Tag Archives: words

Dictionary gloss: the A’s

Posted on June 7, 2004 by John

So once again I’ve started reading, for pleasure, the dictionary. On an on-going basis, I’ll post ten words I discover (or rediscover) from each section that appeal to me, along with my interpretation of their “poetic” significance”. Here are the … Continue reading →

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Two Poets Lament, Part II

Posted on May 10, 2004 by John

Perhaps the world is full of verse that fails, inspiring none to act as heroes should; and in frustration, lesser poets rail against the confine and form of the good, their self-aggrandized talents gone to waste that they alone lament … Continue reading →

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To Love Without Words is to Lie to Life

Posted on December 7, 2003 by John

In this unspoken space where lovers, mute, imagine beyond thought a world to come, one comes to rest upon the hardest truth: faced with a simple word you are struck dumb, and know to speak of it and not to lie … Continue reading →

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Short Subject

Posted on October 5, 2003 by John

So much to say With words, and yet Each one is edged With some regret That says, I will But soon forgets And then, at night Wakes in a sweat From dreams of things not happened yet And spends the … Continue reading →

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Speaking in Parables

Posted on July 22, 2003 by John

Sometimes it seems that words are so inadequate to describe the true nature of things. As a poet, I find that lack of expressive ability most trying – particularly when what is being described is seen, but not so much … Continue reading →

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On Having an Affect

Posted on July 14, 2003 by John

Sometimes, I wish it took only these words; like a simple spell cast out in the sky that turned hard, jagged rocks to gentle birds, gave the stubborn wingless the will to fly. But “fish gotta swim, and birds gotta … Continue reading →

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The Wind in the Willows

Posted on February 18, 2003 by John

This week’s assignment at the LJ community “Writing 101” was to use at least 7 of the following 10 words (alphabetical, chaos, tool belt, bloviate, crux, sinner, marshmallow, dramatic, tissue, sympathetic) in a piece of writing. Seems like a very … Continue reading →

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