Tanscending the Title

A Poem by MsBonn

This poem is dedicated to every teacher who helped me to appreciate words, particularly Ms. Sarah Kranz, my high school English teacher.

Our names give us identity in the same way a writer's title gives his/her work identity. But can a wordsmith transcend identity? That is the question this poem asks as it pays tribute to the awesome audacity of words. As well, it celebrates the wonderful gift of being a wordsmith. If you are a true wordsmith, you will both understand and celebrate this poem.

TRANSCENDING A TITLE

By Bonnie Davis

I am a WORDSMITH.

I inhale the breath of nouns

and hallucinate this and that pronoun,

while inhaling the fragrance of active verbs.

I can taste the flavor of adjectives

and listen to adverbs with my soul.

My anointing allows me to connect

with prepositions

and conjunctions;

lets me leap high over