A Terrific Tuesday to Tell Tales

Edgar Allen Poe is undoubtedly my favorite poet. Poe's use of alliteration in poems like "The Raven" demonstrates incredible use of the English language to captivate the reader's or listener's attention. Poe is perhaps the premier poet with a penchant for penetrating poetry with perfect pitch. No one will probably understand the previous sentence and that will be fine with me. Soon, the point will be plain for everyone to see.

This morning, I arose in a mood to speak and write alliteratively. After sending some simple sentences to a couple of former co-workers and two family members, I decided that it would be perfect to write today's blog using alliterative techniques. Before I began to blog, basking in beams of brightness beyond, I took time out to break bread blissfully.

Definitely, if we persisted on speaking and writing constantly using alliterations, we might grow weary of trying to be witty. However, it cannot be said that striving for a more colorful use language would necessarily be a bad thing to work toward. After all, it sometimes occurs to me that some individuals whom I encounter do not have a good grasp of language and grammar.

As we advance further in the technological age, human interaction becomes less frequent. Daily, we become more and more comfortable with techno speak - text messages, instant messages, Internet postings, etc. As a result, many find themselves less comfortable with carrying on conversations between themselves and another person. Individuals now work at home performing online tasks and have the potential of going for days without actually speaking to another human being.

Those who still allow themselves the pleasure of reading old-fashioned books have a great opportunity still afforded to all but not taken advantage of as once before. Within books of history, romance, fiction, poetry and biography (to name a few), the world of creative language used in unveiled. Librarians and literarians, like Lawrence Ferlinghetti*, recognize themselves as advocates for literacy. Groups like these are longing to liberate the masses from the literal barbarians who seem to be lurking at the gates.

*[Read more about Lawrence Felinghetti who received National Book Awards' Literarian Award for outstanding service to the literary community on November 16, 2005 @ http://citylightsfoundation.org/beat/LF/CLLFliterarians.html.]