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Poetry | March 2012

Yet to Be Born

By Jamie Asaye FitzGerald

flutter bug                   swishy fish                   macaroon

tiger cub                      sea turtle                      diver scallop

tiny dancer                pugilist                          rolly polly

aquabat                      pretzel twist                 ping ponger

rollabout                    raisinette                        submarine

tidal wave                 ripple worm                 treetop

tether ball                 tenderfoot                     implant

fumbler                     tumble top                     tissue box

tulip bulb                 crescent wrench           candy corn

2 replies on “Yet to Be Born”

Olivier Bahosays:
April 5, 2012 at 2:04 am

J’aime beaucoup les associations d’idées de ce poème. Elles évoquent des images et sentiments différents selon qu’on lit les mots de gauche à droite d’abord, ou colonne par colonne. Voilà un bébé qui a beaucoup de chance d’être attendu avec de si jolis mots.

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Michikosays:
April 5, 2012 at 1:01 pm

Like Olivier, I love this poem’s matrix of images evoking the resident infant’s many activities within her little home. It is a joy for me, someone whose pregnancies are in the past, to recall and to relish each sensation called up by the poet’s words. And where does that “candy corn” come from? Is it there because it is tiny, and sweet, and her mother can’t wait to have her, and–maybe–she wants to have a whole bunch of them!?

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