Douglas Scotney Poems

The need for a rhyme
for 'If you don't beat it out,
the sand that gets in
makes a carpet stiffen',
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Less of a dastard if dastard at all
stands the nightly predator
who predates on nocturnal prey
going about their business
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Who uses words in ways that work
that won't work for me;

who preys on diurnal prey asleep -
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a wordsman conjected,
who knew that a widdle was a wee
and a piddle a pee,
that a pid once was a poo
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The redolence in 'vinasse',
for English speakers,
tells them
of deep French contempt for poor wine.
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On one holiday day
by southern Australian waters,

at Cape Carnot,
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If Donald Trump

said 'w' for 'r',
you could say,
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For the stuff-up by security forces -
for their laziness -
for the thought they let the bombings happen -
for the way they'll be shaken up -
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'Bouton' - 'bud' - is masculine 'le'.

So too is 'cabbage' - big bud 'chou'.
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Full many a year
flitted I through my wordbook
without alighting on 'fleer' -
to wry your face in contempt.
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