Tagged: language
the language of time
the language of time
is mysterious – for one
full minute, we can
become riveted by every
bird twitch, a turning of the page
.
20210904:1848
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wearing a ring for
wearing a ring for
a sense of belonging is
as real as sporting
the latest lingo, accent-
less, and still waiting to be stopped
.
20210818:0838
y
we are either all
we are either all
the same or so very much
different underneath
it all – we pretend to speak the
same language for a little while
.
20210109:2113
y
our tongues
our tongues
recognize
flatbreads
in every
language
without proper
pronunciation
.
20201201:0852
y
in the space between,
in the space between,
we lose the ability of
language, emptying
.
20201105:1930
y
some days, you bump into
some days, you bump into
words you should have known
all along – kenchinjiru,
syndemic, awumbuk –
you wondered how
you never longed
for them, a
kaukokaipuu
of sorts
.
20201005:1758
y
eight-hundred-sixty-
eight-hundred-sixty-
six miles away from home is
not the same as eight-
thousand miles from home – we use
language as a warm blanket
.
20200915:1821
y
taste before proper
taste before proper
pronunciation – that’s the
rule, no exceptions
.
20200527:1753
y
in every language,
in every language,
a longing for
home –
an idea,
a plan,
a stab in the dark
.
20200223:1629
y
towards the end of
towards the end of
times, we will come to the sudden
realization that
it was language that harmed us
most, competing with our senses
.
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y
** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: language
