logophilia

Pretty Words

 Poets make pets of pretty, docile words:

 I love smooth words, like gold-enamelled fish

 Which circle slowly with a silken swish,

 And tender ones, like downy-feathered birds:

 Words shy and dappled, deep-eyed deer in herds,

 Come to my hand, and playful if I wish,

 Or purring softly at a silver dish,

 Blue Persian kittens fed on cream and curds.

 I love bright words, words up and singing early;

 Words that are luminous in the dark, and sing;

 Warm lazy words, white cattle under trees;

 I love words opalescent, cool, and pearly,

 Like midsummer moths, and honied words like bees,

 Gilded and sticky, with a little sting.

-- Elinor Wylie

As a nerd I have many loves.  I also have many hatreds, but I will not delve into that right now.  For right now I will simply focus on the pleasant.  I would also like to say will a little help of google I found someone who made a blog devoted to words they like.  Words that bring them special joy.  I invite you to go to this site for a journey in the seedy pornographic underworld of logophilia.