Eunoia is the shortest word in the English Language to contain all five vowels, it means 'beautiful thinking'. It is also the name of Christian Bok's new book, a poet from Canada. Who decided to write each chapter only using words which contain the same vowel-
Hiking in British districts, I picnic in virgin firths, grinning in mirth with misfit whims, smiling if I find birch twigs, smirking if I find mint sprigs.
Midspring brings with it singing birds, six kinds, (finch, siskin, ibis, tit, pipit, swift), whistling shrill chirps, trilling chirr chirr in high pitch. Kingbirds flit in gliding flight, skimming limpid springs, dipping wingtips in rills which brim with living things: krill, shrimp, brill - fish with gilt fins, which swim in flitting zigs. Might Virgil find bliss implicit in this primitivism? Might I mimic him in print if I find his writings inspiring?
Im not too sure about his poems but I like the idea of using language in a scientific/ mathematical way. Its probably very good for your memory.
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