I was once told that I had a poor vocabulary for someone who wanted to be a writer. Sounds offensive, but really I felt the same way. Words don’t stick with me. I am often using a thesaurus to find a just right word. I keep a notebook of words. And I subscribe to two different “Word of the Day” emails. Today the word was aide-mémoire. Isn’t that a lovely, fancy word for a list? So here is a list poem/ definito hot off the presses. (in other words, drafted right here, right now)
To Do List
Leave out the empty bottle of Pledge, box of ziplocs
Margaret Simon, draft
Memory aid written
on a free notepad from St. Jude’s.
What time is your hair appointment?
Draw a line to the train schedule.
Lesson plan, your son-in-law’s birthday
both due on Saturday by noon.
Books to read in a stack by your bed.
Folded business card, field trip bus driver,
Things to do, things to buy, letters to write
a pile on the kitchen counter… aide-mémoire.
Reflections on the Teche 