And now for our daily prompt (optional, as always). Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem based on a word featured in a tweet from Haggard Hawks, an account devoted to obscure and interesting English words.
From Haggard Hawks
To GLACITATE is to honk like a goose.
To CROCITATE is to caw like a raven.
To CUCUBATE is to hoot like an owl.
To PUPILLATE is to cry like a peacock.
To CUCURIATE is to call like a rooster.
To CHELIDONIZE is to chirp like a swallow.
To GLOCIDATE is to cluck like a hen.
appreciate
like glacitate and crocitate,
cucubate and pupillate
sprinkles of delight from
my twisted tongue i
cucurate this early am.
when you joke i cucubate
when you challenge decisions
i puff up, puff out and finally chelidonize -
(my un-ate attempt to let you know)
such emitted noises no longer exist.
i feel inadequate to appropriate
a system of poetry writing
you will appreciate.
-joanconnor 04/02/2022
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