Eight-line Poems

Unusual Words

Unusual Words

Oh, to have the confidence
(which requires, of course, the cognizance),
in conversation rootless,
to use the word “hubris.”

It’s like the word “percipient,”
landing on the recipient
with force to make one humble
and all defences crumble.


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Rhymed couplets
For Express It In Eight, 09.06.22
Prompt: Hubris.