One-Liner Wednesday: Art for art’s sake
“Fine lines of poetry…were all the finer if they meant absolutely nothing” – Marcel Proust: ‘Swann’s Way’ (Du côte de chez Swann) – – – – – – – – – One-Liner Wednesday 12 February 2020
Spring has sprung….dammit
Whoever put together the WordPress ‘365 Days of Writing Prompts’ was getting positively frisky by this stage: “Turn, turn, turn. For many of us, winter is blossoming into spring…which season do you most look forward to?” Here in France, the four seasons are quite distinctive, which I suppose makes a pleasant change after our ten…
Sticks and Stones
“No, thank you. If you could permanently ban a word from general usage, which one would it be? Why?” There’s not much point in trying to ban words. Certainly, there are some words that represent ugly concepts, but banning the word wouldn’t abolish the ugliness represented by the sound, or its look on the page. Forbidding…
Haiku – On the gift of poesy
I always wanted To write a haiku…Oh wait, I think I just have. (That’s enough poetry – Ed.)
the only deadhead in the hameau 