A portmanteau (from 16th century French, plural portmanteaux) is a large travelling case made of leather. Originally designed to carry (porter) your coats (mantles), the portmanteau stands on end, so that the coats are hung vertically, and opens up like a book to make a pair of mini-closets joined by hinges. (See Oxford Shorter English dictionary) Modern leather-working tools Leather is a material created through the tanning of hides, pelts and skins of animals, primarily cows. ...
The only way in which the TravellingPortmanteau Lecture Series declares itself innovative is in considering these ludic forms true poetry, and valuable aids in the teaching of writing.
The history of ludic forms—also known as recreational linguistics (word games)—is scribbled in the margins of the canon.
In the case of 20-Consonant Poetry, a desirable language is being tried by analogy to a desirable society.
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