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Also, Stolen Journey is really beautiful. It has such an ornate, almost baroque feel to it. Great poem too. Thanks for sharing, always a pleasure.

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My past self who wrote those thanks you sir for your kind words 🫡

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Yesterday I was writing about stone including the word ENDURE which I feel is a very resolute word. The relevant bit is in footnote number 10: https://rosiewhinray.substack.com/p/obsidian-smartphone

I like your thee and thou, they still speak that way in Yorkshire.

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endure is very resolute indeed, and a very Russian thing to do :D I know about Yorkshire, yes, I often use the Yorkshire dialect when translating from Russian my work that's dialect heavy in the original

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Yes, I can see that, the dialect-heavy language. Accent alone doesn't come across in the written word unless you do something like variant spelling. (I like novels that invent a new language and force you into their way of thinking, Paul Kingsnorth's The Wake started out promisingly that way.)

I had a dyslexic Russian friend and I found her text messages a delight, the way she spelt English made me hear her speaking voice.

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Thy thee and thou

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See you in Tulubaikaporia. Let's meet in the forest/ woods//thicket///overgrown////

garden/////of//////hateful///////forward///////slashes////////, fellow lowPolyGemForger. You bring the cats with metaphysical talents, I'll bring the mushrooms. :P

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see you there indeed sir

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It is evident in every word that even the most candid defiance of yours, Vanya, is the fruit of a long, contemplative journey. *I get the feeling toward / haha / I may experiment with it someday / perhaps in defiance also.

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🫡

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