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make a small poem around "haggard"? (ugh, but why not?)
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make a small poem around "haggard"? (ugh, but why not?) |
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netsky Member
since 2005-03-29
Posts 148Miami 
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from: http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/mwwod.pl ===== The Word of the Day for April 12 is: haggard • \HAG-urd\ Audio icon • adjective 1 of a hawk : not tamed 2 a : wild in appearance *b : having a worn or emaciated appearance : gaunt Example sentence: When Stacey saw Ed's haggard face and disheveled appearance, she knew something must be terribly wrong. Did you know? "Haggard" comes from falconry, the sport of hunting with a trained bird of prey. The birds used in falconry were not bred in captivity until very recently. Traditionally, falconers trained wild birds that were either taken from the nest when quite young or trapped as adults. A bird trapped as an adult is termed a "haggard," from the Middle French "hagard." Such a bird is notoriously wild and difficult to train, and it wasn't long before the falconry sense of "haggard" was being applied in an extended way to a "wild" and intractable person. Next, the word came to express the way the human face looks when a person is exhausted, anxious, or terrified. Today, the most common meaning of "haggard" is "gaunt" or "worn." *Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence. ===== |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
merle looked really haggard when he swaggered onto the stage after fighting with fans that were enraged by the price of the concert tickets LOL, now, sir netsky, where is your poem? and now, this haggard bird shall fly away to her nightly perch, leaving you in the lurch  |
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netsky Member
since 2005-03-29
Posts 148Miami |
oooh, that was really cool- merle haggard. I -don't have one- (yet) I don't know that I can make one (yet) my dog ate my homework (not) I like midnitesun! (yes) -when and if I can make a haggard poem I'll put it up. Won't be much... or it'll be all quirky. who's gonna go next, now? |
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netsky Member
since 2005-03-29
Posts 148Miami |
I made one since posting the rough draft here... and like it enough (worked on it hard enough) to place it over at critical for blunt review. (it is only because cross-posting is not good form that I erased the rough draft from this side) thanks.. make more poems from words that fly! yeah! |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
 glad you enjoyed now, to cruise to the other side er, forum haggard...say it outloud ten times really fast it ends up daggered [This message has been edited by Midnitesun (04-13-2005 08:58 PM).] |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
He hurriedly sauntered and stood pacing before the placcard, a small wooden sign which weighed heavily on his haggard demeanor... Breaking out a pump 12 gauge, he splintered the door and swaggered away......the sign swinging freely, exposing three words that daggered his aching crotch.... "out of order"... |
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netsky Member
since 2005-03-29
Posts 148Miami |
ah coool! I'll make "versaword" junkies of you all if I can! (happy grinner here) thank you, Magnus! |
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