One must collect words <br /> <br />if one wishes to write convincingly; <br /> <br />concrete words like plasticine, Neanderthal, <br /> <br />abstract words like meme, sacerdotal. <br /> <br /> <br />Proper nouns; Desdemona, Hildegard. <br /> <br />Teeth-gnashing words like gnostic, gnaw- <br /> <br />one suspects Gnosticism became less popular <br /> <br />when the teeth were ground too raw. <br /> <br /> <br />Words with hidden lightning- sleep- <br /> <br />like zenith, zither, zephyr, zepellin. <br /> <br />Hungry words, somnolent, narcissistic; <br /> <br />onomatopoeias- honk and beep. <br /> <br /> <br />Power-house words; Nimrod, Agamemnon. <br /> <br />Dumb-with-hunger words like famish, faint. <br /> <br />Words with special meaning for only two, <br /> <br />words with irony or outright angst. <br /> <br /> <br />Words we meant, when other words went wrong. <br /> <br />Words we lent, for the soul's own song..<br /><br />Patti Masterman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/for-the-soul-s-own-song/
