Verbosity Comments
Were I allowed a single word each day
Perhaps I'd value it. I'd give it thought
And speak it slowly, as a child is taught
To do. And then, who knows, each word might say
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A beautiful sonnet, Mary, and a good choice by Poem Hunter as Member Poem of the Day! Congratulations!
In search of high-flown phrases I forget Creation started with a single word. This is profound. Heartiest congratulations to you.
Congrats Mary Spain! A well desrved selection as members' poem.
Wonderful words with your creation being thought provoking. Lovely to read your Verbosity.
Verbosity so very succinctly summed up! A great poem, illustrating a tendency many of us poets have. A skillful poet does not need many words, I think. Just posted a 12 line poem (not exactly a sonnet) and felt quite pleased that I resisted from turning it into a 12 stanza poem (as I often do.) Gonna go look up more of your poems...
Misuse of any thing is bad. Same is the case with words. They ought to be used with care and after measuring its gravity and impact on others. Thanks & Congrats.
In search of high-flown phrases I forget Creation started with a single word. - - - - - - - - - In search of high flown phrases we may sometimes miss the muse.Congratulations for being selected as the Poet of the Day.
mary, i checked and see you haven't posted for more than four years. if you read this, however, i hereby praise you for this is excellent sonnet! i relate to the struggle you skillfully express here and am interested now in checking out your other poems. a picky kind of note—the word badinage sticks out for me in this context. had you ever considered another in its place? -gk
Yes, Only when one starts playing with words, one realizes how valuable they are. Poets particularly have the skill to do this. Whatever miracle one performs with words, no one can own them. Enjoyed the thought provoking poem very much. Congrats for the precious positioning. Thanks for sharing. X
Beauty of minimalism. Great line breaks. Your poem is a fresh breath at this site.
'In search of high-flown phrases I forget Creation started with a single word. '..is so nice. Very nicely done about words. Deserved to be poem of the day.10+++++
I enjoyed your poem, fun, yet thought provoking and well-crafted.- a good choice for 'poem of the day'.
The sonnet form used so well to argue the case against 'Verbosity'. We all work to slim and trim our words.
In search of high-flown phrases I forget/Creation started with a single word..........pragmatic! Many congratulations for this wonderful piece of poetry being chosen as POD!
Mary, such a marvelous poem of the day... congrats for being chosen.....10+++++
'In search of high-flown phrases I forget Creation started with a single word.'..........Nice ending!
greatly penned and thoughtful writing- How proudly I display What I term 'my vocabulary'.. Yet A word cannot be owned. It is absurd To cast around and catch them in my net, vote//10++++++++++++++
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