Douglas Scotney Poems

6 below is normally cold,
so they call it 6 under
where it's hot.
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Today, 'multi-murderer'
became my word
for one word that kills more than one meaning.
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To put in poetry
a report on greed in New Zealand,
this poet turns 'too many bees for the pollen'
into 'too many bees for the blossoms'...
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The azuki
is a type of kidney bean
common in China and Japan.
I've heard of Su-zuki,
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Well may we admire an admiral,
but the word is not from 'admire' at all;
not from Latin ad meaning at and mirari, to wonder,
but from Arabic amir-al-bahr, lord of the sea.
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Fed up with 'Disability Parking',
I'm championing 'D-P'.
With my D-P Permit
I park an extra hour and a half
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After a comma of tobacco
fell from my op-shop 'Inferno',
I sleuthed that the French say tabac -
probably with a silent c.
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'Dark'
neutralized by broad use.

In one case,
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You grew into a lie.
Dressed it up, added tie,
Hurt those who didn't do the same.
Yes, you did what you were told,
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