His vocabulary
her vocabulary
every word fits into its space
like a classroom
her vocabulary
each word carries its own weight
as it files into my mind
her vocabulary
notes of the morning birds
that strain to sing
her vocabulary
my mind polished
like silver
her vocabulary
the calisthenics of her mind
in my mind
her vocabulary
the precision of her mind
etched onto my heart
her vocabulary
sublime as a glass of
evening whisky
her vocabulary
strikes like
glitters of diamonds
his vocabulary
my brain has no space
to breathe
his vocabulary
every piece of writing
has become a thesis
his vocabulary
he asks to take him
as he is
his vocabulary
she feels he is not true
to his own feelings
his vocabulary
she asks it is weaned from
dictionary or experience
his vocabulary
she asks he is out to impress
or express
poem by John Tiong Chunghoo
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Science gives us a powerful vocabulary, and it is impossible to produce a vocabulary with which one can only say nice things.
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The f word and me
The other day we discussed reasons
why people use
the magical f word.
a Young woman is of the opinion
that it’s because of a lack of imperfect language,
where a person’s vocabulary
lacks other words to use.
I think that there are many more other reasons
to slip in everywhere
and that vocabulary
has very little
or nothing to do with it.
One thing that can incite it
is exposure,
where people hear it
hundreds of times
every day
like in an army.
Subsequently without intention
it becomes part of your conversation
and your own vocabulary,
without drawing any attention
with yourself.
The word f is a power word
that give colour intensity
to the meanings of other words
and it can underline, emphasize
or lift some out.
You can also use it as a word
that has many meanings
and use it like a good shifting spanner
that shift for meaning values.
This word can also
be almost any word type
that gives bigger power
to other words used with it.
The thing that really matters
what others read
in the meaning of my words
and if I loose integrity by using it.
There are times
my mother wants to catch a fit
when I use the f word
and not from the meaning
of my words,
but from the negative context
that can be drawn with the word
and the easy transfer
of the word on children that hear my dialogue.
[With thanks to Skymaster, whose article inspired this poem.]
poem by Gert Strydom
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Tired is not a word in my vocabulary.
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If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.
""Stay"" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.
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Yes, you can be a dreamer and a doer too, if you will remove one word from your vocabulary impossible.
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I work in a strange business, and trust is a word that's not even in the vocabulary.
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With a very few exceptions, every word in the French vocabulary comes straight from the Latin.
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STAY is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.
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Words are not even within me. They're not in my vocabulary to really express the kind of feeling that I had.
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Losing is not in my vocabulary.
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Your thoughts go no farther than your vocabulary.
Sound is the vocabulary of nature.
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I always try to think of a vocabulary to match different musical situations.
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There is a way in which all writing is connected. In a second language, for example, a workshop can liberate the students' use of the vocabulary they're acquiring.
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It's interesting to help someone find their vocabulary. There would not have been a De Niro without a Scorsese.
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The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain.
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My mother was a very literate person who had educated herself. She had an exceptional vocabulary.
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Most jazz players work out their solos, at least to the extent that they have a very specific vocabulary.
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I think the most overused words in our vocabulary in the South are black and white.
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