Dialects

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    The incident at Babel divided and scattered us humans. You can still see its consequences in our tongues.

    Dialects

     We speak with the tongues of men,
    Rough and smooth, sharp and soft,
    Brusque and off-putting, smooth and welcoming
    Some thoughts a simple word, some unpronounceable

    Some languages belonging to families
    Sharing sounds and structure
    Some standing alone--no other kin,
    Living in harsh isolation from their neighbors

    Angels I imagine speak words
    That fall like music on the ear
    Perhaps that's the problem.
    Perhaps we have too little music in our words.


    © 2014 by Tom King

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    Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

    Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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