Showing posts with label Words. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Words. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

The Power of Words

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The Power of Words


Words have a magic
a special power
that can conjure up imagery
and captivate you
They can evoke feelings
and affect our moods
or tickle our imagination,
stimulate ideas, provoke thoughts
and fire up the synapses
prompting us to take action.

Words can name, describe,
clarify, enumerate
educate and pontificate.
They can broaden the mind
and narrow the mind
they can elucidate and obfuscate.
Words can spread love
and hate
They can teach
and preach
They can chant, sing, recite
read, think, remember, ruminate
Words are for learning
connecting and communicating,
developing technology
for governing a town
a country
connecting a world.
Words spread information
and sell propaganda
They share thoughts, feelings,
ideas and hope
They are for doing business,
for selling and for joining
for entertaining and
for healing

Words are the tools and
companions of our daily lives
for learning skills, crafts and occupations.
Words convey our emotions and feelings
they pacify, comfort and assuage,
arouse, condemn and berate.
Accuse and defend
Support and tear down
Words can enlighten and destroy.

But there are some times
when words are superfluous,
when words are inept
or unable to convey
meaning or feeling
when words detract and
subtract from the occasion
when the mighty pen
can only offer
a shadow of the truth


Some experiences are simply beyond words:
experiences that are hallowed
numinous
nebulous
enigmatic
awesome
ineffable
and passed comprehension:


the arrival of a new baby
the way music can move you
an epiphany
a taste of inner joy
a piece of art
the colours of the sky
deep love
the fragment of a dream
a glimpse of contentment
the beauty of a flower
the movement of the spirit
and the peace that passeth all understanding

These are moments that
have their own intrinsic power
and are best
when left
bereft of words.



Wednesday, April 1, 2009

I Love Words

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I Love words.


I love the way that they can roll along your tongue
like soliloquy and parallelogram

Or get caught in your throat like hark and puke

There are harsh words like fracas,
fastidious, belligerent, lash and hag


Sticky words like
salubrious, sap and pithy


I love picturesque words
azure, halcyon and periwinkle

Flowering words like efflorescence,
pirouette and photosynthesis


Serene words
like calm, peony and ethereal

Sensual words
voluptuous, caressing and mesmerise

I like words that tangle your tongue
antithesis, extraterrestrial and sloth

Chewy words like
ruminate and masticate


Words that are noisy like rampageous,
rambunctious and cacophany


Sparkly words razzle, dazzle, glitter

I love imported words like mêlée, fattoush,
mulligatawny, piquant and fait accompli


Smelly words like
putrefaction, effluent and sewer


Australian words warm me didgeridoo,
billabong, dinky-di and jumbuck


Biblical words make me feel reverent
like begat, hallowed and thee

I adore made up words like
humdinger, scrumdiddlyumptious,
fantabulous and canoodle


There are words that march
danger, pistol and gun

And intoxicating words
ambrosia, nectar and morphia

I love onomatopoeic words
like harrumph, gargle, fart and oink

Melancholy words like maudlin,
morose, miserable and moribund


Divisive words like
racist, misogynist and xenophobic


Musical words make me want to move, staccato,
adagio, pianissimo, salsa and tango


Then there are flashy words
like glitz, bling, Dahling and flounce

Mystical words tease me
alchemical, epiphany and metamorphosis

I am cautious of disdainful words
like diabolical, hypocrite and liar

And political words like
agenda, normalcy, obfuscate and nepotism


I love promising words that transport you
nirvana, omm, Eldorado, Xanadu and Tao

Gentle words
like mellow, mahalo, and soporific

Scientific words like epiglottis, embolism,
haemoglobin, psychosis and sputnik


Literary words
like epigram, oxymoron and malapropism

Ancient words thrill me
like aqueduct, tabula rosa and Euclidian

I am very fond of soothing words
like honey, eiderdown and massage

Jumpy words interest me like
scatterbrain, razamataz and piccaninny


There are revolting words
like haggis, lush, tripe and pus

I love celestial words like
heavenly, aurora borealis and nebulous

I am enthralled by deep words like subconscious,
existentialism and psychoanalytical


Flighty words
like flippant and flibberty gibbet

There are similar words
quack, quark and quirk

There are words that are in a hurry
like vamoose and skedaddle

Scary words
carcinoma, arachnid, emergency

Strong solid words
like ennoble, wood and buxom

Intriguing words like
evocative, cornucopia and transformation


And feisty words
like obstreperous and obnoxious

And good, wholesome slang words, rats arse,
galah, tucker, yakka and bonzer



Yep, I love words.


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