Tuesday 9 December 2008

Whisper

WHISPER
   
–verb (used without object)
1. to speak with soft, hushed sounds, using the breath, lips, etc., but with no vibration of the vocal cords.
2. Phonetics. to produce utterance substituting breath for phonation.
3. to talk softly and privately (often implying gossip, slander, plotting, or the like): The king knew that the courtiers were whispering.
4. (of trees, water, breezes, etc.) to make a soft, rustling sound like that of whispering.
–verb (used with object)
5. to utter with soft, low sounds, using the breath, lips, etc.: He whispered endearments to her.
6. Phonetics. to utter (speech sounds) substituting breath for phonation.
7. to say or tell in a whisper; tell privately.
8. to speak to or tell (a person) in a whisper or privately.
–noun
9. the mode of utterance, or the voice, of a person who whispers: to speak in a whisper.
10.a word or remark uttered by whispering.
11.a rumor or insinuation: Whispers circulated about the affair.
12.a soft, rustling sound like a whisper: the whisper of leaves in the wind.






















To summon memories of you
I burnt some old whispers
We had shared in the wood,
Staring in the void
Where smoke disappeared.

3 comments:

Rachel Green said...

I still love this - even more with the illustration.

Tess Kincaid said...

Beautiful.

Dina said...

Enchanting