There are words in the English language

that are especially beautiful:

For example,

it occurred to me recently

that I thought fondly of

Cape Town

because both words were so

pleasing to the ear.

Cape Town.

There are other words, too –

            combinations of words.

Equator, Gothic, Patella, Rose.

Peekskill Hollow, Honeydew Melon.

I Love You.

I sit in the car’s passenger seat,

watching the green flow by,

hearing the words over and over,

            like waves rolling over the hills.

Liz DeGregorio is a poet, writer, and editor whose work has appeared in Ruminate Magazine, BUST Magazine, Ghouls Magazine, Gravitas, The Tulane Review, Scorpion Magazine, Beyond Words Literary Magazine, Decomp Journal, and more. Her goal is always to make her readers feel understood.