Vocabulary

Moonglade

Moonglade Kuun silta kromikeltainen  käy ylle kylmäin vesienja jäisten kaislarantain.Sen sillan ääriä ei näy.Yön tyhjyyteen sen holvi käy  mun uniani kantain.  –Aaro Hellaakoski, “Erojaiset”  Moonglade is a nearly perfect poetic word. It rolls off the tongue melodically and marries two vivid images, conjuring a magical amalgamation. The English word “glade” today refers to “an open passage […]

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Psithurism

Psithurism psithurism/psithurisma  noun [sith-yuh-riz-uhm]/[sith-yuh-riz-muh] 1.  The sound of rustling leaves or wind in the trees. From the Ancient Greek ψιθυρίζω (psithurízō), meaning “to whisper,” or ψίθυρος (psíthyros), “whisper.” “Look from your window some March morning of east wind — Eurus, ab urendo — and you may tell the quarter whence it blows by the tortured movement of the trees. They struggle

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