Thank you Bob; I certainly think about words deeply but find it amusing to
have some anathema and some not. It makes me want to use all the forbidden
words in a poem. Soul is not to be used here in the USA but sometimes,
especially from a kabbalist like myself, soul is exactly what is needed.
kol tuv, Ryfkah
In a message dated 11/24/01 8:57:03 AM, [log in to unmask] writes:
<< Hi Ryfkah
(and anyone else interested in the word “shard”...)
Over the last decade in the UK (and where else in the world?) poets in the
know have often smirked when words like “shard,” “gossamer,” “patina,”
“lambent,” and “filigree” have been used in poems. Like it or not that’s how
it’s been for more than a decade - and still is.
I’m a coward because after I once used one of the words, and I was
criticised (and heard the rest of the list of “no-no words), I never used
any ever again. But I don’t think I lost anything (by changing the word),
and probably gained quite a lot, in a lot of subsequent poems, by changing
the focus of my descriptive language.
If anyone’s interested there’s a great poem called LAST WORDS, written by
Dorothy Nimmo, I think the web address is
http://www.bath.ac.uk/~exxdgdc/poetry/poets/nimmo12.html
and the poem’s there...
But all I did was use Google and type in Dorothy Nimmo (and it was the first
site that came up!). Dorothy was a fine poet (and a fine person). Look the
poem up - it's fun!
Bob
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