Etymologists Poems - Poems about Etymologists

...Word-hoards fall from mouth-cups out along roads, out along seas: faith migrates; sayings run away; verbs escape; nouns meander as memes in other tongues. Invaders’ words intrude on empires, s......Read the rest...

...Words reside alone in time and space; Only sentient minds their roots trace. Etymologists bring accents, forms to the surface; Lexicographers establish a chronological base. In dark, library basement......Read the rest...