A Basic Understanding
There is an important
difference between
"a little" and "little" -
the same goes for a lot
though we've a basic
understanding of English;
the garage out back –
the scent of rain,
lots of undergrowth and leaves,
and words in our veins
(a few, more, each, every,
either, all, both, some, any . . .)
and there is a great deal
of confusion: how many poems
and, how much time?
though we serve
a modifying function
our language has no articles
We assemble a rather large
handful of possessive
nouns (the neighbor’s,
(neighbour's), the grocer’s,
the priest's, my mother's,
your father’s,
our grandmother’s, etc…)
and select certain pronouns
(his, your, their, whose . . .)
and tie together rhyme
and stanza - three articles
take form (till time indefinite)
and many an apple
has fallen - still, we will never weary
of dancing nouns, adjectives,
or creating a good deal of verbs
Deborah Russell
october 12 05
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