Palilalia

Palilalia Is Disordered Speech. According To The Oxford English Dictionary, This Lesser Known Vocal Tic Is An Involuntary Repetition Of Words, Phrases, Or Sentences. Palilalia Can Feel, On The One Hand, Like An Affliction To Be Suppressed And, On The Other, Like A Meditative Mantra That Focuses And Intensifies Thought. Your Repetitious Tics, The Ghost Of The Poet's Mentor, Northrop Frye, Tells Him, Are The Ecstatic Rhapsodist's / St. Vitus Dance, Slangster's Whizzle / And Conjuration, Philologist's Hullabaloo. It Isn't A Question Of How To Stop The Tics, But Of Discovering Where They Will Take You. Jeffery Donaldson Offers Poems About Tourette's Syndrome, About His Love And Blessings, And About The Grace Of A Stillness In The Midst Of So Much Mental Noise. All Poets Have Palilalia, Or Should Have. --résumé De L'éditeur.