Often when I'm reading, I come across a word that I would
love to use in a poem and make a note of it for future reference. I recently
wrote down ‘maladroit’, a word I have seen before, but this was the first time
it made an impression on me - it may have been the context or my mood on the
day I wrote it down.
The Cambridge English Dictionary defines ‘maladroit’ as an
adjective meaning awkward in movement or unskilled in behaviour or action (clumsy)
with the following example sentence:
‘She can be a little maladroit in social situations.’
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Like many of the more interesting words in the English
language, ‘maladroit’ comes from Old and Middle French: ‘mal’ meaning bad and ‘a
droit’ meaning right, direct, straight or properly.
I found a great poem on Poem Hunter by Rebecca Kingswell,
entitled ‘Maladroit Mechanisms’, which you can read here: https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/maladroit-mechanisms/
This weekend, I would like you to write a new poem with the
title ’Maladroit’ which conveys clumsiness, awkwardness and anything associated
with that condition or feeling.
Here's a song from the Maladroit album by Weezer:
Join in by clicking on Mister Linky and filling in your name
and url – not forgetting to tick the small ‘data’ box. And please remember to
read and comment on other toads’ poems.