Here is today's second freebie, courtesy of new prompters. It was inspired by wyld_dandelyon who mentioned one of my major influences, Suzette Haden Elgin.
Re: ThankstechnoshamanNovember 14 2012, 05:56:00 UTC
I have to agree with her. I know (as in, can walk up and put hugs on) several people who are musicians who have earned the tag "bard" in my mental tag cloud, and a couple who are prose storytellers. You are the only *poet* I know personally with that tag. I don't know if you started with the "wordsmith" thing and grew into it (as I did my own nom du net), or whether you adopted it after honing your skills... but the moniker is definitely not unearned.
Hmmm. A forge for words between one's ears. Gives a whole new meaning to "fire in the head", eh? :)
>> I have to agree with her. I know (as in, can walk up and put hugs on) several people who are musicians who have earned the tag "bard" in my mental tag cloud, and a couple who are prose storytellers.<<
For me, plenty of musicians; a few storytellers ...
>> You are the only *poet* I know personally with that tag. <<
... and no other poets, unless I count the master lyricists who are also musicians.
>> I don't know if you started with the "wordsmith" thing and grew into it (as I did my own nom du net), or whether you adopted it after honing your skills... but the moniker is definitely not unearned. <<
I came about "wordsmith" later than "bard" because I wanted something with more scope. But I've had total strangers clock me as bard, or scribe, even if I wasn't doing anything I would've called obvious at the time. One time in college, a classmate I didn't know hollered "Bard!" to get my attention outside. I turned right around at that. I asked him why, and he said, "I didn't know your name. That's your title. I knew it
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Hmmm. A forge for words between one's ears. Gives a whole new meaning to "fire in the head", eh? :)
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For me, plenty of musicians; a few storytellers ...
>> You are the only *poet* I know personally with that tag. <<
... and no other poets, unless I count the master lyricists who are also musicians.
>> I don't know if you started with the "wordsmith" thing and grew into it (as I did my own nom du net), or whether you adopted it after honing your skills... but the moniker is definitely not unearned. <<
I came about "wordsmith" later than "bard" because I wanted something with more scope. But I've had total strangers clock me as bard, or scribe, even if I wasn't doing anything I would've called obvious at the time. One time in college, a classmate I didn't know hollered "Bard!" to get my attention outside. I turned right around at that. I asked him why, and he said, "I didn't know your name. That's your title. I knew it ( ... )
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