The Extinct Word
The Extinct Word
If you a poet or writer
And you have lived a long life
You know the special word
That kids no longer know
Like the dodo the word has become extinct
Our teachers knew about it
And taught us how to use it
Even if we didn’t know how to spell the word
We knew Oxford, Webster, and even Scrabble
Names we learned over so many, many years
They were friends who helped us so often
We all owe our lives to them
It is too bad that kids have to just push a few buttons
Look at a screen to find out a spelling
Or what a word means
The printed dictionary may be extinct
But we will always keep it in our hearts
And we will praise Mirriam-Webster as long as we live
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