There are so many beautiful words in this book, it was hard to choose only a few.
#Cool dark obscure words free#
You are free to choose one or more (or all!) of the words to write a poem.
I am going to share with you a list of 10 words from the book and a shortened version of their meaning. The Book is called The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, by John Koenig. I finally received it last month and decided that it would be perfect for a prompt. I found this little book, not yet published so I pre-ordered it. Yet through this all, there is a certain beauty in our sorrows and birthed from our sadness is a profound gratefulness to be alive, to be taking a breath.īack in April, I came across a book during my wanderings as a poet searching for words and inspiration on the internet. There is a palpable sense of sorrow that is woven into our daily life. These days, masks are commonplace, people are still dying of Covid, and there is daily news of a new variant (Omicron being the latest as of this writing). I knew he had been vaccinated, and I have as well (booster and all), but afterwards I thought to myself- ‘What have I done? Maybe I shouldn’t have hugged him.’ How crazy is that? The other day, a friend of ours came over to help us with an electrical problem and for the first time in well over a year, I hugged someone who was not my husband. Not that all our lives were perfect, but being able to hug a friend without any remorse was a nice feeling. As hard as it is to accept, I think our world as we know it will never be as it was. We’ve all had our share of personal issues and demons to deal with. Whew- it’s been quite a year and I for one, am happy to put this one in the books.
“I read the dictionary, I thought it was a poem about everything.”– Steven Wright Hello Dear Poets and Welcome to our last Poetics prompt of 2021!
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