Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

Who Knows Them All

I finally stopped belittling myself for not knowing them all.
Because who does? 
I mean, really, WHO?
Maybe my mother.
No one else in my family.
There are 600,000 of them in the English language.
Homophones like ate and eight.
Adjectives like gurgling and bungling.
Adverbs like actively and mactively
Okay I made up mactively
So I guess that makes six hundred thousand and one.

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Kim Rodrigues August 29, 2019 at 3:39 PM That’s what a dictionary’s for ;) mactively - malevolently active (you invented a new word) Caren Krutsinger August 29, 2019 at 8:59 PM I love inventing new words. It is my call sign, Kim.

Ann Foster August 29, 2019 at 2:54 PM Adverbs like actively and mactively Okay I made up mactively... I want to hug you and keep doing it... lol.. You, yes you, deserve the ultimate "fairy dust with words" award...tiny elves are cheering. We all loved it. Ann Caren Krutsinger August 29, 2019 at 9:00 PM Thank you Ann. I was SO congratulating myself on this frivolity.

P.S. Awtry August 29, 2019 at 3:40 AM Thank you for saving me the effort of googling "mactively" :D Ann Foster August 29, 2019 at 2:55 PM I too was thinking of that as I read the poem. LOL... I love new words I do not know readily. They are such treasures. Yet the very special made-up ones, well... they are stars, fallen from the sky just to tease poets. Have the nicest day. Ann