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April 20th 2008 02:46
Pretty Words
by Elinor Wylie
by Elinor Wylie
Elinor Wylie (1885-1928)
Poets make pets of pretty, docile words:
I love smooth words, like gold-enamelled fish
Which circle slowly with a silken swish,
And tender ones, like downy-feathered birds:
Words shy and dappled, deep-eyed deer in herds,
Come to my hand, and playful if I wish,
Or purring softly at a silver dish,
Blue Persian kittens fed on cream and curds.
I love bright words, words up and singing early;
Words that are luminous in the dark, and sing;
Warm lazy words, white cattle under trees;
I love words opalescent, cool, and pearly,
Like midsummer moths, and honied words like bees,
Gilded and sticky, with a little sting.
Review in Poem by Dexter
Adjectives of choice, verbs of expression,
Prose and verse shaped by individual intent.
There is a lesson of scribe within these words,
A guide to beauty extracted from eloquent text.
Sustaining mood, constructing atmosphere,
The plutonic decision castrated for passionate pleasure.
Shaping sentences that pursue ideals,
Purpose must be expressed in lettered combinations.
Descriptive, Shiny, pretty words or gladiators that challenge,
Either can aid, if distributed with care.
Bold and vibrant, delicate and precise, all are weapons,
Weilded by the trained pen, inspirational.
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