Gulls Don't Just Pout Poem by Douglas Scotney
Gulls Don't Just Pout
Who backwhen said 'gull' for the bird,
stuck to it when Vainqueur brought 'mouette'.
Had who not ruled that out
(perhaps for the slur)
we might now say 'poutlet',
or 'pout';
say 'the rapacious pout'
after 'There by the hull'
in place of 'the greedy gull'.
Tuesday, July 18, 2017
Topic(s) of this poem: language,bird
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Vainqueur = William the Conqueror
la moue = the pout
la mouette = the gull
See 'Orgueil' for why the French say mouette and what they should say
la moue = the pout
la mouette = the gull
See 'Orgueil' for why the French say mouette and what they should say
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