Wrong Word

Wrong Word

A Poem by M. Kay Basel
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Wrong Word


 Come to think, it might be wrong to say I write.  Walking about, held in the hug that holds water to earth, I listen to savor the sharpness of a sound or its fluidity, how far or near it is to laughter, the dry or sweet of ideas.  I study to catch what  light  tastes of  mums and hollyhocks--that's it!  Mull is the word.


 Mull: what cooks and sommeliers do, informed by sensitive tongues.  With the M of meditation and memory ending in L of lingual lilacs elided to the double L, following the breathy sustainable hum of the vowel of love.


Yes, write is the wrong word for this--mull. The word is mull.

© 2017 M. Kay Basel


Author's Note

M. Kay Basel
see poems "Ancient Pictures" and "New Songs" in Record Heat by M. Kay Basel for why I write prose poems.

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Good to have you on the W.C. You are a talented writer and I look forward to reading your work. Maybe one day. I would like to join a poetry reading in Lansing. I live in Clinton Twp. Please send read request and nice to meet you dear M. Kay.
Coyote

Posted 7 Years Ago


"Mull" is a way of life and pause...
welcome to this "place".

Posted 7 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.


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Added on April 28, 2017
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M. Kay Basel
M. Kay Basel

Lansing, MI



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Born in Michigan, love gardening and wildflowers, writer since childhood. Studied at Michigan State U. and Bowling Green State U. OH. Devine awards there 1979 and 1980. Recent Books Record Heat, Rum.. more..

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