tale
there's one thing that's really worth noting:
you'd best not be lax, make sure of your facts
before you start preening and gloating.

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Today's word:

alamodic (adj.) extremely fashionable, voguish.

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.

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