Zoë Lance.

  • A Wild World of Words: “Invictus”

    A Wild World of Words: “Invictus”

    Out of the night that covers me,       Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be       For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance       I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance       My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and…

  • A Wild World of Words: The Sheaves

    Where long the shadows of the wind had rolled Green wheat was yielding to the change assigned; And as my some vast magic undivined The world was turning slowly to gold. Like nothing that was ever bought or sold It waited there, the body and the mind; And with a mighty meaning of a kind…

  • A Wild World of Words: Lagom

    In case you’re wondering whether or not lagom is an English word, it’s not. It might be Monday, but you’re not going crazy in regards to your language. Lagom is a Swedish word that has no precise English translation or equivalent. It roughly means “just right” or “in moderation,” but it has neither a positive…

  • A Wild World of Words: Epiphenomena

    A new weekly installation on the blog, in which I share a word for the week.  This week’s word is epiphenomena. Epiphenomena, the plural form of the word epiphenomenon, are secondary phenomena that appear in addition to separate phenomena. A mouthful, right? So for example,  your ideas and emotions are epiphenomena of the physical activity…