An eager beginner’s trusted cicerone <br />In the gossamer of abecedarian warrens <br />An ever-flowing brook beside a book-worm <br />Slaking his never-ending thirst for a fresh idiom <br />A writer’s permanent bed-side companion <br />Blooming in him, on and on, <br />Novel thought-jasmines <br />And a poet’s handy spice-box of imagery <br />For ready use in his verse-cuisine <br />It’s nothing but our dear dictionary <br /> <br />A word anew when learned opens the gates <br />To the splendid new world of ken and acumen <br />Let us master the word, its usage and spirit <br />Right and perfect and offer to our fellow men <br />Our best message, sweet, yet candid and straight<br /><br />sathya narayana<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-dictionary/
