(c) Jackie Hahn March 2012

(c) Jackie Hahn March 2012

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MISTAKE

mis·take
   /mɪˈsteɪk/ Show Spelled [mi-steyk] Show IPA noun, verb, -took, -tak·en, -tak·ing.
noun
1.
an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc.
2.
a misunderstanding or misconception.

verb (used with object)
3.
to regard or identify wrongly as something or someone else: I mistook him for the mayor.
4.
to understand, interpret, or evaluate wrongly; misunderstand; misinterpret.
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MASSACRE ©Cecilia de Corral, March 2012

MASSACRE

©Cecilia de Corral, March 2012

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MASSACRE

  

mas·sa·cre

 /ˈmæs ə kər/ Show Spelled [mas-uh-ker] Show IPA noun, verb, -cred, -cring.
noun
1.
the unnecessary, indiscriminate killing of a large number of human beings or animals, as in barbarous warfare or persecution or for revenge or plunder.
2.
a general slaughter, as of persons or animals: the massacre of millions during the war.
3.
Informal . a crushing defeat, especially in sports.
verb (used with object)
4.
to kill unnecessarily and indiscriminately, especially a large number of persons.
5.
Informal . to defeat decisively, especially in sports.

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SILENCE ©Cecilia de Corral, February 2012

SILENCE

©Cecilia de Corral, February 2012

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{a thought on silence} {Cecilia de Corral}

{a thought on silence}

{Cecilia de Corral}

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Le Mort Joyeux In a rich, heavy soil, infested with snails, I wish to dig my own grave, wide and deep, Where I can at leisure stretch out my old bones And sleep in oblivion like a shark in the wave. I have a hatred for testaments and for tombs; Rather than implore a tear of the world, I’d sooner, while alive, invite the crows To drain the blood from my filthy carcass. O worms! black companions with neither eyes nor ears,See a dead man, joyous and free, approaching you;Wanton philosophers, children of putrescence, Go through my ruin then, without remorse, And tell me if there still remains any torture For this old soulless body, dead among the dead! -Charles Baudelaire

Le Mort Joyeux

In a rich, heavy soil, infested with snails, 
I wish to dig my own grave, wide and deep, 
Where I can at leisure stretch out my old bones 
And sleep in oblivion like a shark in the wave.

I have a hatred for testaments and for tombs; 
Rather than implore a tear of the world, 
I’d sooner, while alive, invite the crows 
To drain the blood from my filthy carcass.

O worms! black companions with neither eyes nor ears,
See a dead man, joyous and free, approaching you;
Wanton philosophers, children of putrescence,

Go through my ruin then, without remorse, 
And tell me if there still remains any torture 
For this old soulless body, dead among the dead!

-Charles Baudelaire

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SILENCE

si·lence

   /ˈsaɪləns/ Show Spelled [sahy-luhns] Show IPA noun, verb, -lenced, -lenc·ing, interjection
noun
1.
absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
2.
the state or fact of being silent;  muteness.
3.
absence or omission of mention, comment, or expressed concern: the conspicuous silence of our newspapers on local graft.
4.
the state of being forgotten; oblivion: in the news again after years of silence.
5.
concealment; secrecy.
verb (used with object)
6.
to put or bring to silence; still.
7.
to put (doubts, fears, etc.) to rest; quiet.
8.
Military . to still (enemy guns), as by more effective fire.
9.
be silent! “Silence!” the teacher shouted.
Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English  (noun) < Old French  < Latin silentium. See silent, -ence

Related forms
o·ver·si·lence, noun
un·si·lenced, adjective

Synonyms
6.  hush, quell, muzzle, gag.

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she sells sea shells by the sea shore POETRY © Cecilia de Corral, January 2012

she sells sea shells by the sea shore

POETRY

© Cecilia de Corral, January 2012

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~a thought on poetry~ ~Cecilia de Corral~

~a thought on poetry~

~Cecilia de Corral~

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