Update: This blog post was originally published weeks before the attack on Ukraine. Please excuse any perceived insensitivity. I've been learning Russian for a little while now and recently I started trying to read Russian poetry. My attempts are...feeble, at best; I don't understand many of the words I am reading. But regardless of my fluency level, I was able to appreciate this one. I've only read a handful of Russian poems so far but I look forward to finding more like thi

Since today is Valentine's Day, I decided to post a sonnet: How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of being and ideal grace. I love thee to the level of every day's Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light. I love thee freely, as men strive for right. I love thee purely, as they turn from praise. I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my ch

It's almost midnight and I'm in bed imagining a hypothetical discussion about the phrase 'may or may not' being a tautology. I need to go to sleep. Lol.