If I Had Time for a Poem...

... it would center on this word that I learned today. I know I'm a poet, despite my lack of time for poetry this month, because I can fall in love with words. Richard Hugo's book, The Triggering Town, taught me that.

My new word of the day is ataraxia, which means a peace of mind. From the Greek, as an opposite of "disturbed."

The word sounds so exotic and complex, at first. Yet when I repeat it, roll it around in my mouth, it's distilled and simple. I don't know what my version of ataraxia looks like (or feels like), but I know that it sounds close to this word.