Monday 18 January 2010

CHEERING THINGS

The snow has gone.

It's warmer.

There are snowdrop tips showing in my garden.

The forsythia is full of buds.

At half past five it was still just a little bit light outside.

There is a beautiful thin moon rising.

The great tits have been singing their spring song.

In my book of poems by Finnish poet Lauri Viita there is a poem that uses the letter K repeatedly: its first stanza is

Kaki kukkoja kukutti
kakatti kotikanoja.
Kukin kukkea kupunen
kukoi kuin kyky kekotti.
Kaikkokenkkaala kajasti.


Imagine trying to do that in English!

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