*Note: Theresa May might seem odd company for Jacinda Ardern and Angela Merkel, and indeed she is. However, I wanted to show that it is desirable to see women from all sides of the political spectrum serving, not just one. Also, I needed a single-syllable name! This poem is not meant to be a ringing endorsement of anyone in particular (though Jacinda is pretty cool).

Zenobia: (n.) a powerful, determined woman.

Image: Queen Zenobia's Last Look Upon Palmyra - Herbert Gustave Schmalz (public domain).

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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