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Love of language bonds writers together, and this week our contributors pay tribute to language, in the first of a two-part series.
Joseph Dionne’s poem, “Seeing in French,” uses western nature imagery to explore the nuances of communicating in different languages.
Irene O’Garden’s poem, “Puritan Spelling,” looks at how communication has changed with new technology.
In “Pit and Pit,” a poem by Kenn Haas, homonyms become a metaphor for different intensities of love.
In “Reading ‘Elephant‘” by Suellen Wedmore, imagination springs from a word into its metaphorical and historical meanings.
About Alyce Wilson
Alyce Wilson is the editor of Wild Violet and in her copious spare time writes humor, non-fiction, fiction and poetry and infrequently keeps an online journal. Her first chapbook, Picturebook of the Martyrs; her e-book/pamphlet, Stay Out of the Bin! An Editor's Tips on Getting Published in Lit Mags ; her book of essays and columns, The Art of Life; her humorous nonfiction ebook, Dedicated Idiocy: How Monty Python Fandom Changed My Life, and her newest poetry collection, Owning the Ghosts, can all be ordered from her Web site, AlyceWilson.com. In late 2019, she published a volume of poetry by her third great-grandfather, Reading's Physician Poet: Poems by Dr. James Meredith Mathews, which also contains genealogical information about the Mathews family. She lives with her husband and son in the Philadelphia area and takes far too many photos of her handsome, creative son, nicknamed Kung Fu Panda.
