Coraki Mispronounced Poem by Douglas Scotney
Coraki Mispronounced
Rating: ★4.0
The flooded town near Lismore
is difficult for a first-timer to pronounce.
An interviewed resident,
with nothing to smile about,
smiled at a mis-,
but didn't correct;
didn't say, 'Cora
sort of rhymes with Horror';
didn't say, 'Say ki like Kai.'
Thursday, March 3, 2022
Topic(s) of this poem: language,disaster,humour
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
4.3.22. The interviewer rhymed it with 'tobakky'. The name Coraki is derived from the Bundjalung word gurigay, meaning the meeting of the waters
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