crude days indeed
Is there any poetry in chewing ones nails? Or the dead flesh out of the corners of the nails? Whilst I munch the extra skin Spit its excess Profound thoughts brew on my head Is there any charm on the detail As one scratches To feel the edges of…
Read Morerehash the spring
As the minutes moved on offset by the seconds I sat still in a catatonic state like In my green IKEA chair Listening how the outside stairs augmented the voice of a child no more than 3 Talking with its voice box some jibberish Unable to regulate it…
Read MoreWeird cognates in Swedish
There is no doubt many languages bear the grunt of false friends or cognates and surely Swedish can be an entrapment of sorts when it comes to said dubious company as one traverses the landscape of Scandinavian languages and their codifications whatnot…
Read MoreII language acquisition
Sometimes my language students answer a question about language strategy with the idea that they got «lucky» if their results prove to be more favorable than they thought. But there is no such thing as getting «lucky» with language. It’s simply a…
Read MoreLa preparatoria sueca II
Hace más de 5 años que escribí sobre el tema de la preparatoria sueca aquí. Mucho ha cambiado desde aquellos años en que apenas me caía el 20. Aunque seguimos aún, como la mayoría del país, con los llamados 12 programas nacionales divididos entre…
Read Moremy own ecclesiastes
As I twirl around for the brief and short inspiration I seek I turn to the window to see the second snow of the year. Twirling snowflakes belated as they are form a landscape of known signs of a winter we thought lost Alas! ’tis here as always…
Read MoreY otro año más
Justo a diez días que se nos acabe el 2015. Qué rápido se nos fue. Aunque todo tiene su cauce. Algunos dirían y estarán contentos de que al fin se acabe el 2015 en el mar del tiempo del hombre. A ser francos, a todos nos tocan años que ni les vemos…
Read Moreplatos tectónicos
Con armas en mano barcos y cañones embarcaron hacía tierras desconocidas exploradores y explotadores Colonizaron tierras esos explo – hiceron de las suyas eso jijosdelasuya y ahora esos jijos se aprovechan de nuevo Europa es racista Europa es…
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