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Resurrection

by Kristina Woodhill

I met
A dord

An old
Ghost word

Squeezed
In between

Thin old tome
Lines

Where word on word on word on word
Claimed every meaning ever meant
Claimed every letter ever leant
Where words give birth to dords

As scholars read in awe and wept
As prophets prayed for hints and kept
Expecting some amazing feat
But silence was its fait complete

Dord said
I am your density

I said
I'm from your future, dord,

Back to let you live another line





01/28/2014

Author's Note: Researching the worth of an old 1934 three volume dictionary given to me after my grandmother died, it has a ghost word in it, page 771. A silly editorial mistake. Dord From the New Webster's International Dictionary. Dord was finally removed in 1947. You might enjoy reading how that all came about. Google dord.

Posted on 01/28/2014
Copyright © 2025 Kristina Woodhill

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Clara Mae Gregory on 01/28/14 at 05:47 PM

Interesting....thx for this, Kristina... :)

Posted by Laura Doom on 01/28/14 at 07:09 PM

You gave me a ream of entertainment, here and elsewhere, eventually landing on RFC 2795 (about which I have mixed and mismatched feelings)--deliciously factitious; you are consummately nutritious~

Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 01/28/14 at 11:36 PM

Good reminder that a language is like a living organism, and continues to evolve over time. Words come and go. Twerking is a good example; how long will it last? Expressions too...I'm already sick and tired of the entertainment related: Give it up for....

Posted by George Hoerner on 01/29/14 at 01:48 PM

This may seem like a fun play with words but as put together by you I believe it really has a far, far more poetic sense to it.

Posted by Steve Michaels on 01/29/14 at 06:47 PM

Three cheers for Dord and a poem well met!

Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 01/30/14 at 05:18 PM

Fun, great playing with a word. George says it right, you give it great poetic sense.

Posted by Joe Cramer on 01/30/14 at 11:14 PM

... so very excellent.....

Posted by Amos Last on 01/31/14 at 10:07 AM

between the kangaroos and the gold
...immeasurably dense

Posted by Sam Roberts on 01/31/14 at 05:17 PM

love this, I think everyone has said it for me :)

Posted by Rob Littler on 02/04/14 at 05:45 AM

big D please

Posted by Philip F De Pinto on 02/04/14 at 02:08 PM

I love the whole idea of this ode, Kristina, although I am not so keen on the notion of words, particularly one's own, giving birth, the implications of which will keep a poet busy changing diapers, not to mention having to feed them and provide for their college education and then their dowry, should words ever think along wedding lines.

Posted by Dane Campbell on 02/25/14 at 06:54 AM

I had to look dord up! Informative and very clever.

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