Day: March 30, 2016

The blind can walk

His manners false, to  which he was half true
Had driven maidens into  lives of worth
And though he lied, he never  heard a  mew
H e raised his hat and so revealed his  purse

 

His voice ,so like a siren, charmed the  goats
His eyes were  plaster yet his ears were wool.
He claimed it was  protection from the stoats
Of which the town of London’s overfull

 

His rhetoric impeccable he knew
To speak would be an error deja vu.
And yet his  snakey tongue was free from glue.
While on his nose he always kept new  dew.

He did at Sodom study P.P.E.
The blind can walk, the cripples now can see.

Meaning of “schmooze” in the English Dictionary

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“schmooze” in British English

schmooze verb [I]

UK   US   /ʃmuːz/ informal

(Definition of schmooze from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge

Dietrich Bonhoeffer: “Who am I?”

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Who am I? They often tell me
I stepped from my cell’s confinement
Calmly, cheerfully, firmly,
Like a squire from his country-house.
Who am I? They often tell me
I used to speak to my warders
Freely and friendly and clearly,
As though it were mine to command.
Who am I? They also also tell me
I bore the days of misfortune
Equably, smilingly, proudly,
Like one accustomed to win.

Am I then really all that which other men tell me of?
Or am I only what I myself know of myself?
Restless and longing and sick, like a bird in a cage,
Struggling for breath, as though hands were compressing my thoat,
Yearning for colours, for flowers, for the voices of birds,
Thirsting for words of kindness, for neighbourliness,
Tossing in expectation of great events,
Powerlessly trembling for friends at an infinite distance,
Weary and empty at praying, at…

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Dignity’s own dance

What did she convey when she moved thus
A branch of willow bending to the lake?
So eloquent the gesture,with no fuss;
So brief , yet   there,  an image I could take.

 

We dance with gestures,  sometimes seen and shared;
With awkwardness as   over desks we’ve bowed.
Yet in these movements , our deep self is bared
And  given dignity when  none’s allowed

 

For as there is no name for this, our form;
No vigilante’s listed it as sin
And so our human dance goes on and on
From what is now and what  once might have been.

 

We are all partner’s in the earthly dance,
From serendip to  glorious happenstance

 

 

When is a proverb a cliche?

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A bad beginning makes a good ending.

• A bad excuse is better than none at all.

• A bad husband cannot be a good man.

• A beggar can never be bankrupt.

• A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

• A burnt child dreads fire.

• A cat may look at a king.

• A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.

• A cheerful wife is the joy of life.

• A clear conscience is a coat of mail.

• A drowning man will catch at a straw.

• A drunkard’s purse is a bottle.

• A fault confessed is half redressed.

• A fool and his money are soon parted.

• A fool may give a wise man counsel.

• A fool may make money, but it takes a wise man to spend it.

• A friend in need is a friend indeed.

• A friend is easier lost than found.

• A friend’s frown is better than a fool’s smile.

• A full purse makes the mouth to speak.

• A good dog deserves a good bone.

• A good husband makes a good wife.

• A good name is better than riches.

• A good name is sooner lost than won.

• A great talker is a great liar.

• A guilty conscience needs no accuser.

• A hungry man is an angry man.

As brave as

He was as  upright as a  willow tree in a gale
As tender as a Brazil  nut left over from last year
As kind as a  mad tiger in a small  cage
As brave as a  new born kitten
As eloquent as a recorder.
As musical as a mute cello
As tall as the dog
As well read as a cornflakes packet
In short,he was the man I was not waiting for.
I always knew I would recognise him when I met him

Syntax,the meaning

Syntax
ˈsɪntaks/
noun
noun: syntax
  1. 1.
    the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
    “the syntax of English”
    • a set of rules for or an analysis of the syntax of a language.
      plural noun: syntaxes
      “generative syntax”
    • the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax.
  2. 2.
    the structure of statements in a computer language.
Origin
late 16th century: from French syntaxe, or via late Latin from Greek suntaxis, from sun-‘together’ + tassein ‘arrange