Pleasantly surprised, the next morning after reading this poem, that it gently, pleasingly, returns to me while I am thinking about something else. First the poem's final word, Duckies, so perfect there (the last word), and then the fun of the poem, lightness, and of course "mot valise," which now I find (by Googling) apparently means "coat rack" or "coat hanger" in French (which seems irrelevant with regard to the poem, but is anything really irrelevant to the poem?).
As Lawrence Welk was wont to say,"Just keep them cards and letters coming, folks!" Thank you for both comments and btw, in your perusing of Google, did you by any chance come across the link and the end of this comment? (It has some cool words derived from--what else?--Greek!) ps. You might find it of interest that the last word of the poem was "dearies" at one time. Thank goodness for honest-to-goodness poetic quacks who never finish revising their work! https://novelacious.wordpress.com/2015/09/16/le-mot-juste-gustave-flaubert/
Yes, "dearies" would not have ended the poem with anything close to what "Duckies" delivers! And thanks for directing me to that link, which I hadn't found previously and which is fun.
In case anyone is wondering why I deleted a comment, it is because I thought it had been erased and therefore entered it again. And then discovered the earlier comment had not been deleted. Therefore, since the comments were almost identical, I deleted one of them. And I apologize for this boring explanation.
Quack quack! I love your variation on "le mot juste" and I think Flaubert would be delighted.
ReplyDeletePleasantly surprised, the next morning after reading this poem, that it gently, pleasingly, returns to me while I am thinking about something else. First the poem's final word, Duckies, so perfect there (the last word), and then the fun of the poem, lightness, and of course "mot valise," which now I find (by Googling) apparently means "coat rack" or "coat hanger" in French (which seems irrelevant with regard to the poem, but is anything really irrelevant to the poem?).
ReplyDeleteAs Lawrence Welk was wont to say,"Just keep them cards and letters coming, folks!" Thank you for both comments and btw, in your perusing of Google, did you by any chance come across the link and the end of this comment? (It has some cool words derived from--what else?--Greek!) ps. You might find it of interest that the last word of the poem was "dearies" at one time. Thank goodness for honest-to-goodness poetic quacks who never finish revising their work!
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ReplyDeleteYes, "dearies" would not have ended the poem with anything close to what "Duckies" delivers! And thanks for directing me to that link, which I hadn't found previously and which is fun.
ReplyDeleteIn case anyone is wondering why I deleted a comment, it is because I thought it had been erased and therefore entered it again. And then discovered the earlier comment had not been deleted. Therefore, since the comments were almost identical, I deleted one of them. And I apologize for this boring explanation.
ReplyDeleteNo apologies are necessary but I'll accept them anyway, just to hear the explanation, which wasn't really that boring.
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