CLERK tallies cargo, regrets it as prosaic.
WATER off the wharf glints and beckons, to a place
RARER than here, nobler by its mystery, place where a
DUCHY, not dinner, might be won by enterprise.
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Quordle Word Stats!
I recently completed uploading all my Quordle poems since I started (April 23, 2022). Since I covered every day, this also gave me the opportunity to generate a “words” post for every day since then through yesterday’s words (Jan 23, 2022), which is 9 month’s worth of words. See this category for the words posts.… Continue reading Quordle Word Stats!
2022-11-24 words
CLERK, WATER, RARER, DUCHY
Over-hyphenated
A
CANON, trendy, trying to ra-
P-RUDE-ly, was soundly censored by the
AMPLE, abundant, bounteous mind of the wisest member of the
DUCHY.
Hush Hush
CANON of principles from a
PRUDE forbid mentioning the
AMPLE features seen by the entire
DUCHY (the duke has no clothes).
Deeper Currents
AMPLE vices extant in the duchy to keep busy
PRUDEs in motion, compiling lists and anecdotes,
CANONs of behavior formed in voicing glaring faults.
DUCHY’s deeper currents, and hearts of prudes, stay less illumined.
2022-07-10 words
AMPLE, PRUDE, CANON, DUCHY
124
PARKA pulled close as you
COWER against the knifing cold;
TURBO engines roar at liftoff from the
DUCHY in the north.
An Odd Fish
COWER in kitchen till last moment, forced to serve calamity:
TURBO, misspelled fish adrift on chef’s menu. Shaking proffer to
DUCHY’s puffed up Duke, grown splenetic, long time since famous
PARKA worn in expedition, when he worked for the attention sought.
2022-05-28 words
COWER, TURBO, DUCHY, PARKA