the sound of wounds

inspired by Winston's "Fortunate One"---

the sound of wounds

word wars,

poetic armor useless

being cut to the quick

by vocabularianism

I read you loud, not clear

I am but a simple man

from Alabama

where wisdom grows in the fields

not from the scarred pages

of a Thesaurus

or the thickest dictionary

in the battle.

erin-cilberto

10/14/23 

Reviews

[Emily B]

I want to be
Where wisdom grows
Green fronds
Reaching
Heaven ward
Love blooms
There

[jacob erin-cilberto]

what a beautiful poetic response, Emily,
thank you.
j.

[Emily B]

A blind hog finds an acorn now and then :)

[Kelly Scheppers]

I get excited whenever I learn a new word. It encourages me to use it in a sentence, or better yet, a poem. Another venue I posted at years ago would have these writing exercises, where they would give us a list of ten words, and we would have to write a poem that included all of them. Oh, and there was usually a word limit to the length the poem had to be. It's good to challenge ourselves. I think it helps to keep us young!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Yes, a good challenge. Thank you for YOUR words, Kelly,
j.

[Lydia Shutter]

Plain old nickel and dime words still have value...even if "vocabularianism" is lurking 'round the corner of the field. Give me easy to understand words. I know the fancy ones, but the plain and simple language gets the point across beautifully. Lydi**

[jacob erin-cilberto]

and poetry with too many fancy words...as Fleetwood Mac sang "I'm over my head"---thank you, Lydiread moreand poetry with too many fancy words...as Fleetwood Mac sang "I'm over my head"---thank you, Lydi
j.

[Chris Shaw]

Nothing more off putting than to have to frequently use a thesaurus or dictionary to try to decipher some meaning in a piece of poetry. I lack patience.

I like simple and clear.

That’s where you took me dear J.

Chris

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you for your kind words, Chris.
Some academic poetry is superfluous at best or at worst.
j.

[andrew mitchell]

Loved it. A master of metaphors as always. A sticks and stones scenario and words that never harm you comes to mind but some words do hurt.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Yes, some certainly do.
In my long years I have been cut short often by some words.
j.

[Arundass TP]

Once I thought to learn everything in a dictionary. Now I feel I never open it. Good work 👍

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you for your words, Arundass,
j.

[John the Baptist]

I never had to worry about vocabularianism. One clearly pronounced "f**k off, creep!" told me exactly where I stood.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Well, that is nasty of whoever said that.
j.