¶ Words
Index Entry
Words:
“Poets manage to advance without employing the lethal tactics of intolerance. Poets, in distinct contrast to jinglers and rhymesters, also apply exquisite precision in the selection of each word. The honor of words is appreciated. That honor is inherent in the service function of words to man. As homo sapiens, the poet recognizes that words are his unique and first tools of external action and contain his highest potential of environment control if, and only when, intelligently employed. Words, like tools, often and carelessly repeated, become dull and ultimately useless. Thus new words must be invented to take their place, or the old words resharp nouned.”
¶ Citations
- Motion Economics, p.23; May’44
