'Avin Fun With Language Poem by Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

'Avin Fun With Language



The title, I say,
ha bin alway the go;
the title a bin e'er the way.

Alliteration:
French for pig*, bottleneck, gully:
goulu, goulot, goulet.

Euphemism a bin e'er a vessel:
Beaumont and Fletcher's Gogglebox farce
'The Knight of the Burning Pestle'.

'Avin Fun With Language
Friday, June 12, 2020
Topic(s) of this poem: alliteration,fun,language
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
13.6.20
* Not the animal; the glutton, for whom the neck is never wide enough.
Picture: Les Grands Goulets, France
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Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide
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