Tuesday, May 26, 2009

The poetry of lists

Names of outdoor stains, from the Cabot Premium Woodcare line:

Snowfield, Arboretum, Cinder, Milkweed, Frontier, Plum Island, Cavalry, Rose Quartz, Golden Husk, Saltmarsh, Pepperwood, Hedgerow, Shade Tree.

Names of iris varieties, from Scheiner's Iris Lover's Catalog:

Hemstitched, Immortality, Merchant Marine, Dusky Challenger, Daughter of Stars, Hello Darkness, Kind Word, Who's Your Daddy, Salamander Crossing, Over in Gloryland, Anvil of Darkness.

2 comments:

Paul Lisicky said...

I could look at lists like this for hours. Here's my contribution, a start at least. Some Long Island street names: Lost at Sea Memorial Pike, Hot Water Street, The Serpentine, Highway Behind the Pond, Toilsome Lane....

Mark McGuinness said...

Marvellous. I'm trying to work out whether the lists are more/less beautiful if the original compilers were aware/unaware of their beauty.

It could go either way...