A Whisper Heard in Babel
A whisper heard in Bable is my attempt at a translation of a poem by former Archbishop KG Hamma composed during the Gothenburg Book Fair.
Poem
This sub-category of Articulations collects all my posts of poems.
It’s hard
Humorous nonsense poem playing with various senses of “sod” and other words and phrases in which “sod” is an element.
Bad timing (1938)
Bad timing (1938) Poem retelling a family story about my father and his father. Dad ran away from home to enlist in the army just in time for World War Two.
He Wishes for a Sinecure
Poem playing with the word sinecure meaning: A position that requires no work but still gives an ample payment.
Not Quite Procol
A re-write of the lyrics of “A Whiter Shade of Pale” using words from the Artwiculate word game.
The Morning After
Short lexicographical and etymological poem exploring various forms of a word sometimes used to describe how one feels after a night of drinking.
Robert d’Boy
Beware of Robert the Boy! Piece of comic nonsense verse composed around the word hobbledehoy.