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Asides

They are a pair of eagles in flight;

Love, beloved; oh…

Format AsidePosted on May 19, 2012January 3, 2020Categories snippetTags on love, on sorrow and longing

Thou happy bridegroom! Now has dawned

That day of days supreme,
When in thine arms thou’lt hold at last
The maiden of thy dream.

– Sappho, no. 96

Format AsidePosted on March 19, 2011December 7, 2019Categories poetryTags on love

Now rose the moon, full and argentine,

While round stood the maidens, as at a shrine.

– Sappho, no. 49

Format AsidePosted on March 19, 2011December 7, 2019Categories poetryTags great sky river, mythology

Artist;

A spontaneously combustible being consumed by an inner fire while remaining relatively intact.

– John Howe, defining ‘Phlogiston’

Format AsidePosted on December 20, 2010December 7, 2019Categories wordsTags being creative, being human

adrezarach;

from The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Victor Hugo

Format AsidePosted on October 17, 2010December 7, 2019Categories wordsTags languages

The five Arcs;

Reach,
Fain,
Spire,
Nave,
Mount.

Format AsidePosted on August 8, 2010December 7, 2019Categories snippetTags distant lands, made by Vega

Tesserarian Art;

which sounds enticingly inscrutable and esoteric, simply refers to the practice of gambling.

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Format AsidePosted on May 1, 2010December 7, 2019Categories wordsTags John Howe, languages

Aello;

She of the whirlwind; the stormy one; storm swift.

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Format AsidePosted on December 15, 2009December 5, 2019Categories wordsTags mythology

imaginarion

(inspired by a typo)

Format AsidePosted on November 11, 2009December 5, 2019Categories wordsTags whimsy

Chinese numerals;

zero; 零
one; 壹
two; 貳
three; 叄
four; 肆
five; 伍
six; 陸
seven; 柒
eight; 捌
nine; 玖
ten; 拾

Format AsidePosted on October 11, 2009December 5, 2019Categories wordsTags Chinese, languages

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