All Write, Already!

According to synonym.com there are 11 senses of the word "new." (I think they left out the bad pun: What's New? The thirteenth letter of the greek alphabet!, " but dictionary people are remarkably short on the humor scale)

According to the Mirriam-Webster Dictionary there are 94 different entries for "new;" the synonyms include... NOVEL, (which) applies to what is not only new but strange or unprecedented "a novel approach to the problem." ORIGINAL, (which) applies to what is the first of its kind to exist "a man without one original idea.". FRESH, (which) applies to what has not lost its qualities of newness such as liveliness, energy, brightness "a fresh start."

But with all of this erudition, they still fail to grasp what "new" is: New is the sharp intake of breath upon discovery, the tug of the heartstrings and flash of light behind the retinas upon realization, the conceptualization of just how immensly huge the universe is, and how alone we truly are. New is the Big Bang, the something from nothing, the time between the moments, and the space between the atoms. It is the pause, the heartbeat, the gap between the utterance of "Let there be light" and the appearance of the radiance in all its glory.

Yes, I like online dictionaries. But I like poetry better.