LOIS GREENE STONE - LANGUAGE

Lois Greene Stone, writer and poet, has been syndicated worldwide. Poetry and personal essays have been included in hard & softcover book anthologies.  Collections of her personal items/ photos/ memorabilia are in major museums including twelve different divisions of The Smithsonian.

language
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​Words:  Praise,
manipulate, lie,
brag, encourage,
put-down.  Sing-
song rhyme about
‘words can never
hurt you’ is false.
 
Words in sentences
become paragraphs
may turn into letters
to be written and
saved.  Words like
this are records of
life as it’s happening
and compiled into
tangible parts of
biography.  Later,
memories are
evoked with
re-reading.