10 November 2014

when words retire

I was reading a Maxwell Bodenheim poem which includes the word "flagon." of course I know what it means but I hadn't heard it since maybe watching some Robin Hood movie ages ago.

language is fluid. words come & go. literature captures some for posterity. it's been a while but there was a time when I enjoyd reclaiming words. something startling from Shakespeare can still be used with vigor.

so maybe "flagon" will reappear. poetry is always filling the cup.

3 comments:

Tom Beckett said...

I, for one, might get my freak flagon.

Alex Gildzen said...

http://youtu.be/QeOLFaOxPSU

Tom Beckett said...

Nice.