If I remember correctly, this poem is the first I wrote in the form of a dictionary entry; hence the category, Definitions, in which I’ve filed a couple dozen or more poems and notes that fit that term. I’ve thought before, and I think again now — though I’m sure I’m not the first to think it — what a fine thing it would be to have an entire dictionary of definitions written in poetic form, and to have one on every child’s school desk — except that I don’t believe children should be at desks; they should be sitting on the floor, or in a meadow, wriggling about and singing and laughing and making-believe as nature intended. Still, when it comes around to the time that they need one — this goes for adults, too, obviously — a poetic dictionary would be an ideal companion, and a positive help in deciphering, perhaps even redefining, this world.
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[ 2014 ]
Categories: Annotations and Elucidations
Tags: Children, Definitions, Dictionaries, Poetry
William Michaelian 