childhood, behind the Deer Lane Deli
graffiti on a dumpster reads
“Wes Magness has aids”
I wonder what aids are
Things I worry about
My poems are all the same
just with different words…
Love this word of the day… weltschmerz
weltschmerz \VELT-shmerts\ , noun;
Sentimental pessimism; sorrow that one feels and accepts as one’s necessary portion in life.
Origin:German - Weltschmerz comes from the welt, “world” and schmerz, “pain.” The term was coined by John Paul Richter in 1810.
Stars are beautiful, but they must not take an active part in anything, they must just look on forever. It is a punishment put on them for something they did so long ago that no star now knows what it was.
— Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie
Words to Try to Use in Colloquial Speech Without Sounding Like a Pretentious Ass
truculent
sophiology
syncretion
theophanic
noetic
festinate
flibbertigibbet
callithump
insouciance
exiguous
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Gumusservi. A word in Turkish that means “moonlight shining on water.” There is no word for this in the English language.
The charm of “abracadabra” actually has its origins from the Hebrew initials for father, son, and holy spirit and is used as a charm in Kabbalah. Its link to alchemy though goes back almost as far as its first uses in those religions. Abracadabra is an ancient alchemy symbol that was utilized as an antidote for multiple illnesses and used to inspire natural healing processes. In order to perform these tasks, abracadabra was written on a piece of parchment in its special upside down triangle formation and was then suspended from the neck of the person who needed healing by a simple thread.
(Source: mookie-et-al, via visual-poetry)
