Month: August 2016

My dearest heart

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Mei tearens, farwol myn leafste hert.[ Frisian][

With tenderness,farewell my dearest heart

.Met tederheid, vaarwel mijn liefste hart.[ Dutch]

Med ømhed , farvel min kære hjerte . [Danish

Med ømhed, Farvel mín kerti hjerte.  [Icelandic]

Watercolour love

 

Like ancient watercolour paintings washed by rain,
Our hearts had mingled,yet our separate selves remained.
Two watercolour pictures without frames,
Became one picture over time;
Yet two of us still there.
Our colours blended  gradually
Till shades and hues were shared.
I loved your colours intermixed with mine:
Together they became a new design.
A watercolour image  made and stroked by rain
I, too, must go, yet our  Watercolour Love   ever remains

My blood skips

 

I found looking at languages similar to English before the Norman Conquest that joy or happiness is blydskip….. so it is a metaphor…I was so happy my blood was skipping!Maybe if we  know joy enough  our blood will circulate better and we will not heart attacks etc.

Laziness may be a sign of intelligence

 

 

Amd Jesus admired the  lilies of the field….I don’t know what sort of  flowers they would have been but that doesn’t matter.

http://www.medicaldaily.com/are-smart-people-lazy-new-study-links-high-iq-sedentary-lifestyle-394370

Can it be it measures you?

I am no less human   than before
The way you  speak does not true measure grant
Can it be it measures you  who score?

I  trusted you who begged me to adore.
Yet looking back the basis was too scant
Still I am no less human   than before

Moderation is a  better  core
Bewitching love is what you seemed to want
Can it be it measures you  who score?

What ever I gave, you always wished for more.
With criticisms you often me did  taunt
Still I am no less human   than before

When I saw your rage I  sought the  door
You took for granted I’d dwell in your haunts
Can it be it measures you  who score?

Though you might beg  while kneeling on the floor
I  wish for nothing but you be absent
I am no less human   than before
Can it be it measures you  who score?

 

 

 

 

 

 

DO NOT DESTROY

 

Do not destroy the  joy of  all we  had
The good need  not be lost when lovers part.
If you need space then take it and be glad.

Because I love you, I shall  now be  sad
But there’s no need to  stab me in  the heart
Do not destroy the  joy of  all we  had.

With your loving words I once was clad
Now naked to the winds, I must  depart
If you need space then take it and be glad.

The only constant love is that of God
No Eros is He with his arrowed darts
Do not destroy the  joy of  all we  had.

On these forlorn, faint tracks I have  once trod
In my mind I search for   ragged  charts
If you need space then take it and be glad.

I have my maps and now am fully clad.
With tenderness,farewell my dearest heart.
Do not destroy the  joy of  all we  had.
If you need space then take it and be glad.

A new thought about villanelles

The article I posted this morning points out that because of the repition o two of the lines a villanelle is especially suited to write about something that is bothering us a great deall.Dylan Thomas wrote “Do not go gentle into that goodnight”   when he learned hius father was dying.But his father did not know.
Because of the importance of the repetition they recommend writing the last two lines  before you write the body of the poem.So that is what I did with “I can’t believe,I wown’t believe you’re dead.” I think it is a very wise idea
Because of the strength of  repetition it would be suitable for writing about an unhappy love affair as well as death.Or maybe about breaking up with someone.

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Do not destroy the  joy of  all we  had
If you need space then take it and be glad.

I just wrote that but I don’t know if I can write a whole villanelle.
Well I managed it but I may want to edit it some more.And it does seem suited to strong feelings.Otherwise it’s   just an intellectual jigsaw puzzle as my friend said

DO NOT DESTROY

Do not destroy the  joy of  all we  had
The good need  not be lost when lovers part.
If you need space then take it and be glad.

Because I love you, I shall  now be  sad
But there’s no need to  stab me in  the heart
Do not destroy the  joy of  all we  had.

With your loving words I once was clad
Now naked to the winds, I must  depart
If you need space then take it and be glad.

The only constant love is that of God
No Eros is He with his arrowed darts
Do not destroy the  joy of  all we  had.

On these forlorn, faint tracks I have  once trod
In my mind I search for   ragged  charts
If you need space then take it and be glad.

I have my maps and now am fully clad.
With tenderness,farewell my dearest heart.
Do not destroy the  joy of  all we  had.
If you need space then take it and be glad.

 

 

 

Stigma and mental illness

Beauties

 

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/brick-brick/201405/the-stigma-mental-illness-is-making-us-sicker

“Further, the discrepancy between the cost of mental health disorders as compared to the funding of research is striking, and is believed to be caused by the stigma associated with mental health issues. For example, in the United Kingdom, mental health accounts for 23 percent of the economic burden, but only receives 13 percent of the funding. Worse, this stigma and need for social distancing may influence what has become the criminalization of people with mental illness. People with mental illness are 10 times more likely to be in prison than in psychiatric facilities, leading some to call prisons “The New Gulags for the Mentally Ill.” Many consider this a human rights violation that contributes to the cycle of prison, poverty and homelessness for many mentally ill people. “

Advice from the Telegraph on transitional clothing

“The underwear as outerwear movement has been simmering into the mainstream for several seasons, and what’s not to like about silky, slouchy pyjama-esque bottoms and lace-trimmed camisoles? M&S has long been a destination for affordable, well-made lingerie, so it comes as little surprise to see the retailer tap into this trend.

“Silky separates make a fantastic alternative to evening wear, so they’re a great investment piece,” says Rebecca. By sporting this black slip dress over a plain cotton top and with flat strappy sandals, or over raw-hemmed jeans, you’re presented with a versatile daywear option, too.

Black silk slip dress
Satin asymmetric hem dress, £59″  [Looks like underwear to me]
Well,it’s no good if you live North of Watford… too cold even in summer

Funny way to be excommunicated

The doctor says I am suffering from  allusions to poetry.So I am on major fantasisers
I’m a nagnostic too.I  might  relieve God is there sometimes.He’s a wave and a particle and very light.He comes and goes.Like men  may do.
Meanwhile in the garden there is mass wisteria.It will be ok in a few weeks when we get cold whethers.
There is a big depression where we bury the vegetable peelings amongst other things like the dead.And   what the cat catches,
So we are collating the law.
The priest says my sins are mortal but not deadly.
I have been text-communicated by the Immigrant in the Vatican
I didn’t realise it was a sin to have sex when your husband has died.
Is a vibrator sinful? Or is it  the folk who might use them?
Is it a sin to make them in a factory?If so the economy will slump…
It’s funny that Boots sell something that could  send us to hell for all eternity.I am not referring to their famous face cream though it does remove the top layer of the skin.It is however not enough for those who have cancer  especially if it is on your bum.
If Boots sell vibrators surely the Church must see it’s now the  norm and does not   use birth control which they still ban, psoit could be a gracious way of having sex without need to take the PILL.Still it does seems  odd  to imagine that you get married and you both have sex  using vibrators.Not quite a honeymoon especially if you take two vibrators.What, though, if the battery  goes flat?What if you forget your adapter for the plug? I suppose you could take it in turns!
It’s like food.We used to do that ourselves once.Now it’s sex.No worry about wasting the weekend in bed  whispering in each others ears though ,do rememeber not to use one  while driving up the M1.I know it’s boring but do you want to be on a video on Twitter? You do!Say no more.
Remember  though that you might have an accident involving others.If you are suicidal, please jump off Beachy Head.Do not cause a traffic jam as you will most likely  be murdered.And murder is not suicide,is it?You will have injured someone else and that is more unethical than using men ,women or vibrators for recreational purposes.I rest my taste.Or my vase.Or my  handbag… BTW is there a vibrator bag? If not, why not become self employed and start a new business… different  colours and so on.I have no idea about size  so an expandable fabrix might be good.
When it comes down to it, should  we get one free if our partner dies?I would prefer a large  soft cat but,hey who am I to judge others? Let  the Lord decide…

 

I don’t believe,I won’t believe

 

It doesn’t matter what the doctors said.
I know you’d never leave me here alone.
I don’t believe , I  won’t believe you’re dead.

You’ve always like a nice lie down in bed
And never, ever answered your iphone
It doesn’t matter what the doctors said.

The doctors  scanned  those parts angels tread
The priest said that you’re going across to Rome
I don’t believe ,I  won’t believe you’re dead.

I know your friends  are pleased I keep you fed
And snatch an hour  or more for  writing poems
It doesn’t matter what the doctors said.

My cousins  told me that I should be glad.
I have free time and all the world  to roam
I don’t believe,I  won’t believe you’re dead.

They say to  find another man instead.
That nearly made me  lose my funny bone
It doesn’t matter what the doctors said.
I don’t believe , I  won’t believe you’re dead.

Our shared human vulnerability

 A day of sudden changes.Clouds

cross the sky

like whales swimming North in rows.

The sun was bright,dazzled my eyes

with gold and silver.

Wind cut across my face

like a slap from an angry father..

Those who love can also seem to hate us too..

The lure of that small childish body

tempts them to divert their anger towards it.

When the ones who hurt you

are also the ones you love,

it’s hard to know which direction to run in;

but it usually turns into a circle.

Retreating turns into a new arrival.

Straight lines might be better. though

On a spherical earth

difficult to find.

Even parallel lines meet

In their Riemannian geometry.

So we can never get away

Sometimes the best we manage

Is to increase the circle’s radius.

Though how is hard to know.

Do you love me or hate me?

Do you want me to stay or go?

What do I want?Do I have a me?

The memory of warmth draws me back

Like a cold lonely beast leaving the jungle

To lie down with a what appears to be a lamb,

Surprising the farmer up early to milk his animals

Finding a strange new one

Looking with tender,puzzled eyes

into His Human Face.

Rectify

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Merriam-Webster
WORD OF THE DAY
August 9, 2016
 P1000061
rectify Audio pronunciation
verb | REK-tuh-fye
Definition
1 :
to set right : remedy
2 :
to purify (as alcohol) especially by repeated or fractionaldistillation
3 :
to correct by removing errors
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Did You Know?
Which of the following words does not share its ancestry with rectify—direct, regimen, obstruct, correct, or resurrection? Like rectify, four of these words ultimately come from Latin regere, which can mean “to lead straight,” “to direct,” or “to rule.” Correct and directcome from regere via Latin corrigere and dirigere, respectively.Resurrection comes from Latin resurgere, whose stem surgere, meaning “to rise,” is a combination of sub– and regere. Regimen is from Latin regimen (“position of authority,” “direction,” “set of rules”), itself from regere. And rectify is from regere by way of Latin rectus (“right”). Obstruct is the only one of the set that has no relation to rectify. It traces back to Latin struere, meaning “to build” or “to heap up.”

Little boxes

Writing has me on the edge of a cliff
I look at the  gorgeous wilderness
How can THAT be put into words?
Words like little boxes , infinitely many,
How can the orange earth,the deep sky ,the palm trees
The  animals,   the bewildering birds and flowers
How can I convey this in these little boxes
“Having a great time,wish you were here
Weather’s fantastic,food .ditto
Did the cat turn up?
Can you give the big  teapot to James tomorrow?
Yeah,it’s nice here.Got lots of pics to show you.
Well,nearly time for our swim.See you soon.
How gravely the moon looks down on us
Like the eye of God.
Who sometimes winks.
How did He get here?
We are his metaphors.
Words convey by contrast,by opposition
I am myself but don’t create it.
I’m not used to this.

 

Is kissing work,we ponder as we sip?

https://youtu.be/G5RlDCh9MSA

 

I had a boyfriend once from Dungeness
He always dressed  in trousers he hand presssed
So when he arrived in dark blue jeans
It made my parents shout and scream
So  his suit he did not press,I must confess.

However we lived very well in sin
All rude  remarks were tossed into the bin
But after  ninety seven years
He told me he was tired of stares
So then we married ; now we live on gin.

 

I cook a meal  for Friday night at  eight
For we are Jews  by birth and claim our rights
We spend the Sabbath eating cake
But of course we put on weight
But love to hug  and kiss by candlelight.

