PATHOS
"The unalterable pathos of basin and pitcher."
-Theodore Roethke
Do you feel the pathos --
Sadness, pity, sympathy?
The poet Theodore Roethke who was born this day in 1908 had
a great talent for right words in right places. In the poem quoted
above, you will also come across words like dolor and inexorable.
Will you gloss-over these words or look them up? Vocabulary is
a wonderful tool for writers and anyone who wishes to communicate
well.
This pitcher and basin rest at the former home of Thomas Wolfe.
Wolfe had a beautiful way with prose. He magnified moments.
Maybe you can begin reading him now and we'll meet up with him
for his birthday in October.
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