Very short poems you like

[Benny Bunter]

 

[Benny Bunter]

I'll do just a couple more. Do these photos look nice on a big screen?

 

[Benny Bunter]

 

[Benny Bunter]

Copy and pasted text poems aren't actually real poems are they? You can just about get away with a photo.

 

[Benny Bunter]

 

[Benny Bunter]

 

[Benny Bunter]

The English translation I have of this is crap:

Progress, big baby, wore shoes by Humanity.

 

[Benny Bunter]

 

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[Benny Bunter]

 

[Benny Bunter]

 

[Benny Bunter]

You must admit, I'm good at this game

 

[Corpsey]

"Soldered down" is an odd expression, suggesting an older meaning of "soldered", which as far as I can find means a joining process.

 

[Benny Bunter]

"Soldered down" is an odd expression, suggesting an older meaning of "soldered", which as far as I can find means a joining process.

solder (n.)

early 14c., soudur, from Old French soldure, soudeure, from souder, originally solder, "to consolidate, close, fasten together, join with solder" (13c.), from Latin solidare "to make solid," from solidus "solid" (see solid (adj.)).

 

[Corpsey]

So "solder down" here refers to the closing of the eyelids, or less literally of the closing of the eye

 

[Benny Bunter]

 

[Benny Bunter]

So "solder down" here refers to the closing of the eyelids, or less literally of the closing of the eye

A solid wall, making inaccessible to anyone else what the dying person has seen.

 

[Corpsey]

I instinctively pronounced "blessed" with one syllable there (because there's no marked accentuation), and the last line felt crippled, but perhaps appropriately so – but I think it's probably supposed to be "bles-id"

Pronouncing the Word Blessed - The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation

We sometimes receive inquiries from readers regarding the proper way to pronounce blessed. The word blessed can be pronounced in two different ways according to its part of speech in the sentence. Rule 1. When blessed is used as a verb, it is pronounced with one syllable (blest). Example: Before...

www.grammarbook.com

 

[Benny Bunter]

Yeah bless-id, just standard iambic duh-DUM duh-DUM business isn't it?

Dickinson was definitely off kilter in all sorts of other ways though

 

[Corpsey]

Luka runs this account apparently