What use is a grin?
For what purpose is it intended?
It is not a poetic word
So let us seek a poetic word
Many would prefer “smile”
Perhaps
And that is not the same
And that is all there is to prefer
Unless one cares for “smirk”
An altogether unpleasant word
For my taste
It is odd
Should one wish to weep, then
One may also
Cry,
Bawl
Bemoan
Wail
Keen
Grieve
Lament
Sigh or sob
And the poet may use any one of these
But should one wish to grin
Then that is the end of it
No other word there is
For this most human of aspects
And no poet ever used it
Why should the human condition require
That unhappiness should have
An entire lexicon at its disposal?
And yet
Broad joy
And happiness
And love of life…….
And its expression
Should have only one word?
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"Going to the Dogs"???? Four of them, all rescues, ranging from a big collie cross to a three legged terrier. Poetry? love it... Pendle Hill? love that too... And the search for origins (of me, the human race, the world, the universe) which leads to my love of Science...... 1. Think about it... 2. Test it... 3. If it works, great.... 4. If it doesn't work then its back to the drawing board to think about it some more. Other loves? Well, they'll make it to the site as time goes by.....
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