Learning New Words at Eighty
Metonymy, synecdoche,
even irony
I couldn’t define
Now I’m asked to find
them, use them
pronounce them
make them mine
I watch laziness
in the mind
slide over them
no need, don’t bother
But I care and bother
stubbornly will learn them
this might crack me
open let it come
Thank goodness for caring and curiosity! They pull past the resistance. I am learning Dutch and German as we prepare to go on a trip this fall. It isn't always as easy as it was when I learned languages in school, but I like the challenge.
Flawless caesura.
Thank goodness for caring and curiosity! They pull past the resistance. I am learning Dutch and German as we prepare to go on a trip this fall. It isn't always as easy as it was when I learned languages in school, but I like the challenge.