Word Collector
I am a word
Collector.
Like old ribs
I find them
In books,
On tongues,
In minds
Of friends and strangers.
Of friends and strangers.
I mine them from
dirt,
And gather them up
On bits of paper,
And examine them,
Pinning them up
On my refrigerator
To study
While I hunt for
food.
Catherine Coundjeris
A former
elementary school teacher, Catherine has also taught writing at Emerson College
and ESL writing at Urban College in Boston. She is published in Peeking Cat
Literary Magazine, Crossways Online Journal, Mused Bella Online Journal Metfore
Magazine, Scarlet Leaf Review, 34th Parallel Magazine, and Borrowed
Solace. Currently she is living with her family in Frederick and she is
working on a YA novel. Catherine volunteers as an ESL Coordinator with the
Literacy Council of Frederick County and she is very passionate about adult
literacy.
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