Using the Elizabethan sonnet form to discuss nuclear war might seem strange. Then again, what is normal about global destruction?

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Today's word:

raven-messenger (n.) Someone (or something) that turns up too late to be of use.

The term raven-messenger comes from the story of Noah's Ark in Genesis 8:6-12. According to the story, when the rain stopped, Noah first sent out a raven which didn't return, before sending a dove which returned with an olive branch, indicating it was safe to disembark.

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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