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Dust of Snow

Dust of Snow

The way a crow Shook down on me The dust of snow From a hemlock tree Has given my heart A change of mood And saved some part Of a day I had rued.

Pale Fire

Pale Fire

Teach. Examine literary masterpieces with brilliant and charming young people. A hobby he could now freely indulge. 'And, of course, I don’t know,' she mumbled looking away, 'I don't know but perhaps if you’d have nothing against it, I might visit New York — I mean,...

Best Albums list of 2018

Best Albums list of 2018

Cripes, 7 years of sharing the best albums I've heard with you. Gee, thanks for reading, Mum (I'm assuming you're the only person who does read it, massive welcome to anyone else!) As per, the main event is the shortlisted top ten(ish) which is this playlist: One of...

Attrib. And Other Stories

Attrib. And Other Stories

Concision A single Finnish word can describe the blast of heat that occurs when water is poured on a sauna's brazier. Also, one Bantu verb sums up the act of discarding one's clothes in order to dance, while a Pascuense word means 'the swelling of the larynx caused by...

Delta of Venus

Delta of Venus

Dear Collector: We hate you. Sex loses all its power and magic when it becomes explicit, mechanical, overdone, when it becomes a mechanistic obsession. It becomes a bore. You have taught us more than anyone I know how wrong it is not to mix it with emotion, hunger,...