I doubted I heard it,
a very small OOF:
there was no one but me
under this roof.
But here was the toiler,
the behatted proof,
a daunting grand entrance
for my personal behoof.
Once again a tip of the writer’s hat to “behoof,” a word sadly untrendy in our times.
April 24, 2020 at 11:16 am
Applause to the mighty seed popping through! Thank you for the opportunity to look up the word, behoof, because I was not familiar with it. Learning Friday – it’s a good thing. Take care, Maureen.
April 24, 2020 at 11:46 am
Indeed, applause to the mighty seed! What wonders in them! “Behoof” is another wonder, isn’t it? Some words ought not fall out of our vocabularies — they’re just too much fun.
April 24, 2020 at 8:02 pm
Behoof is new to me too. It sounds like something a horse might say when it is newly shod “I’ve been behoofed…’.
I’ll look it up!
April 24, 2020 at 8:21 pm
I’m sure many a horse has said just that. An inter-species word!
April 26, 2020 at 12:47 pm
Behoofed or not, congratulations on your new arrival.
April 26, 2020 at 12:51 pm
Thanks, Shirah! A seedling never fails to amaze me.