Douglas Scotney Poems

Who fathoms
that a sign with that warning
can't be for the wood pile it's on
if it can't be seen till you're at it,
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'Goes'
rhymes with so many more words than it would
rhyme with if it
rhymed with 'fuzz'
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Re my tropical ulcer
on the right side of the hair
near the base of my left little finger,
(happily now under control) :
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When we know the meaning
of only one word in a language,

Fufluns, the King of Wine,
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The big 'stick' you're on
while waiting for waves
in Northern New South Wales,
gives you a chance against a shark;
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Such ideas
as insuring a bad shooter
against a wild boar
by permitting rapid-firing guns
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Of:

'A vase of throwback poppies,
one pale pink when it should be red,
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on page 1220,
'pampelmoose' and '-mouse'
'etymology unknown'.
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Without it
I wouldn't have the following few
(and no doubt more) :
whether I've seen the view before;
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Sema Siope and Sitos,
it says on 74
are Greek for Sign Silence and Food.
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