Polite Society Poem by Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

Polite Society

Rating: 5.0


As ‘ærs',
pronounced ‘ears',
is OE for ‘arse',
and ‘ēars' OE for ‘ears',

and ‘wheat' is related to ‘white',

polite society
can call white-arsed birds
‘wheatears'.

Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: manners
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
OE = Old English
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Michael Walker 30 July 2016

Very subtle and so witty.

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Michael Walkerjohn 05 November 2014

Aloha Douglas... g-dae mate! smashing pumpkins this! ‘wheatears'... or in americant engrish... rebublicans! I understand this... nothing like a few loafs of plain white bread, mayo and tomatoes... to set consensus against the pasty fleshed pud-pullers that are the scourge of any societal theater... your wit got me reeling wit da feelin... that works of words such as these ought to be memorialized in gold! Thanks for this feeling this early evening in SoCal... All of the best from this life, to you, and all of your relations... Michaelw1two.

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Kumarmani Mahakul 05 November 2014

Yes polite society calls white birds, nice thoughts revealed in this poem. Nice job.

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Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide
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