Koinonia, or, Eight Ways of Looking at a Word
I
Out of all of them, this time,
what decides the best of a group
is a word.
II
Your name is a word I use
to call you out.
It is nothing more
than everything.
III
A word is made by
joining letters together;
ink making lines that contrast with
what lies underneath.
IV
To pick a word is
to discard all others.
This is a lie.
V
By myself,
I was surrounded by many words.
I was not alone.
VI
The word is not right
nor wrong. It is and
is to be shared.
VII
I put these,
my words, out there in an order,
in the hope that you understand them
in your words.
VIII
We gather to select our words,
one by one,
like dandelions
for boquets to be consumed by fire.
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I saw too much connectedness in the fact that it was Lexpomo and the spelling bee winning word was koinonia.
I tried a take on what has become a favorite poem of mine, Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird. (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45236/thirteen-ways-of-looking-at-a-blackbird) However, it’s doubly so, in a way.
Nice. V, VI, and VII say it all, at least for me!
Great idea. And poem. Maybe your new theme for the month?
very metaphysical and excellent except for the dandelions and fire