Brooklyn

Holus Bolus: “The Circus is in Town”

BY Author pubare4 | Posted on | FILED UNDER Categories Brooklyn, Holus Bolus, Words

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The CircusHoop-la! The circus is in town!

Have you seen the elephant?

Have you seen the clown?

Have you seen the dappled horse gallop around the ring?

Have you seen the acrobats on the dizzy swing?

Have you seen the tumbling men tumble up and down?

Hoop-la! Hoop-la! The circus is in town!

C Michael James Dennis

Holus Bolus: An “all at once” poem

BY Author greenwish4 | Posted on | FILED UNDER Categories Brooklyn, Holus Bolus, Places, Words

Holus Bolus
Every morning I try to get up on time,
sometimes I get up to see the sun shine.
Sometimes I wake up to catch the last drop of dark,
or watch the last drop of rain trickle down the tree’s bark.
Some mornings I find it hard to wake at all,
until from under the covers I force myself to crawl.
I can’t stand being late in the fresh morning air,
don’t want to rush through the weather, so fair.
But most mornings are different, I take joy
that all at once they walk to school, every girl and every boy.

All at once.

Written by Sophia Deverell

Diglot: Speaking Russian in Brighton Beach

BY Author delphine17900 | Posted on | FILED UNDER Categories Brooklyn, Diglot

A Book, Music, and Film store on Brighton Beach Avenue

A diglot is somebody who is fluent in two languages – bilingual, in other words. Being bilingual in New York City can be a very useful thing. It has also made it much easier for me to learn Spanish as a third language in school, since I grew up speaking two languages. There are many Russian immigrants in this city, and I am one of them. When I go shopping at Brighton Beach, the Jewish-Russian neighborhood near Coney Island in Brooklyn, I am able to speak to the shopkeepers in Russian, since they are often more fluent in Russian than English. Knowing Russian allows me to know what I’m buying in those stores, as many of their products have Russian titles, and unlike an average American, I actually know what I’d be buying. A lot of Russian foods do not have a direct translation into English, but since I know the language, I am able to enjoy many of the foods I used to enjoy when I lived in Moscow. And, since quality food is very important to me, I am glad that I am what they call a diglot.