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Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

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Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

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Rating: ★5.0

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'Look, we probably weren't saying emty
too long till (for euphony)
we added the excrescent p.
But now we're fast (or want to be)
let's go back to emty.'

'And while we're at it,
let's drop the a-b
from probably.'

Douglas Scotney

Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Topic(s) of this poem: emptiness,language,sound

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empty: from Old English aemetta, leisure or rest. No p.

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Bernard F. Asuncion 30 August 2018

Such a well crafted write, Douglas...10++++

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