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  • Story Listed as: Fiction For Adults
  • Theme: Inspirational
  • Subject: Fantasy / Dreams / Wishes
  • Published: 08/30/2011

A Poem and the Word

By Dorsey Baker
Born 1949, M, from NLR /Arkansas, United States
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The writer sat at his desk trying to think of a word for a word. The one word that would make his poem complete! He thought so hard his head began to hurt. He began to perspire heavily. His heart began to beat faster. He just couldn't find the word. The word that would make his poem complete! He went to the dictionary; it wasn't there! He tried and tried to find that word. The word that would make his poem complete! He knew just what he was looking for; but he just couldn't find it! He knew the meaning he was trying to convey. But this meaning he couldn't convey without that word. The word that would make his poem complete! He stayed up all night. He searched! He studied! Before he knew it, morning had arrived! In morning and sunrise, he found the word. The word that would make his poem complete!

A Poem and the Word(Dorsey Baker) The writer sat at his desk trying to think of a word for a word. The one word that would make his poem complete! He thought so hard his head began to hurt. He began to perspire heavily. His heart began to beat faster. He just couldn't find the word. The word that would make his poem complete! He went to the dictionary; it wasn't there! He tried and tried to find that word. The word that would make his poem complete! He knew just what he was looking for; but he just couldn't find it! He knew the meaning he was trying to convey. But this meaning he couldn't convey without that word. The word that would make his poem complete! He stayed up all night. He searched! He studied! Before he knew it, morning had arrived! In morning and sunrise, he found the word. The word that would make his poem complete!

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