Showing posts with label etymology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label etymology. Show all posts

Sunday, April 24, 2016

Where do words come from?


Enticing
The curious mind
Yearning for true sense, this
Mesmerizing
Opportunity to
Look into the past
Offers
Generous clarification AND
Yen-gratification.

With many thanks to Douglas Harper.



Friday, June 20, 2014

98



Growing from a pack
Ass to a wooden frame, a
Nifty support for a hogshead,
To lighting for trains.
Really! So, is a rose
Yclept any other name?

Whether the framework spans a donkey’s back or railroad tracks, it provides servicing support. In the case of rocketships it happens to be vertical. Hmmm…curiouser and curiouser…