Three Foreign Tongues

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In a foreign tongue,
there’s no way to calm yourself—
every word a storm.
 
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In a foreign tongue,
how will you know the right words
to say, “I’m sorry”?
 
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In a foreign tongue,
empty little syllables
rattle in your mouth.

 
© 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
More Three Word Wednesday: “Calm, Know, Rattle”

Posted on October 17, 2012, in senryu, Three Word Wednesday. Bookmark the permalink. 12 Comments.

  1. Berowne | October 17, 2012 at 8:37 am

    All true, but how important it is to know at least one foreign tongue…

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    • magicalmysticalteacher | October 17, 2012 at 9:34 am

      I do agree with you. However, sometimes trying to learn that one foreign tongue can be torture—especially for those people (although I’m not one of them) with no aptitude for learning languages.

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  2. nico | October 17, 2012 at 8:59 am

    Feelings of displacement–sometimes all of life seems spoken in a foreign tongue. Great observations, finely written. As usual.

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  3. Daydreamertoo | October 17, 2012 at 9:18 am

    So true and even simple hand gestures can often be mistaken too.

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  4. Sheilagh Lee | October 17, 2012 at 10:07 am

    so true you feel lost and alone in a sea of people who don’t speak your language.

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  5. Laurie Kolp | October 17, 2012 at 10:22 am

    Nice… especially the last one.

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  6. Green Speck | October 17, 2012 at 12:53 pm

    Foreign tongue appear lost at times !!!

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  7. oldegg | October 18, 2012 at 12:11 am

    When you attempt to speak another language you are the foreigner!

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  8. sreeja | October 20, 2012 at 5:48 am

    Profound! Loved this….

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  9. RMP | October 21, 2012 at 2:16 pm

    all three capture quite well–and uniquely–the impact a foreign tongue can have on an individual.

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  10. laughwithme45 | October 22, 2012 at 10:21 am

    Many problems could probably be solved if we could say I’m sorry in a foreign language!

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  11. rajathecritic | October 23, 2012 at 10:58 pm

    i took the words in a entire diff perspective …..

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