Monthly Archives: March 2019

Nature Crossword – Araucarian Word Ladder

Posted on 29 March 2019 by Spuggy

Long time since I posted a crossword here! So, this isn’t just any old crossword. This is based on a format originally invented by Araucaria* which I absolutely love: the word ladder crossword. Rules are fairly simple: Each answer is … Continue reading →

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Language Evolves

Posted on 29 March 2019 by Dove

I am waiting for news at the end of the worldin a high place surrounded by cloudswhere the snow falls upwards. My ears are radar dishesstraining into spaceto catch the quiver of dead sounds.As if there’s a sacred resonance where … Continue reading →

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City Music II

Posted on 28 March 2019 by Dove

The purest note pierces the grubbiest cornerof the Hauptbahnhof shopping concourse. Something in the heart of the escalatorhas caught,a moving shudder, a feeling gasp, and a piccolo burst of postmodern birdsongslides breathy-rosined through the airat sensitive intervals. A masterful dissonancefalls … Continue reading →

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City Music I

Posted on 27 March 2019 by Dove

One of those buildingsthat you’re never quite sure what it’s for.Offices, probably,but then there are those art projectsfilling the ground floor rooms,the paintings pinned to the windows.A college? Night classes?You’ll never know now,because the insides have been sucked dry,those windows … Continue reading →

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Lessons

Posted on 21 March 2019 by Dove

I have decided that today I will smile.It’s raining and yesterday I made soupand stayed away from the news,so today I step neatly out of waysand wait my turn,and when I avoid collision with a small childtrailing like a kiteI … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Wer Fürchtet den Tod, by Nnedi Okorafor, translated by Claudia Kern

Posted on 14 March 2019 by Dove

Right, let’s skip the apology for taking so long and just assume it at the beginning of every post, OK? OK. Another German book, but this time with a twist – it was translated FROM English INTO German! The English … Continue reading →

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