Poems / Thoughts
I headed downstairs today with a bin bag of rubbish. There are eight large,blue bins outside the apartment block for residents to use. As I opened the lid to throw the bag in I nearly jumped out of my less-than-pale skin at the sight that greeted me. There, looking dazed, confused and on the brink of terror was a dishevelled man in his late twenties. He had...
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Poems
She tosses them up and watches them fall, Juggles with fire, with conflict and war suffocation of safety, claustrophobia of life exhileration, danger, contentment and strife. Throws them all up and pulls you all down Sadly joyful, juggling clown Hope’s edge, anxiety’s cliffs Analytical reasoning of life’s buts and ifs She wants to run, but “why?” she sighs She wants to stay but tears she...
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Thoughts and Essays
I love idioms in foreign languages. They make your words stand out from the rest of the language learning crowd. Students love to say “Il pleut des vaches” literally “it’s raining cows” which seems somehow much more appropriate for heavy rain than our use of cats and dogs. An idiom, of course, is a phrase or sentence where the words mean something which can’t readily...
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Miscellaneous
Welcome, ladies and gentlemen! You have just touched down on the building site that is Cre8ivation city. It’s great to see you here and I hope you had a pleasant flight with little turbulence and no air rage. Things are heating up slowly here in the city and you should find the temperature bearable- for now at least. So what do you have in store for your...
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