Linger

Response to Persist

Linger’s another one of those words that tastes good as you say it. It is often as sensuous as the sensations of any moment it draws out. Lingering is just such a satisfying activity. Languorous, sensual… it evokes an awareness for a purposeful state of extended experience, to enjoy the moment… for just a little longer, a lingering touch, a lingering glance. Perhaps anticipation, to enjoy the tension of waiting for a moment yet to come, to teeter a bit on the edge of fulfillment. Sometimes to bask in consummate satisfaction. Always an expanded experience of the present.

All that, and then there’s this song, too:

The Cranberries: Linger

Want to Play?

First, pick a synonym from below. Use that synonym as inspiration to create something new: words, images, sound, video … just about anything, really.

You can think of this game as a one-word prompt. Rather than give you the one word, I’m giving you a list of synonyms to choose your one word from. It’s one of those games without winners or losers. Well, maybe everybody wins.

Here are the rules.

Some Linger Synonyms:

dawdle, drift, idle, remain, stay, stick around, wait… more synonyms