Into that Good Night
Poem that cannibalises a famous line from Dylan Thomas to play with the word “raillery”.
word-play
Siggy Sought a Syzygy
Comic nonsense poem to illustrate the poetic term syzygy (a form of alliteration).
Words of Confusion
Words of (possible) confusion between English and Swedish – an article inspired by Artwiculate, the Twitter-based word game.
The Case of Viscount Visage
The Case of Viscount Visage: Sheerluck Helmse and his faithful sidekick Carruthers set out on a surreal journey to track down a murderer.
Six degrees of propinquity: The genesis
Six degrees of propinquity: a variation on the Artwiculate wordgame that I came up with, shared and saw played by others. This is how it came about,
Wultan warrior – some fragments of Anglo-Saxon verse
As Wultan watched/The wizen wizard wove his words,/Warp and weft, wending, winding./His wizen wisdom’s yet worth wealth,/Thought Wultan.
Lily the Pink – the saviour of the human race
On the 8th December 2009, the Artwiculate Word of the Day was embrocation. It seemed as good a reason as any to edit and compress to Twitter length the lyrics to “Lilly the Pink”.
The Inglenook Incident – a Case for Sheerluck Helmse
On the 21st November, the Word of the Day was Inglenook. It seemed to call out for Sherlock Holmes. Since he wasn’t available, I invented a new Consulting Detective, Sheerluck Helmse, and his biographer Winston Caruthers.
St Callous of Acrimony – an Artwicutale
Acrimony was the word of the day on Artwiculate 31st October 2009. The word inspired this flight of fancy. The first of my “ArtwicuTales”.