THE MOST BEAUTIFUL POEM IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
(According to William R. Espy’s Book of Lists, the ten most beautiful English words are gonorrhea, gossamer, lullaby, meandering, mellifluous, murmuring, onomatopoeia, Shenandoah, summer afternoon, wisteria.)
On a summer afternoon,
meandering along the Shenandoah,
smelling the wisteria,
murmuring a mellifluous onomatopoeia
lullaby to a beautiful lady in gossamer,
I contracted gonorrhea.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Nominated for the National Book Award, the Eric Hoffer Book Award, and nominated three times for the Pulitzer Prize, J.R. Solonche is the author of 40 books of poetry and coauthor of another. He lives in the Hudson Valley.
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