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DEFINITION

Parnassus [pα:næss]

n

1. a mountain in central Greece, just north of Delphi, that rises to a height of 8,064 feet (2,457 m). Held to be sacred by the ancient Greeks, it was associated with Apollo and the Muses and was regarded as a symbol of poetry. Greek name Parnassós.

2. (Literature / Poetry)

a. the world of poetry

b. a centre of poetic or other creative activity

3. (Literature / Poetry) a collection of verse or belles lettres

Parneshia [par: knee: she a]

n

1. 1980—daughter of high school sweethearts (prom queen and football captain). Father,

a Creole southern rolling stone, watches an old Greek movie, hears the word Parnassus. Father told it to Mother. Mother, first generation Northerner, couldn’t understand what Father was saying (Greek doesn’t roll easy off the Creole tongue). Mother shaped the word herself while baby moved about in her belly.

2. (Woman / Poet)

a. rooted in her Midwest, in her poetry

b. growing up in Mama’s kitchen and stacks of dusty books

3. (Woman / Poet) twenty years later, the Poet searches the definition of her name…who knew