Fa – the Green Dragon

A Place for the Odd Musings of an Expat Bristolian

Category Archives: Life in the USA


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Obscure words explained 35. – gallimaufry

GALLIMAUFRY

A jumbled medley

It’s the way I cook breakfast

It always tastes good


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The Summer’s gone

Geese are overhead

Flying in “V” formation

South for the winter


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Obscure words explained 31. – pandemonium

PANDEMONIUM

Wild and noisy time

When grand children rule the home

bed-time tale brings peace


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Obscure words explained 30. – recherché

RECHERCHÉ

Sought out with much care

like panning for specks of gold

or bargains at sales

 

 


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Obscure words explained27. – guddle

GUDDLE

Fishing lying down

searching under the stream’s rocks

catching fish with hands


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Obscure words explained 15. – coalesce

COALESCE

one by one they came

then small groups began to form

becoming a crowd

 


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Obscure words explained 4. – Gossamer

Fine filmy cobweb

During Autumn calm weather

Floating in the air


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Obscure words explained 12.- Ferrule

Metal ring or cap

Stops my cane from too much wear

I’ll walk a long time


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Obscure words explained 6. – bamboozle

BAMBOOZLE

Defraud, trick or cheat

bamboozlers always do this

Trump is a  master


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World on the move

Italy passed by

or was it just a cloudmass

shaped like heeled boot.