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Preamble of questions Is there such a thing as “poetic language?” For example, which of the following words are poetic: Splat, emptiness, selvage, corporatization, loom, sequester, actually, rooster, surmise, demonstrate, fart, interpretation, destiny, tooth, ineluctable, meme, vector, duplicity, comma, consequence, drive, chant, teeter, tumult, fragrant, flounder, forget, suspend? Pick four words of five words from this list you think are most “poetic” and write a four line free verse or rhymed poem, using them. Example one: The shadows of trees are a (loom) On which you (sequester) your fear, Containing it through the (ineluctable) (chant) of days, through the weave, and thread of (tumult). Example two: (Drive) South on routes 1 and 9, Forsake (corporatization), and the rotting (tooth) of conscience.. Oh love, (suspend) your adorations until further notice! Example three: The lions (fart) in the sun. (Fragrant) with longing, I think of them: Those noble cats, ( teeter) on [...]