Poetic language, like any other language, is dependent upon some words, images, metaphors, etc. more than others. Such frequencies ought to be scrutinized, rethought. Why is it that we recant these? What do they mean to us and the world in which we live?
Hence, with the masses of poetry I've been consuming lately, certain words have been repeating too often. I've developed an aversion to them and approach them with the utmost caution. These words are:
Star
Moon
Sparrow
Bone
Radiant
Soul
Memory
Dream
This list will expand as time melts, surely. But, it's a beginning. The economy of words in poetry, especially short poems, must be utilized to the greatest of its abilities. And poetry, as language art, must continue to reflect not only on our world, but the form of the art itself.
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