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From Words - Everything

Words are a peculiar kind of magic. Alone, they do nothing of themselves, and yet through the Great Orchestrator they became everything else.

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Suzanne Delaney

Date: 12/6/2018 7:23:00 AM

Return to magic dear friend...Hugs, SuZ

Fj Thomas

Date: 3/29/2018 5:26:00 PM

So very perfectly correct Tim. A wonderful grook!

Charmaine Chircop

Date: 10/25/2016 2:42:00 PM

Yes you make words sound like music Orchestrator of our site..Lovely.

Charmaine Chircop

Date: 9/27/2016 4:26:00 PM

You play so well Maestro...:)

Funom Makama

Date: 8/6/2016 11:22:00 AM

This is awesome and fantastic. I love it in every way. Lovely, lovely, so lovely.

Timothy Hicks
Date: 9/3/2016 5:44:00 PM

Thank you kindly, Funom!

Pashang Salehi

Date: 7/31/2016 12:35:00 AM

Tim, I read this like 10 times......... very beautiful and so true.... I'll keep as one of my favorites ...........

Timothy Hicks
Date: 9/3/2016 5:38:00 PM

Why thank you, Pashang! I am delighted to find you could gain some insight from it!

Suzanne Delaney

Date: 7/27/2016 7:38:00 PM

Yes I agree..Words are magic. Hope all is well. With you. How is the Muse acting. I'm too busy but did write one word challenge one recently. Be well, friend. SuZ

Timothy Hicks
Date: 8/31/2016 4:46:00 PM

Not a lot coming to mind ... she'll come back eventually, though. I'm doing well. How about yourself?

Carol Eastman

Date: 7/10/2016 9:01:00 AM

To that I say Amen!

Timothy Hicks
Date: 8/31/2016 4:37:00 PM

Thank you Carol!

Paul Callus

Date: 6/29/2016 2:01:00 PM

Have read the comments below, Timothy. May I add that words on their own lack the most important thing, and that is emotion, in whatever sense we look at it. Regards // paul

Timothy Hicks
Date: 8/31/2016 4:29:00 PM

That is a great point, Paul. Words need the accompaniment of both the speaker and the listener to have any real effect.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/23/2016 7:31:00 PM

Love this one, and WE are all great orchestrators here!! (unless you mean this in a spiritual way about God and creation)

Timothy Hicks
Date: 8/1/2016 12:06:00 PM

It can go both ways, Andrea :) Thanks for your kind support as always!

Scott Thirtyseven

Date: 6/23/2016 9:53:00 AM

I wonder if " a Great Orator" would sound a bit better. It's all about presentation, and you present this very well indeed.

Timothy Hicks
Date: 8/1/2016 12:01:00 PM

Like Maurice below me, you also share some good points ... thanks again!

Maurice Rigoler

Date: 6/23/2016 9:44:00 AM

I get the point of your poem, Tim, but "Great Orchestrator" seems inaccurate, preferring "Great Lexicographer". But your poems brings up an even greater and profounder question: Who really invented language, Man or God? Not enough space here to elaborate on my opinions. Maybe soupmail would be better to explain. No time right now. /M

Timothy Hicks
Date: 8/1/2016 11:55:00 AM

Thanks for your profound advice, Maurice. I'll take it into consideration ... and, of course, thanks for the Soup Mail messages. Always enjoy our talks.

Laura Breidenthal

Date: 6/21/2016 11:00:00 PM

Great philosophical one, Timothy. I love that you refer to this being as the Great Orchestrator. Could go several directions. Perhaps you mean the writer who weaves the words or God himself, the maker of all creators. Well put together piece! Always, Laura

Timothy Hicks
Date: 8/1/2016 11:37:00 AM

Yes it could go in a couple different directions. My main intention was from the perspective of God, but in other, perhaps lesser, ways we too can create to some degree. And sometimes it can be like music ...