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Greetings fellow scribes. I hereby challenge you, one and all, to write a one word poem. The rule is simple. No hyphenated words,, that's cheating. German compound nouns are allowed though :D
The idea is that you choose a word which you find intrinsically poetical, musical or expressive. Real words only though please.
I'll kick you off:
Antiphrasis.
There, easy isn't it. Your turn now.
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Originally Posted by Hawkman
Logorrhoea.
Yeah, that's a good one! :D
Serendipity
(although I always read this as a 'dip' in 'serenity' which rather defeats the object) :-)
Then I guess it's a perfect one word poem, hill, because it tells a story, even if only to you :D
amanuensis
Good one autolycus!
Here's another one.
Manumission
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Originally Posted by Hawkman
Since I was about twelve (Caecilius est mercator. Agrippina Caeciliusque in atrio sunt.*) I've been looking for a valid opportunity to use the word manumission. Damn. I should have got in there first.
*Or something.
Are we allowed words in foreign languages? I've always thought the Old Norse word for 'poem' was in itself extremely poetical:
Kvæði
It should be pronounced something like: K-vai-thee. I love the way it rolls off the tongue, that first sharp sound rolling seamlessly into that wonderful long, silky vowel that modulates into the 'th' sound and then back to a vowel again.
Used to make me shiver every time I said it.
I will allow Old English, Middle English and Norse :D
How about;
Kinsfolk.
What I want to know is what Agrippina is doing in Caecilius' back room! Does Caesar know?Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkBastable
Dafydd, sounds like a good one to me.
how about:
Quinquagenarian
Sombrus
Synecdoche
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