What’s the name of that strange awareness
when you come across a new word
and then it appears everywhere?
Petrichor
is a word I hadn’t heard before
at least I don’t remember it – yet here it was today
appearing twice within the space of a few pages
Petrichor, the earthly scent
when rain falls upon dry ground
Petrichor,
from the Greek words petra,
meaning stone, and ichor,
the fluid like blood in the veins of gods
Was Trudeau thinking about that, as he stood somber in the rain
Recalling rain that wasn’t rain, but bullets –
Bullets raining down while the blood of the fallen flowed
(found poem sourced from ‘Wet Ink’ by Amy Goldwasser and ‘Transubstantiation’ by Susan Firer in New Yorker magazine, November 12, 2018 and Justin Trudeau speaking at World War I commemoration, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, November 10, 2018.)
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About katemccarrollmoore
Kate Moore’s passion is literacy, and she serves as a mentor teacher and staff developer throughout the greater Bay Area. Kate served three terms as the City of San Ramon's Poet Laureate (2012-2018); she also teaches poetry writing workshops and is an instructor in the Master of Arts in Teacher Leadership (MATL) program at St. Mary’s College of California. She was honored as SRVUSD Teacher of the Year in 2007 and San Ramon Chamber of Commerce Educator of the Year in 2009. Kate holds a Doctorate in Educational Leadership for Social Justice from California State University, East Bay, an M.A. in Teacher Leadership from St. Mary’s and a B.A. in English Education from SUNY Albany. She and Bob Moore are the proud parents of four beautiful grown daughters, and the smitten grandparents of six beautiful children who fill them with hope for the future.
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Great Word Kate….you have to submit it to the vocab club.