pictured words | a simple pairing of pictures and poetry
Description: WHY KIDS READ IS WHY I WRITE.
I do so love the solace of an upland stream, its shadows and soft daylight patches mingled on the mountainside. It babbles over rocks and fears and stones and hurts but carries prayers like water striders on their way to sunlit spaces where all life in and on a stream is heard and seen. Somewhere along the path ahead a cascade can be heard where every prayer and hope is tossed off of a broken rocky brow, cast freely to the waiting ears of gentle, patient, mountain breezes. Leaves flutter, branches sway, and
One of the most satisfying aspects of writing and reading poetry is the rhythm that is built into words. It’s as if, as we developed these languages we use–whichever language it is that we use–we created it with an automatic sense of design…” design by syllable, ” if you will.
I’ve thought about it for years, and now believe that more than our brain and tongue are involved in creating language, simply because of the evidence. There is rhythm in every word we use. From the single syllable words, like “crab,” a firm stomp of a step, to many syllable words like “crustacean,” which feels like out-flung arms ending with a gentle double flick of the wrists. Our words form a sequence of rhythmic steps that satisfy our expressions, much like a dance.
pictured words | a simple pairing of pictures and poetry