Word Gathering
Put book face down
atop another
I have yet to finish.
Pages meet, greet
one another.
Words begin to whisper
create pictures, some
hide in corners,
while others form a band,
begin to play loud music,
start dancing. At least
two stand up to give speeches:
political, environmentalist,
another calls for revolution,
while others march
in formation.
It’s all good. Words are seditious
by nature.
Elizabeth Crawford 4/21/2017
Notes: Today’s inspiration is the image. Pen and ink line weave drawing. It has always suggested how words have a power to create other places, things, and feelings.
Music is The Logical Song by Roger Hodgson, co-founder of Supertramp.
Posted at Poets United: Poetry Pantry #355 – 5/28/17
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a rondelet from me 🙂
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I LOVE this! Completely. I love it when words get rowdy.
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Grinning at the playfulness of this!
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love the ending…wonderful read!
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I love the playfulness of this one!
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Words are mostly benign except when spoken.
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I was transported to your writing space – and the end lines are divine.. 😉
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I loved this poem 🙂
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This one’s a true delight!
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Love how you have words stand up as people with cause…bkm
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I love the joy in the power of words here. Those last lines are brilliant.
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very interesting concept
Happy Sunday
much love…
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Hi Elizabeth, like how you have created the poem, what you said about the words’ nature..and song too.! Majestic post!
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“words are seditious by nature” … Bravo!
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It IS all good! Books take us to thoughts and places that broaden our horizons!
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How I love this description of word activity, especially “words are seditious by nature.” Wonderful!
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I absolutely love the way you end your poem! It’s true about words being seditious. Ask Federico Garcia Lorca and others who were executed for what they wrote. Long live the words that comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable!
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now that is the power of words! well written
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