Words! Dictionaries around our home - see footnote.
It goes
without saying that I love words: I would hardly run a blog of this kind unless
I did! Part of the joy of writing is to find the wording that exactly describes
the idea you want to convey – and that is not always easy, particularly if the
words needed feel outside the realm of day-to-day vocabulary. Thankfully, it is
often possible to use verse to weave together words that would feel
uncomfortable in a prose piece and to enjoy it when others have done the same,
to moving effect.
So I, my
brother and sister-in-law and several others were delighted to be sent the
following short verse by my nephew, who made a fleeting visit from Vancouver to
the UK at the end of last year to celebrate his mum’s ‘big 0’ birthday - and
managed to spend time with a number of friends and family before jetting off
again.
I’m
delighted that Simon is happy to have his verse reproduced here. Thank you
Simon.
We walk so
briefly
Upon this
earth,
Mere
moments in the enormity of time.
To have the
accompaniment of you on this jaunt
However
momentary,
Makes the
stars a little brighter,
The
wondrous that much more wonderful.
©Simon Thorn 2017
The dictionaries pictured above are a 1773 Johnson’s Dictionary (2 volumes bound together): a 1932 edition of The New English Dictionary (Odhams): an Oxford Illustrated Dictionary of 1975 (Book Club Association edition) and a 9th edition Concise Oxford Dictionary of 1995.
The dictionaries pictured above are a 1773 Johnson’s Dictionary (2 volumes bound together): a 1932 edition of The New English Dictionary (Odhams): an Oxford Illustrated Dictionary of 1975 (Book Club Association edition) and a 9th edition Concise Oxford Dictionary of 1995.
