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Saturday, April 26, 2014

What is a Backlist?

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Backlist

Here's the basic simple gist
About what's known as a backlist
I'll try to say more here than simply hint

That it's a sort of register
Maintained by a publisher
Of published works that are all still in print.

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Saturday, April 12, 2014

What is the Meaning of Abate?

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Abate


When things seem much to fast for you
Or there's just too much to do
And you find you need a little break,

To lessen in intensity
Its clear your best defence will be
To slow down or in other words abate!


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Thursday, April 10, 2014

What is the Meaning of Eau de vie?

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Eau de vie

I had a glass of eau-de-vie
Which is a type of French brandy
Upon a date one night with my fine wife,

Made from pears or raspberries
And their fermented properties
Which in English it means "water of life"

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Tuesday, April 8, 2014

What is a Dabbler?

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Dabbler

I hate to say it but it's true
Sometimes I am a person who
Is a dabbler in the things I am pursuing
I engage in activities
But only superficially
While acting like I know what I am doing!

At least it's better than the kind
Of other dabbler in my mind
The one that dabbles about for its food
By that I mean the dabbling duck
Who feeds while dabbling in the muck
A practice that I'd just as soon elude!

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Monday, April 7, 2014

What is the Meaning of Cabotage?

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Cabotage

When a country has the right
Of transport over land or flight
Or sea within a certain territory

They have the cabotage you see
To move about therein freely
Because it is their rightful territory!

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Saturday, April 5, 2014

What is the Meaning of Badinage?

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Badinage

I am the type to badinage
And that not so to sabotage
Your character or personality,

I'm simply making fun of you
Bantering like close friends do
Insulting you but only playfully!

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Thursday, April 3, 2014

What is a Dactylogram?

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Dactylogram

One boring day not long ago
Whilst munching on some cookie dough
I heard a rattling tap upon my door
And when I opened it to see
Who it was visiting me
In shock I dropped my snack onto the floor!

For there standing in my doorway
Was not someone who'd come to play
But a rather grumpy looking cop
"Can I help you officer?"
I asked of the stern looking sir
Whilst brushing sticky crumbs from off my top.

He said to me, "Indeed you can
I've come for your dactylogram"
To which I slumped my shoulders deep and sighed
Darn, I thought, they've found me out
They know now what my game's about
I gulped and grimly let the cop inside.

"It's sleeping out the back" I said
"That's where I keep it chained and fed"
And showed him where I kept my pterodactyl
"I know he's an illegal pet
And that his kind is under threat
But he gives me more joy than a cat will!"

The cop just blinked and shook his head
"I think you've mistook what I said
All I want is your dactylogram!"
And pulling out a small ink pad
With some paper that he had
He said, "Your fingerprints please my good man!"

And after as he turned to go
While picking up my cookie dough
And thinking I had got away with it
The cop turned round and said to me
"Set the pterodactyl free"
And left me with a rather hefty ticket!

Man feeding pet food to an angry pterodactyl

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