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04-11-2017, 02:31 PM
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incunabula
fichu
I really like saying them, but have never used them in a poem.
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Nice one, Duncan. The first, suitably poetic, reply.
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Two favorite French words:
nénuphar
libellule
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04-11-2017, 06:28 PM
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Apostasy
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Paraskavedekatriaphobia (but only on special occasions  )
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I like Chimborazo, Cotopaxi and Popocatepetl.
Or I did, when I was but thirteen or so...
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04-12-2017, 01:48 AM
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Chimborazo is the first word in a recent poem of mine: "Mountains I Have Never Climbed." First climbed by Edward Whymper and Louis and Jean-Antoine Carrel, at about 20,000 feet.
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