Grammatolartry

Thank you Inject Positivity and hcarson for including me in your fun game!

Worship at the alter of knowledge

Of meaning, of words, of power

Employing useless verbigeration,

More impotent hour upon hour

 

Logophilia weighing heavily:

Do the words their justice

Trying to force the words out-

Mind completely busted

 

Finding myself wordbound

When normally largiloquent

In front of a soulless screen

Pondering where my words went

Finally, they start to flow

Fear of verbicide waning

Words suddenly on the page

May demand explaining.

Author's Note

Any constructive feedback more than welcome. But in particular punctuation, if anyone can help please?
This was a challenge to use a few obscure words:
grammatolatry = worship of letters and words.
verbigeration = morbid and purposeless repetition of certain words.
logophile = a lover of words.
wordbound = unable to find expression in words.
largiloquent = talkative; full of words.
verbicide = destroying the meaning of a word.

Reviews

[Stan Lee]

Well there you go... You learn something new every day. I didn't know what any of those words meant. Makes me wonder what other tremendous words there might be waiting to be used that I have not yet discovered!
Poetry and education in one! :) Thanks for sharing.

[Shannon]

I was thinking you might see the humor in something so overly complicated!

[Kathy Van Kurin]

S.Mi,
It took some doing to bring forth "Grammatolartry" for sure! I learned a little bit regarding the thoughts of others in your sophisticated but free flowing poem. As far as punctuation is concerned. It depends really on how you want it to read. In its present form which is free flowing thought: I think it really works. The poem rocks!
Blessings, Kathy

[Shannon]

Thank you Kathy. Poetry for me almost always a mental excersize. But in this case, even more so. Glad you enjoyed it.

[Kathy Van Kurin]

You can take pride in your work! I know it is a work and takes work...........................You are very gifted. Kathy

[Papaya]

I liked this one S.Mi. :)
It's fun to play around with words.

[Shannon]

I agree, the mental workout was fun! I am glad you liked it! Thanks for stopping by.

[Lost, n'MT]

First off, I greatly appreciate you including the definition of the unfamiliar sophisticated words you chose for this piece. I foolishly was starting and stopping to googled each definitely before scrolling down, lol. I should really read the Author's note first, but I don't like to be influenced my first time reading. Having them as a list makes it much easier to go back and read as a hole.

Grammatolatry is a great word to learn and an excellent choice for your title. It all becomes much clearer once I learned each new word and grasped it altogether.

Did you by chance choose they words in particular or were you given these words to with? If it's the former, that's truly mind-blowing because they are all excellent sesquipedalian (evidently means long) terms. Regardless of whether chosen or given these words to use, I don't feel that it feels forced which is a great skill to have. I think what draws attention is said words seem so foreign it's hard to grasp so many at once but the definition key at the bottom is a great help. And I really appreciate how you were able to spread them out in such a small piece to where it draws my attention each stanza. And yet you still managed to subtly blend it altogether while still keeping a desirable rhyme scheme and expressing a compelling story from the thoughts of a writer at work as he's mastering and crafting his passion for his writing. I think this is a intricate well-thought out piece that brilliantly describes the mindset of the appreciate and dedication a writer (yourself in particular) puts in to your work. After reading this another time, it feels as if each line and stanza is so precise and thought out, yet you the final products appears if you constructed it into a effortless way. I feel you take great pride and sincerity in this piece, and I can imagine and time, concentration, and effort put into this piece from a personal perspective. Even though this is longer than the other pieces you've written, I feel this piece conveys so much with more impact behind each line and word for that matter. Personally love this style and rhyme scheme, and I'm thoroughly impressed as I greatly enjoy and hold this piece in high regard. If I was mistaken and this was more simplistic than the piece implies, then that is surreal, but it's a fantastic write nonetheless.

[Shannon]

Thank you so much for the kind words. I feel like my process is not like you might expect. But I will say I was given a list of words, about double what I used. It was suggested we use a few... This is what I came up with.

[Lost, n'MT]

Interesting, I really enjoyed what you did with what you were given, you really crafted it together well. I always enjoy learning new words and you chose quite compelling choices. Grammatolartry being my favorite and the perfect choice for this title.

[Dave]

You do seem to have a lot of fun using "tape-measured words". Are you trying to get us non-users to be sure to have a dictionary handy? Now you've done it! First thing tomorrow, its' late here, I'm going to look up some of those gigantic examples of verbiage. (Hah! Not up to your caliber.)

Take care - Dave

[Shannon]

Glad it made you think and thanks for the read.... Psst.. Check the authors notes😉

[Dave]

There I am , getting in trouble again for not following directions!

[Shannon]

Is this a pattern? Lol. And yes, as per the challenge, the words were purposely difficult.

[James Whitefall]

I really like the ending on this one. That last stanza made my fears of writer's block come alive. Scary, I know! Thanks for the read.

[Shannon]

I am surprised more people didn't get one my case about giving them nightmares, between the crazy words and the subject matter...

[Woody]

haha.. Gee, quite a mouthful, those words! funny and well penned. love the idea of using more than one unusual word. gosh, I have a cramp in my tongue, now :)

[Shannon]

I am not even sure I know how to say some if those words. Thank you for the read. I am still finding my voice, so glad the funny came out.

[Inject Positivity]

I think in terms of the game and the topic we chose to write poem here you did an amazing job, why I am saying this is because the words are very complicated and their meanings are very complicated so to come up with them with something very clear at fitst is very hard... I don't think we all had enough time to work on these words, so this was bound to happen... I truly understand what BG was saying, you have to give more clear descriptions in it, which I believe you will do soon or later.... I'm happy that you took the challenge and did the best one among us.... This one will get better, I will Tell you if any idea hits me... But for the effort and for writing something like this is great for me.... We are all on the same journey...

[Shannon]

Thank you for the review and the invite to join!

[hcarson]

i love this!!considering the words you were given to use i think you did amazing..i'm also impressed with myself in that i understood themm most unusual for me..there is something to this way of writing :) i am going to library this one as i'm so impressed how you got them in there, full marks!!

[Shannon]

Thank you very much. And thanks for including me, this was fun. For the first time ever, I did not know where I was going when I sat down this morning. Since I love words so much, I thought this would be about that!