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Rondure

I discovered this word last summer memorizing a poem (“Out of the Rolling Ocean the Crowd,” by Walt Whitman) for my middle son’s wedding.  I fell in love with it at first sight.  I still like speaking this silken word: … Continue reading

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Out of the rolling ocean the crowd

Walt Whitman Out of the rolling ocean the crowd came a drop gently to me, whispering, I love you, before long I die, I have travell’d a long way merely to look on you to touch you, For I could … Continue reading

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