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A chapter in the book A Potpourri of Poetic Curiosities

Denial

by CD Richards

 
I'm not an alcoholic,
I'll swear this much is true.
It's this damned book, I promise—
I wouldn't lie to you.

Imbibing is the subject
at least each second day—
one final stirrup-cup

and I'll be on my way.




Today's word: stirrup-cup (n.) one last drink before departure; a parting glass.

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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