POEMS THAT SING
My idea of “poet” is someone who loves words. The dictionary (preferably unabridged) is this kind of poet’s Bible. The etymology of words — how they began, how they change in meaning and develop nuances over time, and how they die when they’re neglected — that’s a fascination for this kind of poet. Why one word or phrase works and another doesn’t…the TASTE of words…their music and the rhythm of strings of them, their “prosody” — that stuff’s exciting to…
