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The Linguistics of Snow

AP file photo for illustrative purposes.

Although it’s reported the Eskimo
has two hundred words he can use to say snow
she has just one, with no ifs, ands or buts:
when she sees if falling she simply says “nuts.”

1st poem in “The Bard of Sherman Avenue: Poems by Tom Wobker”

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog