WORD OF THE DAY:
skirl v *1 of a bagpipe : to emit the high shrill tone of the chanter; also : to give forth music 2: to play (music) on the bagpipe
*"On a wharf thebagpipe band, in tartans, paraded and skirled...."-- S.S NAIPAUL, AMONG THE BELIEVERS
Not every musical treatment is honored with its very own verb. But then, not every musical instrument emits a sound that's quite like that of a bagpipe. Depending on your ear, you might think bagpipes "give forth music,: or you might be more apt to say they "shriek." If you're of the latter opinion, your thinking aligns with the earliest sense of "skirl"---"to shriek." Beginning around 1400, that early sense was used of screeching maids, winds, and the like. Scottish poet Robert Sempbill first used it for bagpipes in the mid-1600s. The meaning of "skirl" has shifted over time, however, and these days you can use the verb without causing offense to bagpipers or bagpipe enthusiasts.
POEM OF THE DAY:
by Charles Bukowski
yes yes
when God created love he didn't help most
when god created dogs He didn't help dogs
when God created plants that was average
when God created hate we had a standard utility
when God created me He created me
when God created the monkey he was asleep
when He created the giraffe he was drunk
when He created narcotics He was high
and when He created suicide He was low
when He created you lying in bed
He knew what He was doing
He was drunk and He was high
and He created the mountains and the sea and fire
at the same time
He made some mistakes
but when He created you lying in bed
He came all over His Blessed Universe.
^ one of the top 10 poems ever written.
I love that one
To all a good night, SGLand-
see you in MR soon-ish
(26 days and counting 
)
xoxo
ThroughnThrough
skirl v *1 of a bagpipe : to emit the high shrill tone of the chanter; also : to give forth music 2: to play (music) on the bagpipe
*"On a wharf thebagpipe band, in tartans, paraded and skirled...."-- S.S NAIPAUL, AMONG THE BELIEVERS
Not every musical treatment is honored with its very own verb. But then, not every musical instrument emits a sound that's quite like that of a bagpipe. Depending on your ear, you might think bagpipes "give forth music,: or you might be more apt to say they "shriek." If you're of the latter opinion, your thinking aligns with the earliest sense of "skirl"---"to shriek." Beginning around 1400, that early sense was used of screeching maids, winds, and the like. Scottish poet Robert Sempbill first used it for bagpipes in the mid-1600s. The meaning of "skirl" has shifted over time, however, and these days you can use the verb without causing offense to bagpipers or bagpipe enthusiasts.
POEM OF THE DAY:
by Charles Bukowski
yes yes
when God created love he didn't help most
when god created dogs He didn't help dogs
when God created plants that was average
when God created hate we had a standard utility
when God created me He created me
when God created the monkey he was asleep
when He created the giraffe he was drunk
when He created narcotics He was high
and when He created suicide He was low
when He created you lying in bed
He knew what He was doing
He was drunk and He was high
and He created the mountains and the sea and fire
at the same time
He made some mistakes
but when He created you lying in bed
He came all over His Blessed Universe.
^ one of the top 10 poems ever written.
I love that one
To all a good night, SGLand-
see you in MR soon-ish
(26 days and counting )
xoxo
ThroughnThrough
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suispud1:
earthy poem...very intense 
kristydoll:
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