Thoughts and Essays
I love idioms in foreign languages. They make your words stand out from the rest of the language learning crowd. Students love to say “Il pleut des vaches” literally “it’s raining cows” which seems somehow much more appropriate for heavy rain than our use of cats and dogs. An idiom, of course, is a phrase or sentence where the words mean something which can’t readily...
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Poems / Thoughts
There is an old Chinese proverb stating that broken glass reflects more light. It is true that shattered glass produces some incredible, bright, sometimes bedazzling reflections and colours. If this is true is it possible that this image can be extended to us, as humans? What if life has not only bruised and abused us but completely shattered us beyond recognition so that we feel...
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Poems
Hi Koo Star Wars, Emily, Prince Andrew, then Buddhism And mastectomy Skin Sun strokes your smooth skin With rays of heavenly kiss Inviting me in Festival English festival Music and fun mud rain and sun Friends and foes as one Wrong Soft love rose petals Trodden in the mud and mire Diabolical ©Cre8ivation ...
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Miscellaneous
Welcome, ladies and gentlemen! You have just touched down on the building site that is Cre8ivation city. It’s great to see you here and I hope you had a pleasant flight with little turbulence and no air rage. Things are heating up slowly here in the city and you should find the temperature bearable- for now at least. So what do you have in store for your...
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Drawings
Drawn by ©Cre8ivation
Thoughts
Max went to meet his maker last week, his suffering finally over. He bounded into heaven, wagging his tail playfully and didn’t fall over or bump into the pearly gates because his cataracts have now fallen away. Once blind as a bat, Max now sees like a hawk. As he rolls over the angels tickle his belly and he runs around the gardens, barking excitedly and...
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Is your cup half full or half empty? Mine is both, depending on my mood of course. ©Cre8ivation