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Edited by
rapsscallion
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Sat 11/15/14 02:05 PM
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Collective Nouns?
A gray cloudy afternoon in northern England. Cars scattered, four by fours littered. The daily pickup time from school. The self induced mayhem of, mums, dads; grandma'��s grandads; uncle Tom Cobley and all. It reminded me of the first line of one of my poems. "��A murder of raucous crows chaos'��d a stand of leafless trees."�� How apt I thought. We certainly cause the chaos but what about the collective noun? A horde of noisy children? Might be true but… A mob of, no that won't do. A murmuration now that sounds better. Unfortunately that'��s starlings. Now let me think about my grandson as he dashes out of school. The smile as the light of recognition beams from his eyes, the look of unqualified love I have it, how about, "��A Wonder of Children."�� R |
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