Showing posts with label lnguage poem. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lnguage poem. Show all posts

Thursday, March 16, 2023

Word

Sound and type are blurred

And the meaning is absurd.


Because it is only one word,

We can ignore it with impunity;


To do so might be no pity.

And yet, the only of its kind,


Without it language would be blind.

I cannot easily say it;


To try would betray it.

I don’t mean as in reveal,


But to render it less real.

It lies in its tomb,


A yellowed volume.

Unearthed, it will bloom.