Douglas Scotney Poems

A prayer for inspiration
to the muse or Lord
was good luck at the start of a poem.
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Before Paul saw
that 'beth ware'
meant 'watch your step',
'take care',
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English says 'Versailles' correctly,
so should say 'Cornouailles' with ease.

'-aille' is said the same as '-ailles',
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English would need a dozen or more
aids to pronunciation,
so it does without any;
and forgives or pokes fun at
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Time's too short for getting the full potential
of The Caunterbury Tales,
so you read the translation.
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I guess no real names were used
in the movie of the early life
of the great artist
to comment on rife inaccurate biography,
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She grew as round as tall,
'tis said;
she let no-one measure her waist.
They called her 'Tunnel Ball'.
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'Street' looks and sounds like 'Straight'.

'Once it was, ' let's say,
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'To sing' a song
has become so strong
that 'to say' one
sounds wrong -
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