pedagogy /PED-ə-gah-jee/. noun. The principles, practices, art and science of teaching. From Greek paidos (boy), and agogos(leader).
eponyms
eponyms /EP-ə-nimz/. noun. Words derived from names. From Greek epi (to) and onyma (name).
tawdry
petrichor
petrichor /PET-ri-ker/. noun. The smell of rain on hot earth or pavement. From Greek petra (stone, rock) + ichor (or I-KORE) which, in Ancient Greek mythology, was the liquid that flowed in the veins of the gods.
twin
twin /TWIN/. noun or adjective. One of two born at the same birth. One very like another. As an adjective: two-fold or double.
anthropodermic bibliopegy
anthropodermic bibliopegy /AN-throh-pə-DəR-mik BIB-lee-OP-əjy/. noun. Bookbinding with human skin.
“Regeneration” (Ricky Ray)
Regeneration
Rising from the wheelchair,
my legs hold me up—
two withered twigs.
I love dead wood,
the way it keeps daring
lightning to strike again.
And I love lightning,
the way it keeps reminding
the heart it’s on fire.
—Ricky Ray
—found in Fealty (2018)
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