Since I use the word compose (and its variants) frequently when discussing the Palindromedary, I thought I should try to use it in a palindrome. I chose the esop-moc split because the first thing I noticed was that esop is part of the fabled name Aesop. Putting all that together, I got this:
compose a Aesop moc
For a while I tried words beginning with moc. The Palindromedary only lists seven and I began with mocha. I was thinking of Aesop composing all night and needing mocha to keep going. Never mind the anachronism. That didn't work out as I expected.
The last three words I examined were mock, mocker and mocks. K is often difficult to work into a palindrome, but I got lucky. I tried mocks first.
sk compose a Aesop mocks
Can you guess what happened next? Aesop mocks it. A predictable result if a newby gave Aesop a fable to critique. The palindrome expanded like this.
tisk compose a Aesop mocks it
On a whim I tried putting the word story in the middle. To maintain the symmetry, I also added the reverse, leaving out the y: story rots. From there, a bit of punctuation makes it all hang together.
About Author
I’ve had a lifelong interest in English and writing, which I maintained throughout my engineering career. My computer language skills and open-source word lists made the Palindromedary possible, along with a sense of how to apply technology to the task of composing a palindrome. Drawing on my web development experience since 2002, a website seemed the natural choice for first publication.
