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This is a superb phrase to describe the power of the SOUND of words. Your essay is important to all writers, but especially to those of us who write poetry where EVERY word counts and superfluous words need to be stripped away like peeling an orange, to get to the juicy part.

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Deborah Barchi

Deborah Barchi has recently retired from her career as a librarian and now has time to read, explore nature, and write poetry and essays.