Spume

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Spume: Lots of bubbles.

I came across this word in a poem, The Dancers Dressed in White, from her book American Sublime by Elizabeth Alexander. She related a line of dressed-in-white dancers to spume running to the shore. Her stunning poetry stimulated Barack Obama to ask her to write and recite a poem to enlighten the people of the world at his inauguration. She is only the fourth poet to be so honored. Alexander is a black woman. Of the four poets, two have been black women, two white men. When she delivers her poem, I expect that it will create great waves of spume and sparks. She is a brilliant poet.

Spumante is bubbly wine.
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