Etymology #2 Harmony: a noun, a melodic word, The pleasant-sounding sequence Of music in a chord. Three syllables denote euphony, Composition, musical structure, Creation of a symphony. A pleasing congruence of parts, Harmony is concord, goodwill, The meeting of minds and hearts. Without it there would be no unity; The world would be in discord, […]
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My daily journal: comments, thoughts and poetry on daily events.
You have to watch this
I don’t know where this video clip originally came from, but it was shared by a friend of mine on Facebook. You have to watch it to the very end – it’s brilliant! http://www.facebook.com/leonrobertspost/videos/10203007512853219/?pnref=story
An interest in etymology
I wrote this after reading mashed radish, the etymology blog. I studied linguistics many years ago and am interested in etymology. While teaching English at a high school in Norfolk, one homework project I devised that really got Year 7 and 8 students going was the presentation of a word. They had to choose a […]
Memories of the leaning tower of Pisa
Winding Stairs Haiku Timeworn and sculpted, Smoothed by endless soles of feet, Cool in summer’s heat
Using an image as inspiration
This is based on an exercise we did in a creative writing group last year. Photo by Robert Capa (1913 – 2000) Footsteps echoed on the cobbled street. Mama held on to my arm, in the same way as the bald woman held on to that child, the one everyone’s eyes were on. We had […]
We saw these cherubs in an ornamental pond in Florence
Cherubs in a Pond Orbiting in space Gemini lit in marble Two moons face to face
For those of you who love the poetry of Leonard Cohen
I saw this on Facebook and thought it was too beautiful to not share. The second short film is the best one of ‘A Kite is a Victim’ . http://www.openculture.com/2013/07/the-poetry-of-leonard-cohen-illustrated-by-two-short-films.html
A puzzle
How have I managed to get 19 likes today when the stats show only 1 view and 1 visitor (from Mexico) to only the home page and archives? Has something gone wrong?
Update on the short story
I did what I said and read blogs. The newspaper hasn’t arrived yet so I couldn’t read that. But I did go back to some old ideas for short stories and found something that I wrote last year. It was only about 540 words long, but it was the germ of a story and I have […]
Looking for inspiration
I finished the portfolio of five poems for the 2015 Manchester Writing Competition yesterday. Now I am searching for inspiration for a short story. The brief states that it can be on any subject but must be the entrant’s own original writing, and should not have appeared in print or on a website, including blogs […]
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