of the phrase "living roots" delights me, at least, with its naturalness and its rightness.
You can see this sort of linguistic reverberation in Natasha Trethewey's poem "Pilgrimage" with the play on the word "hollowed," for instance (think: hallowed), as well as death and battle words such as "underground" and "hunkered," among others.
from The Oregonian: When words play, a careful reader finds many meanings
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