If Poets Named the World
If poets named the world, there’d be
a more precise variety
of names for things that suited them.
For instance, take the common “hem.”
We find it on our skirts and pants
if it is not torn out by chance.
But “upturn”seems to suit it better
In fact, it names it to the letter.
“Houseclump” better names a village.
The waterfall could be a spillage.
Each fresh-plowed field would be a tillage.
The drug store? It would be a “pillage.”
The prompt today was “pillage.”
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
I really enjoyed reading your poem. Good work! 🙂 -Rose24
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Must admit,this is a beautiful piece
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So clever.
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lovely take on the prompt, Judy. Keep doing what you do do well girl, coz nobody does it better 🙂 Anton
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I think there is a “spillage” that means part of the flow of water over a dam. We have them here — spillages — and spillways (they are like little dams inside bigger dams). And in olde English, I’m sure tillage have a meaning.
Not so sure about Houseclump — that sounds like a solidified dust bunny to me!
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A poet has a much nicer definition!
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That pun tho!
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I know.. I apologize.
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