Word

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Words are like leaves; and where they most abound,
Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found.

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 – Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
 – An Essay on Criticism [1711], pt. II, l. 109

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There it was, word for word,
The poem that took the place of a mountain.


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 – Wallace Stevens (1879-1955)
 – The Poem That Took the Place of a Mountain [1952], st. I

Words beginning with the »sn« sound in English are often unpleasant: snide, snob, snigger, sneer, snicker, snub, snert, snotty, snippy, snit, snarl, snore, sneak, snag. »Snow« is a word over which there is debate and even an annual change of heart. The first snowfall is almost always welcomed. Christmas snow is considered magical. But too much of a good thing for too long and March blizzards push »snow« into line with the rest of the »sn« words.

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Words like winter snowflakes.

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 – Homer (c. 700 B.C.)
 – The Iliad, bk. III, l. 222

The web of words wraps round the whole wide world, concealing the secret numbers underneath.

1001 1001 0110 1001 1010 1001

We had words. Each and every evening.

Sometimes, when he stopped for beer after work, we had dishes and pots and food, too.

Think how much acceptance Mary showed when she said:

»Let it be done to me according to thy word.«

Isn't it weird that words work as well as they do? Think about it.

Spaces define which letters to together to make up a word.

And then some more words come along and a paragraph is born.

What I feel for you,
I can't put in words,
language won't hold
my desire.

The word on my mind right now is >>weekend<<. It's only a few hours away!

I can't wait to get away from this office!!

In the beginning was the word, and the word was 32 bits.

A word has the power to define, to bind, to create, to destroy. Truely, a poet has power undreamt of by kings.