Comments on: Head cold https://www.vianegativa.us/2014/02/head-cold/ Purveyors of fine poetry since 2003. Sun, 23 Feb 2014 17:19:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dave Bonta https://www.vianegativa.us/2014/02/head-cold/#comment-42088 Sun, 23 Feb 2014 17:18:52 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=27288#comment-42088 In reply to barleybooks.

I’m not the world’s best speller, so this sent me to the dictionary. The American Heritage Dictionary, a good guide to usage on this side of the Atlantic, has “Mucus (myo̅o̅′kəs). The slimy, viscous substance secreted as a protective lubricant by mucous membranes.” So I guess you’re right — I should lose the o. Thanks.

]]> By: barleybooks https://www.vianegativa.us/2014/02/head-cold/#comment-42085 Sun, 23 Feb 2014 16:05:45 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=27288#comment-42085 mucus, or mucous stuff? A beautiful, painful poem in any case.

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