Challenge
Write a Poem about your favourite word or words, if like me you have two. My favourite words are Dubious and indubitably and yet, I rarely use them. I will post my poem with these two words soon...Can't wait to read yours!
Defining Moments
When I say "sluice"
I hear the water
Draining down the spout
Pouring into a bucket
At the far end
It's a stunning example
Of "onomatopoeia"
A rather complicated string
Of letters
For such a simple
Definition
It is
Sluice
And whoosh
And teensy
And all the words
That fill the
Auditory centers
Of your brain
With images
That let you see
The world
The way a bat sees
The cave
With echolocation
It is ecstasy
As my senses combine
To form an image
Greater than the sum
Of its many
Inputs
I close my eyes
And smile
Mouthing the word
Over and over
My brain
Lights up
Picturing the sluice
And hearing the water
Whooshing down
Its length
Like a beautiful
Symphony
Played solely in
The mind
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