Words, Crazy Words
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Tag: dictionary
A Word on Wednesday: Unburdening
There is work to be done, new ideas to be learned, and for that the problems of yesterday and the fears for tomorrow must be put out of the way. By unburdening, we do now allow burdens to continue. Unburdening sighs out the heavy.… Continue Reading “A Word on Wednesday: Unburdening”
A Word on Wednesday: Humility
Humility is not the same as depreciation. I wish I had known. Self-depreciation is the narrative looping to me, from me, in me, all me is that I am no good. Too ugly, too dumb, too mean, too crazy, too lazy, too loud, too… Continue Reading “A Word on Wednesday: Humility”
A Word on Wednesday: Caesura
Caesura is the main pause of a poem. The word originates from 16th Century Latin, literally translating to a cutting, from caedere to cut. The stop or pause in a metrical line, is often marked by punctuation or by a grammatical boundary, such as… Continue Reading “A Word on Wednesday: Caesura”
Word on Wednesday: Poet Laureate
April is National Poetry Month, so declared in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets. That organization claims the month of April has become the largest literary celebration in the world with schools, publishers, libraries, booksellers, and poets celebrating poetry’s vital place in our culture. … Continue Reading “Word on Wednesday: Poet Laureate”
A Word on Wednesday: Vacillating
Low confidence can result in the inability to make a decision causing the consequences. The verb vacillate sums up this inability to decide. A person who vacillates alternates or wavers between different options or actions and is described as indecisive, hesitating, and not… Continue Reading “A Word on Wednesday: Vacillating”
A Word on Wednesday: Because
The generation of Kyras and Kaylas use because as a proposition rather than as part of a clause because, you know, millennial. And these now fully-employed adults are showing up in waves at fully-realized careers. I read the lead article in a recent issue… Continue Reading “A Word on Wednesday: Because”
A Word on Wednesday: Stylus
Stylus: noun. An instrument of metal, bone, or the like, used by the ancients for writing on waxed tablets, having one end pointed for incision the letters and the other end blunt for rubbing out writing and smoothing the tablet. Today, people picture a plastic pen-like… Continue Reading “A Word on Wednesday: Stylus”
A Word on Wednesday: Happening
The noun happening is sort of the same as its synonyms: incident, episode, affair, and case. At first definition, it is something that happens; an occurrence, or an event. But at second remark, the true magic of happening reveals itself, “an unconventional dramatic or artistically… Continue Reading “A Word on Wednesday: Happening”
A Word on Wednesday: Discovery
A discovery is an act or instance of discovering. Discovery also refers to the thing, which has been discovered. The discovery does not need to be something new in order to be discovered. Only new to the seeker.I hope to routinely discover glimmers of… Continue Reading “A Word on Wednesday: Discovery”
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