WORDS OF LOVE
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An etymologist…(from an article I happened to see)
is a person who studies words…their origin and their history.
This particular article…(I am happy relate)
mentioned in the English language t...
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Categories:
etymologist, love,
Form: Rhyme
Treasure Box
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"Treasure Box"
The etymologist considered "themselves" singular;
like a butterfly collector they pulled the pincushion
out from the treasure box and proceeded to cap...
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Categories:
etymologist, muse,
Form: Free verse
Putting On Airs
...Another word for exaggeration is hyperbole
One word is fine, so why did we need two?
I don’t know, seems utterly redundant to me
Not being an etymologist, I haven’t a clue.
One for common folks...
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Categories:
etymologist, meaningful, word play, words,
Form: Light Verse
Milk Carton Crying
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My poor vocabulary babies
are gon missing
Tell me kind sir, have you seen them?
Us etymological mothers to
lingual children of lost former meaning,
we are milk carton crying
Man...
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Categories:
etymologist, grief, metaphor, sad, words,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
For Quincy Mac
...Like a missile I endeavor to send out these ill words that meet,
Skilled while the earth is grounded to my feet,
Onset I blend together sweet sounds using the alphabet,
No regrets what so ever, a ...
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Categories:
etymologist, meaningful, mentor, smart, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
Graffiti Hieroglyphs
...Learned or learnt not to quit
The poetic -eth how do you putteth it ...
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Categories:
etymologist, on writing and wordsmay,
Form: Rhyme