Daily Archives: April 26, 2015

National Poetry Month: The “LL” Challenge: Allspice

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Today’s word: ALLSPICE Definition: it is the dried fruit of the Pimenta dioica,a tree native to the Greater Antilles. It’s thought to taste like a combination of cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. And today the clerihew form as past of Michelle’s DMC using … Continue reading →

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National Poetry Month: The “LL” Challenge: Zorilla

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Today’s word: ZORILLA Definition: A striped polecat. Lives in mainly Africa. Zorilla comes from the Spanish word, zorro, which means fox. A poem in the zeno form seems appropriate for the letter Z.  Zeno is a creation of J. Patrick Lewis. … Continue reading →

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