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Tuesday, November 19, 2024

:Poetry: ENGLISH IS A STUBBORN LANGUAGE"

 


Apology used to be a formal defence against an accusation,

now you use apology to portray regret.

"Awe" + "full" equals "awful",

but it did begin as a word depicting wonder.

Shakespeare's play displayed fool as a fully licensed court jester,

does anyone wants to be called a fool today?

Naughty persons entailed pitifully poor souls,

a naughty soul needs to be dealt with now.


Ye this stubborn language!

How long would you deny Johnson (1995) of grammaticality?

You told us swimming means movement in water,

how come some women swim in money?

Ye this stubborn language!

Your dynamism is a pleasurable sickness,

treated with tablets of nomadic conventions

that request never-ending reconfirmations.


© RASHIDAT OLAMIDAYO AJAKAYE

STRIDA... guiding you to striking confidence in academic and creative writing!

2024

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