Sally and Larissa, though I tend, like Jon (whose analogy to musical notes I
thought wonderful!), to think that words oughtn't be forbidden, some (like
"shard") have been overused in certain times and ways and may be
near-impossible now to be "heard" differently.
Regarding Sally's list-included "smile", some five years ago in the UK, the
word "smile" came in second to "mother" on a long list of words favoured by
English speakers. Conventional popularity is regularly dismissed by
contemporary poets and "intellectuals", and I think that reaction needs
revisiting.
Judy
2008/8/13 Sally Evans <[log in to unmask]>
> You've missed out myriad and shard, and I dont agree unconditionally except
> for transcend, transubstantiate (mainly because its rhythm's awful),
> tresses, usurp, yearn, manque (not really English), mensch (nre) Oprah (name
> already used up) reify, epistomological, avuncular.
> Words in your list that could be great in poems include cafe, (pronounced
> either way, could be spelt caf' or accent marked on e, garden, cry, smile,
> said, while many more would work for rhyme or wit (same thing eh) and
> practically all of them would be fine in limericks.
> cheers SallyE
> Sally Evans
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larissa Shmailo" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 3:10 AM
> Subject: SNAP: List of Words Never To Be Used in Poems (short list)
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> List of Words Never To Be Used in Poems
> Soul, being, essence, fire, dream, auburn, scent, inhumanity, starry,
> ripe,
> free, heaven, transcend, memory, butterfly, chrysalis, please, mad,
> ecology,
> teach, tear, lachrymose, cry, frown, smile, love, thought, potential,
> season,
> poetry, verse. Transubstantiate, transform, ascend, breathe, breath,
> usurp,
> sing, shudder, genius, antihero, thrush, lark birdsong, exaltation, maid,
> woman, man, men, attempt, right, am, word, tresses, thrill, form.
> Character,
> said, desire, longing, elm, oak, tree, flame, yearn, burn, consume, new,
> human,
> bow, warrior, want, page, blank. And so far, you agree. Well, then…
> Understanding, unique, déluge, dacha, manqué, mensch, wheelbarrow,
> manifest,
> palimpsest, avatar, sight, seer, samovar, light, ingredient, save, Oprah,
> Jerry, nothing, but, yet. The, a, loneliness, mélange, sea, lighthouse,
> tower,
> healing, light, use, underscore, trial, Kafka, yes, shop, radiant, garden,
> fore, yore, music, recollection, last, addiction, evolution. First, over,
> in,
> DNA, Darwinian, medicate, pharmacology, software, star, hardwired,
> stellar,
> bang, relate. Relationship, query, queer, think, survivor, mine, pain,
> sorrow,
> tragedy, woe, enter, laughing, mope, still. Still with me? How about…?
> Life, live, living, hope, horror, help, one, singularity, Buddha, art,
> bomb,
> arms, lines, marital, Broadway, show, tell, ask, mission, missive,
> missile,
> realm, wonder, wander, know, knowledge, reify, epistemological, portent,
> magic, magical, many, omnipotent, avuncular, very, theme, adjective,
> parse, nun,
> father, mother, brother, we, our, us, I. Eye, omnibus, rarity, time,
> past,
> future, date, number, year, one, abstract, narrative, native, experiment,
> fusion, phrase, quote, café. Random (or mad), insight, learned, spirit,
> well,
> fine, good, thanks, fine, good. You?
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