tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post5029916101791174133..comments2023-09-26T03:53:17.142-04:00Comments on Pentimento: Poetry Friday: Magic WordsPentimentohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17161146891505294679noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-36015026951688271382011-04-13T16:04:24.259-04:002011-04-13T16:04:24.259-04:00I love that last couplet: "Nobody can explain...I love that last couplet: "Nobody can explain this./That's the way it was." It says so much while giving away so little, not unlike the mysteries of our own faith!Pentimentohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17161146891505294679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-56977785007696443082011-04-12T15:05:00.386-04:002011-04-12T15:05:00.386-04:00+JMJ+
Oh, gosh! The whole poem is magical!
I&#...+JMJ+ <br /><br />Oh, gosh! The whole poem <i>is</i> magical! <br /><br />I've been rereading J.R.R. Tolkien, and there are bits here and there about the power of words before the ancient languages of the Elves were changed by men. It's a fascinating idea--but something I could, on the right dark and stormy night, believe was actually the case in ages lost to us. (Heck, I confess that I don't even need a dark and stormy night. I'd believe it at a drop of hat.)Enbrethilielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03414765854670926854noreply@blogger.com