> But "frigid wind" is a tricky one. I can imagine it cropping up in a poem
> and not sounding particularly self-consciously poetic, but equally I can't
> imagine myself using it in everyday language!
> Regards
> Matt
>
You might say that if you were up on the scottish mountains in winter, Matt!
I think this is about each of us using language in our own and rather
private way but reaching in to the point of communicating with others.
Poetry is about making other people go "oh yes" when we say something that
hasnt been said in that way before?
best wishes
SallyE
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