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Thursday, May 30, 2019

Expressionism

(For Ann on her birthday)


I savour the taste of words
the shape of them in my mouth,
the colour of them in my mind, and the varied textures of meaning in each choice.

I love the clarity of each syllable
the hues and shades of meaning;
the plush or brittle sensation of idiom and phrase as it moves from mind to tongue.

I pick and choose each word and phrase
by habit, by convention, by usage;

each cadence, each weight and meter for its significance of its description and overtone.

I paint with words and meaning
instead of pigment and brush;
the hues and shades of each phrase, each placement of sound and thought is by design.

Ronda R. Scott-Marak
© 30 May 2019


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