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I love this!

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Wow, how nice to read about your notebook! I too have one in which for many years I have been jotting down words I like because of their sound or the figures they create in my head, and they are often unusual words.

I look forward to read "Poetry Comics" also in Italy!

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Thank you, Andrea! Great to hear about your notebook practice, I love it.

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Great stuff!

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Again, one to save and savor forever.

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How awesome! I didn’t know many of these, and now I’m longing to use smurr and murmuration in an essay!

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Good luck!

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Thank you for the reminder of murmuration, I'd forgotten it, what wonderful word. I'm so glad I found you!

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Yes! It's a great word for winter here in Kansas where I live, the flocks are everywhere :)

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What a treasure indeed!

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Treasure is the perfect word for this collection! The illustrations are lovely and add so much to the meaning of these words. Have you read The Lost Words: A Spell Book? Also a nice collection of beautiful illustrations paired with words that were dropped from the Oxford Junior Dictionary years ago.

Can't wait to get my hands on Poetry Comics! Thanks!!

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Thanks for the book recommendation, I will check it out! Sounds fantastic.

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Wonderful vocabulary words! In an age of young adult dictionaries removing words due to lack of use in YA literature, these are fantastic to see.

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Thank you! Here's to heavy, cumbersome dictionaries full of unusual words :)

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I love these! Never stop please.

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Thank you!

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I am a wordnerd so your Substack topic is perfect for me. Love the comics that accompany the words. I usually highlight a word in Kindle when a new one pops out at me. You reminded me to actually go back and write them down! Thanks. Very entertaining.

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Hi Grant, I love your words and work, thank you for sharing.

I was wondering if you would consider when sharing your work online, if adding underneath each word the opportunity to hear the spoken word?

A hyperlink or tab for those who love words, AND have a Neurodivergent brain that needs assistance to access the words. I know many Neurodivergent brains need visual descriptors of images also.... Just a thought for allowing as many people as possible to access and love your work.

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That's a great idea, I will look into how to do that. Thank you for the message! Neurodivergence is a topic close to me as we have ADHD and autism spectrum in my household.

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My pleasure 😊 Same in our household and family 🥰😍🤩

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I absolutely love these!!! So talented!

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The necessity of art is to give voice to the emotions and motions unspoken.

Grant, what you do is not only build the bridge in a fun way, you make all of us poets and writers.

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Well said, Roeland! Thanks so much

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wow, i love this app

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What a lovely idea! I didn’t clock for a few words that these were actual words and not sounds/made up!

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