Away with Words!: Wise and Witty Poems for Language Lovers

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Away with Words!: Wise and Witty Poems for Language LoversA deliciously clever and entertaining collection of poems that celebrate word play by former Children's Poet Laureate and New York Times bestselling author Mary Ann Hoberman Words are remarkable Here is a book Where you'll not only listen You also will look Where you'll not only look But you also will think About words and their meanings And how in the blink Of an eye or a letter Their meanings can change Words are remarkable Language is strange! In

and now the old rules of justice no longer apply

And the unique laws and sacred religious rites of the Zuñi people are throwing impassable roadblocks in Leaphorn’s already twisted path

For it is couched in such terms as to offer him the instrument of destruction of his bitterest rival

but they’re up against corrupt officials

Rescuing Nick should have made all of Zara's problems disappear

punitive parents ensure that he is never allowed to forget the horrific mistake he made as a child

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And his number one self-imposed rule

Victor aspires to raise their sons Jud and Cale to be just like him: hungry predators in a dog-eat-dog world

and "The Virgin of the Seven Daggers

and always an eagerly anticipated pleasure

but he hardly dares to hope for her hand