What is "Zagoosie"
It's a made-up word my children created
It was early summer, and I was lying on my back, staring up into the big blue sky on a lush green sports field here in New Zealand.
Gabriel, who is 13, was lying next to me. Rose, who is 8, was not far off staring at the clouds dancing in the blue.
“Let’s make a word”, I challenged them.
“Why?”
“For my new interactive poetry website,”
“What kind of word?” asked Rose, giggling some, her beautiful face cast in the golden evening sun.
“Something that sounds funny, honey,” I said with a grin.
“It should start with a Z and be something wild and free”, said my son, Gabriel, pretty seriously.
We played around some more. Trying this and trying that, until Rose said, “It should be Zagoosie.” She made it up; she pulled it right out of her hat.
So Zagoosie it was, and it always will be.
This is how it works. You give me the words.
And I set them free.
That’s the truth of it friends, that’s how we came up with the name. Here are the Zagoosie Poems created so far this year.
Dumb Chicken
Dumb Chicken
Wow. I am so proud of this week’s Zagoosie. I managed to use every single word given to me. Please subscribe and share the poem it would mean the world to medumb chicken proud red comb, bout to cross busy street close your eyes chicken, have you not heard the stories of blood and glory of cousins passed who fought the street and did not last… I sho…
Good People Still Give -
Good People Still Give
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I asked people what gives them hope in 2025. I’ve incorporated your answers into this Zagoosie. Please share the poem.
It Will Turn Your Cold Sausage Blue -
It will turn your cold sausage blue
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Scared. Sad. Hope and Despair. These were some of the answers nearly 200 people gave me when I asked them this question on social media…
