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deleterious

Today's word is

deleterious

Ah, another one of my oldest loves.  This is one of the first of what my mother called "ten-dollar words" that I ever learned.  Lovely.  Delightful to say.

Poetic, though?  We'll see.

*****

Monday, November 19, 10:39 p.m.

Yup, it took me awhile to get back to this.

how can life
be deleterious
to the pursuit
of poetry?

maybe poetry
isn't for pursuing

maybe the only poem
is life
and the best we
can ever do
on purpose
is hack out a stanza
here and there
and hope it sings

Posted by on November 10, 2007 at 07:53 AM in adjectives |

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