Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

The opposite of love is not hate; it’s indifference. I saw the spiders marching through the air, swimming from tree to tree that mildewed day in latter August when the hay came creaking to the barn.

Robert Lowell: (Boston, 1 March 1917 — New York, 12 September 1977). Born Robert Traill Spence Lowell, Jr. American poet belonging to the confessional poetry movement. Lowell is considered the father of this movement and is also important because he influenced a number of well-known poets of the 1950s and 1960s, including Anne Sexton, Elizabeth… Lees verder Robert Lowell

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: (November 5, 1850 – October 30, 1919). American author and poet. Her works include the collection Poems of Passion and the poem “Solitude”, which contains the lines “Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone.” Her autobiography, The Worlds and I, was published in 1918, a year before… Lees verder Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Alfred Gilbert Aronowitz: (20 May 1928 – 1 August 2005). American rock journalist best known for introducing Bob Dylan to The Beatles in 1964. Aronowitz was born in Bordentown, New Jersey, southeast of Trenton, and graduated from Rutgers University with a degree in journalism in 1950. He was the son of an Orthodox Jewish butcher.… Lees verder Al Aronowitz

That smell of freshly cut grass makes me think of Friday night football in high school. The cutting of the grass reminds me of the August practice.

Charmaine J. Forde: American writer. Born in Barbados, raised in Penssylvania, US. January, the first month of the year. A perfect time to start all over again. Changing energies and deserting old moods. New beginnings, new attitudes. I miss being in Barbados in December. That is the time I always remember. The smell of varnish… Lees verder Charmaine J. Forde

The earth is the same everywhere, and eternal, eternal are the white clouds.

Charles Pierre Baudelaire: (Paris, 9 April 1821 – there, 31 August 1867). French poet and art critic. His best-known collection of poetry is Les Fleurs du mal. Everything, alas, is an abyss, — actions, desires, dreams, words! The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist. Love is a rose… Lees verder Charles Baudelaire

Willard Herman Scott Jr.: (March 7, 1934 – September 4, 2021). American weather presenter, radio and television personality, actor, narrator, clown, comedian, and author, whose broadcast career spanned 68 years, 65 years with the NBC broadcast network. Scott was best known as a weather reporter on NBC’s Today show where he also celebrated US centenarian… Lees verder Willard Scott

Monica Hesse: (born 1981 or 1982). American journalist and author. She is the gender columnist for The Washington Post and a 2023 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. It’s part of the American experience. We deal with mosquitoes in August.