We who with songs beguile your pilgrimage / And swear that Beauty lives though lilies die, / We Poets of the proud old lineage / Who sing to find your hearts, we know not why ... (James Elroy Flecker)

24.7.25

I Celebrate Words!

 

Words are marvels! Words on a tongue, or typed / inked:

written (pictured) as on a page or screen, see!

Words are the most miraculous musics; words sing

even when mute (apparently) – shown, not said.

Still we can hear, loud. 



 Written for Friday Writings #187 at Poets and Storytellers United: a celebratory poem in the form of a Sapphic ode.





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24 comments:

  1. Lisa25 July 2025 at 14:18

    Words are great things to celebrate! I like the written word best.

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    1. Rosemary Nissen-Wade25 July 2025 at 14:20

      I do too! (Although words sung can be wonderful also.)

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  2. Jae Rose25 July 2025 at 14:23

    I too celebrate words - so your finally crafted verse is lovingly shared! Jae

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  3. Jim25 July 2025 at 14:58

    Words are magic, make our moods
    Words are lovey, make the cats purr
    Words are a siren, make the dogs bark
    Words are welcome, to any, come eat
    ..

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    1. Rosemary Nissen-Wade25 July 2025 at 16:11

      Oh, very well said, dearJim!

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    2. Jim26 July 2025 at 04:12

      I put this reply to my commenters, an update. But I had already commented here. Here goes,
      "p.s. (May bore you) Update on my story today. "I still have the car and drive it. We are Texas, they have classified it as a Texas Antique Auto meaning at least 25 years old and I don't drive or use it for work or school. Low insurance rates and I only have to renew its license once every five years."

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  4. J Cosmo Newbery25 July 2025 at 15:14

    Words are the pixie dust of life.

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  5. Anonymous25 July 2025 at 17:21

    We couldn't be writers without words! What would we do? Nice use of the form.

    PK

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  6. Penelope Notes25 July 2025 at 22:25

    Words can kill, words can heal. Words can be heard but misunderstood.

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    1. Jim26 July 2025 at 04:21

      Yes, the can be. I've left that off my little list. Others too I'm sure but misunderstood is a "winner that loses". Thank you.

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    2. Rosemary Nissen-Wade26 July 2025 at 10:28

      Yes indeed, to both of you.

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  7. dsnake127 July 2025 at 00:50

    I hear you loud and clear, Rosemary. :)

    I must try that Sapphic ode one day.

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    1. Rosemary Nissen-Wade27 July 2025 at 02:58

      I don't think I'll be loving it or using it often! (It feels to me a little like Gerard Manley Hopkins's 'sprung rhythm'.)

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  8. rallentanda27 July 2025 at 02:26

    Words are wonderful magical seductive and dangerous.

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  9. NandiniDeka27 July 2025 at 16:15

    words are everything....it says the words you utter can move the universe...

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  10. Intelliblog27 July 2025 at 23:44

    Before all else fails, use words for success! Good one, Rosemary.

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    1. Rosemary Nissen-Wade28 July 2025 at 11:47

      Thank you. (Perhaps we need to try words first?)

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  11. vanderloost28 July 2025 at 14:25

    Words are really powerful

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