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40 Words by Primrose O Brooks

April 7, 2008 in DXN Magazine Competition

I want zany words nudging each other
Giggling teenage girls
Tottering on gangly loops,
Hiccoughing glottal stops.
I want singing sounds
Punning, balancing
Acrobats across two sentences
To clutter syntax.
Underground, beneath words,
Dark roots grow, birth
Flowers of meaning.

40 Words is part of an online word installation on the Arvon Blog. This is shortlisted piece from the Arvon/DXN Magazine competition 2008. Writers were invited to send 40 Words on Words to celebrate Arvon’s 40th birthday this year.