Midwinter Blues

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Midwinter Blues

Postby brogine » Sun Feb 04, 2018 8:15 pm

Eliot notwithstanding, to this prescriptivist curmudgeon, 'Febuary is the 'cruellest month'.

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Re: Midwinter Blues

Postby Slava » Tue Jul 18, 2023 4:33 pm

Well, whatever the cruelest month is to the poets, this is sure to go down as a particularly cruel summer weather-wise. We need some stronger words, ones that go well beyond sultry and stifling.
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Re: Midwinter Blues

Postby brogine » Wed Jul 19, 2023 1:01 pm

Hadean?

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Re: Midwinter Blues

Postby Slava » Wed Jul 19, 2023 2:31 pm

Good one. It even comes complete with some fire imagery, for those of us close to Canada.
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Re: Midwinter Blues

Postby brogine » Thu Jul 20, 2023 2:18 pm

Up there in the Styx?

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Re: Midwinter Blues

Postby brogine » Thu Jul 20, 2023 4:08 pm

Oh, and . . . thanks for Charon! Ferry thoughtful!

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Re: Midwinter Blues

Postby Slava » Thu Jul 20, 2023 4:43 pm

Now I know how Ben de Hellenbaque feels! :D
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