tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post4396816504510690388..comments2023-12-06T00:48:23.734-08:00Comments on Daily Writing Practice: Tuesday February 13th, 2018Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14952331166517430843noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-67365979921762350002018-02-17T20:57:27.949-08:002018-02-17T20:57:27.949-08:00Greg - me and my fragments of French and German ov...Greg - me and my fragments of French and German over here are just going to be impressed with your Russian, at whatever level you end up being.<br /><br />Oof, that second one packs a punch, particularly after the light setup of the first. Nicely done.<br /><br />Dragonfly - your second one is really beautiful, I like the sentiment and how well you conveyed it.<br /><br />Morganna - llllllovely work :)Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14952331166517430843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-75106528447138755962018-02-14T06:09:47.654-08:002018-02-14T06:09:47.654-08:00Loving, grey, and kind
Living in family groups
L...Loving, grey, and kind <br />Living in family groups <br />Lolling across the grass <br /><br />Lurking danger looms <br />Lions, humans, fire, and storm <br />Life is not easy.morgannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04295309367485408358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-67942201476666910962018-02-14T02:07:47.623-08:002018-02-14T02:07:47.623-08:00greg: crying over the second one
Elephants 2 haik...greg: crying over the second one<br /><br />Elephants 2 haiku<br /><br />baby stuck in chains <br />circuses of old did wrong, <br />inhumanity<br /><br />their memories of<br />generations, elephants<br />teach us historyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-88490145044347369322018-02-14T02:05:24.524-08:002018-02-14T02:05:24.524-08:00Yesterday I realised that Russian sometimes just c...Yesterday I realised that Russian sometimes just changes the case the words are in instead of applying a preposition, which explains some occasional confusion I've had about trying to find the right preposition to express something. (The other problem is that Russian, more than any other language I've learned, is as bad as English about which preposition to use. Trying to work out "for" requires me usually to run through 5 options.)<br /><br /><b>Elephants</b><br />Skiing elephants<br />Have brightened the Olympics...<br />They go curling next!<br /><br />--------<br />Broken ivory<br />Lines the graveyard's path. Tears flow<br />Down wrinkled grey trunks.<br />Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08503319830584828982noreply@blogger.com