Fa – the Green Dragon

A Place for the Odd Musings of an Expat Bristolian

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Obscure words explained 97. domicile

DOMICILE

Home, it’s my castle

Although I am not a king

The place where I live

 


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Escuchar el silbato del tren

LISTEN TO THE TRAIN WHISTLE

Freight trains on the move

Mournful sound nearing crossing

carried on the wind


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Cosa che si rompono

THINGS THAT BREAK

I saw her making

omelets, breaking many eggs

then she broke my heart


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Vor der Kaserne

IN FRONT OF THE BARRACKS

At the barrack front

She stands beneath a lamp post

there my love awaits


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Lorsque descend la nuit

AS NIGHT DESCENDS

Birds fly to their roosts

the rain continues to fall

sun disappearing


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Hotel terrace in Singapore

’twas by chance we met

his name Tengu Amir Shah

Said Tengu meant Prince


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Unusual USA place names 6. – Reminderville

REMINDERVILLE, Ohio

In Summit County

Name from Clement  Reminder

An early mayor

 


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On the subject of tea

TYPHOO TEA

Founder John Summer

dai fu, Chinese for doctor

Tea, as  medicine


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Unusual USA place names 5. – Quamba

QUAMBA, Kanabec County Minnesota

formerly Mud Creek

changed to an Ojibway word

Quamba  means mud hole