Vernal Equinox Vocab
post a comment | posted Mar 20
"He had been a macaroni of the eighteenth century, and the friend, in his youth, of Lord Ferrars." Oscar Wilde, THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY
Weekly Words
post a comment | posted Feb 8
parlous - full of danger or risk: hazardous
alameda - a public promenade bordered with trees
bouleversement - reversal, a violent disturbance : disorder
tatterdemalion - ragged or disreputable in apperance, being in a decayed state or condition : Dilapidated; beggarly
clerisy - intelligentsia
intelligentsia - English philosopher-poet Samuel Taylor Coleride believed that if humanity was to flourish, it was necessary to create a secular organization of learned individuals, "whether poets, or philosophers, or scholars," to "diffuse through the whole community... that quality of knowledge was indispensable. - He named this clerisy (in preference, it seems to the Russian term intelligentsia.
rictus - the gape of a bird's mouth; mouth or orifice; a gaping grin or grimace
Words for January.
1 comment | posted Jan 18
Words of the Month. In order to broaden my vocabulary when I write.
The End of Summer.
post a comment | posted Sep 22
It's the end of summer. Still warm, as I live in Texas.
The Poetry of Rain
1 comment | posted May 30
It's raining today.
It's so dark and
saturated
the
street
lights
are on.
Original Poetry for the End of National Poetry Month.
1 comment | posted Apr 30
Let poetry live in you heart year round.
Checkin' this Out!
2 comments | posted Apr 1
It will be interesting to see how this develops. I like it so far.