Words, Verse, and Whimsy
What is WORDSWORTH?
What is WORDSWORTH?
Are you getting your
WORDSWORTH?
    WORDSWORTH is two things in one.

    First -
    WORDSWORTH is the "nom de plum," of sorts, for the writer, Susan Jones.
    Click on Who is WORDSWORTH, or on her name (above) for a short
    biographical sketch.

    Second -
    WORDSWORTH is the name Susan has given to her product.  It is a spotlight
    on WORDS – old and new, familiar and unusual, domestic and foreign -
    combining rhyme, and quotations, and whimsy!  It is a way for young and old to
    have fun with language.  

    In short, WORDSWORTH (the product) is vocabulary verse.  
    It is light verse with a purpose!

    Each WORDSWORTH verse features a vocabulary word, with pronunciation,
    definitions, and related words.  And each column includes at least one relevant
    quotation that uses the featured word in its text.  Finally, there is a verse
    composed specifically for the word.

    WORDSWORTH grew from a request by fellow workers of Susan Jones, their
    corporate librarian, in a midwestern insurance company.  They wanted a
    weekly vocabulary word via the company's e-mail.  This led to searches for
    appropriate, unusual words - keeping eyes and ears open for likely "candidates"
    - in the news, in quotation books, in professional and recreational reading.  
    Many times, literature and humorous verse provided the weekly words.  Often,
    these sources suggested or prompted a response, also using the selected word.  
    And so, WORDSWORTH was born.
Good Words
are Worth
much and cost
little.
English proverb.  
Also attributed to
George Herbert
1592-1633
Original vocabulary verse
poeticizing words worth enjoying!
May I entertain you?

Original vocabulary verse
poeticizing words worth enjoying!