Is kissing work,we ponder as we sip
The dew from off the other’s gorgeous lip
There’s no way we can be quite sure
But now our kisses have got fewer
As I’m  too old to love more than a bit.

In Dungeness there are not many Jews
And I am glad in case one lights my fuse
We scramble on the rocky shore
My husband’s brand new trousers tore
They were from Cohen’s  and Leonard    sent  two more

Gormless defined

Merriam Webster

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adjective gorm·less \ˈgȯrm-ləs\
Popularity: Top 40% of words

Simple Definition of gormless

  • : very stupid or foolish

Source: Merriam-Webster’s Learner’s Dictionary

Full Definition of gormless

chiefly British

  1. :  lacking intelligence :  stupid

gormlessness

noun chiefly British

See gormless defined for English-language learners

Examples of gormless in a sentence

  1. <a comedy show that invariably portrays the British aristocracy as a bunch of gormless twits>

Did You Know?

Gormless began life as the English dialect word gaumless, which was altered to the modern spelling when it expanded into wider use in the late 19th century. The origins of gaumless are easy to understand; the word derives from a combination of the dialect noun gaum, meaning “attention” or “understanding,” and the suffix -less. Gaum also functions as a verb in some dialects, where it means “to pay attention to” and “to understand.” An unrelated verb gaum means “to behave in a stupid or awkward manner.” There’s also a noun gaum, meaning “a stupid doltish person.” But none of these are as commonly used nowadays as gormless, which itself is most frequently seen in British English.

Gormless

The patient on  the couch   did squirm and writhe
Free association   caused her strain~
Therapy makes bodies lither
Erotic Oedipal  phantasies   take the  blame

He asked her  would she wear a looser dress
Yet this broke all the rules  of free congress
She bought a sack in green  which tried him  less
Hence she could carry on analysis.

His request   told her her body was too much
That eroticism is  more  powerful  than trust
She thought all Freud’s books were Double Dutch
Ar least she learned that wriggling provokes lust

So learn ,whate’er  your  social mores
Imitating worms is gormless

Squirm is a very expressive word

Definition of squirm in English:

squirm

Pronunciation: /skwəːm/

VERB

[NO OBJECT]

1Wriggle or twist the body from side to side, especially as a result of nervousness or discomfort:he looked uncomfortable and squirmed in his chair

More example sentencesSynonyms

1.1Show or feel embarrassment or shame:he squirmed as he recalled the phrases he had used

More example sentences

NOUN

[IN SINGULAR]

A wriggling movement:the toddler gave a sudden squirm

 

squirmy

ADJECTIVE

Origin

Late 17th century: symbolic of writhing movement; probably associated with worm.

Words that rhyme with squirm

affirm, berm, confirm, firm, germ, herm, midterm, perm, sperm, term, therm, worm

We merely cease to be alive

 

We don’t die,  we merely  cease to be alive
Though the body looks the same to  strangers
From this truth, all other  thoughts must be  derived

Though the anguish in our  bosoms ever writhes
All the  sacraments of death  and law arranged
We don’t die,  we merely  cease to be alive

To hide these  blatant truths, society connives.
We weep and moan and we are called deranged
From this truth, all other  thoughts must be  derived

The loss is like a stabbing  with some fearsome knives
Though we sensed the presence of the  angels.
We don’t die,  we merely  cease to be alive

God has turn asunder  gentle man and wife
Some say, you start  another newer page
From this truth, all other  thoughts must be  derived

 

We don’t die,  we merely  cease to be alive.
From this truth, all other  thoughts must be  derived

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Par 4 The Coarse

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Miss Anne  Thrope -Argentina
D.Luded       -England
D.Mented.- Ireland
Wyse Beyond-Words. -France
Miss Cal Culated      -Hong Kong
Mel Anne Colly- USA
Deep Li De-Pressed.-China
Parr-Annoyed [Mrs]- England
P.Annic Attack – Washington
B.Adman- USA
Iam Sictodeath- UK
Diss Ordered-Mined -UK
Piece O’Mined. -Eire
Can-Ned Slurp.-UK