Monday, December 16, 2019

Junior Words, 44



A High School Teacher’s Final List

List #9: (g) turgid, (h) apothegm

I’ve read a lot of turgid prose—
So much of it (a reader knows).

Tired apothegm to drear cliché—
That sticky stuff should go away!

So, writers, keep it fresh—oh, please!
I’m begging on my creaky knees.

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