Tuesday 28 June 2011

There's a certain slant of light

There's a certain slant of light,
On winter afternoons,
That oppresses, like the weight
Of cathedral tunes.
Heavenly hurt it gives us;
We can find no scar,
But internal difference
Where the meanings are.
None may teach it anything,
'Tis the seal, despair,-
An imperial affliction
Sent us of the air.
When it comes, the landscape listens,
Shadows hold their breath;
When it goes, 't is like the distance
On the look of death.

Emily Dickinson

Tuesday 7 June 2011

wORd of tHe dAY. you gotta love it!

Pecksniffian

[pek-snif-ee-uhn]


-adjective


1. Hypocritically and smugly affecting benevolence or high moral principles.