Day: August 23, 2016

Canny- what does it mean

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Canny is used a lot in the North of England and canny lass is Geordie
canny
ˈkani/
adjective
adjective: canny; comparative adjective: cannier; superlative adjective: canniest
  1. 1.
    having or showing shrewdness and good judgement, especially in money or business matters.
    “canny investors will switch banks if they think they are getting a raw deal”
    antonyms: foolish, reckless
  2. 2.
    NORTHERN ENGLISHSCOTTISH
    pleasant; nice.
    “she’s a canny lass”
Origin
late 16th century (originally Scots): from can1 (in the obsolete sense ‘know’) + -y1.

The rage of living

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The point of living is to feel alive
Not caged  by  too high walls or steely fence
We want to love,be taken by surprise.

Our  wounded mangled self we can’t deride,
Recalling  fights and  struggles lived  through once.
The point of living is to feel alive.

We dither to and fro in puzzled ways
We feel the anguish, still and quite intent.
We want to love,be taken by surprise.

The self’s spontaneous, not a thing contrived;
Formed with love and  hate,with all intense.
The rage of living is to be alive.

When washed away by feelings glad,immense
That cross our borders without our lament
The  hope,the need of living is  our life
We want to  give and take  yet fear surprise