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Hapax legomenon.

May 27, 2013
By GreyGirl ELITE, Pohang,Kyungbuk, Other
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One does not have much Nortelrye,
If forgotten words, they do not mourn with a sigh
And Slæpwerigne, pour over parchments old,
And find words once spoken, but still shining gold.
Like a Flother, no word is the same,
They are unique as a person’s name.
Intriguing artifacts of times long gone,
I search often for the Hapax legomenon.

© Annie M., Columbiana, OH

The author's comments:
A hapax legomenon is a word that occurs only once within a context, either in the written record of an entire language, in the works of an author, or in a single text.
Nortleyrye means education.
Slæpwerigne means sleep weary.
Flother means snowflake.
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on Jun. 14 2013 at 3:37 pm
Mckay ELITE, Somewhere, Virginia
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.&quot;<br /> &mdash;Apple&rsquo;s &ldquo;Think Different&rdquo; commercial, 1997<br /> &ldquo;Crazy people are considered mad by the rest of the society only because their intelligence isn&#039;t understood.&rdquo; <br /> ― Weihui Zhou

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To be honest with you, I have no idea what this poem it talking about. This is truly one of the first poems to literally stump me. But at the same time, I enjoyed reading it. It has a smooth flow to it. I'm going to keep trying to decipher it.