Wordie: Willow: Comments

Comment by telofy, 2 months ago

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:09:28 +0000

"...
It's cruel I know
At least they tell me so
Well someone lock me up and throw away the key
Because I'm not ashamed, oh no
Oh, willow

That I only write love songs
To those whom I don't love
I only reach for him
Who's tied to someone else's glove
That which I hold inside
Which I admire and deride
Which I protect and hide is yours

Slander and dissention
They're parlor games to me
Papers overrun with lies too mad to mention
You say they never hurt you
No consequence, I'm happy
We're much too far above it all
But oh no, that's not true

These wicked pastimes take their toll
These tyrant vices break your soul
Deliver me from all I am
And all I never want to be
..."
-- Emilie Autumn - "Willow"

Comment by mollydot, 11 months ago

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:08:52 +0000

I’m under your spell
Surging like the sea
Wanting you so helplessly
I break with every swell
Lost in ecstasy
Spread beneath my willow tree

You make me com-plete

- Tara, Once More With Feeling

Comment by bilby, 11 months ago

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:51:57 +0000

I had a go at using a hurley on my visit to the museum at Croke Park. My bash with the ash was fun :-)

Comment by sionnach, 11 months ago

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:39:44 +0000

Oddly, the Spanish word for willow is sauce.

The hurley used to hit the ball in hurling (the sport of Cuchulain and other legendary Irish heroes) is generally made from the wood of the ash tree. One unfortunate consequence of this is a regrettable overuse of the phrase "clash of the ash" by lazy sports journalists.

Comment by bilby, 11 months ago

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:16:18 +0000

Cricket bats are exclusively made of willow. Dennis Lillee twice used an aluminium bat in Test matches in the 1970's before the laws of the game were adjusted to only allow wooden bats. Synthetic and metal bats are sometimes still used in practice.

Comment by mandarine, about 1 year ago

Fri, 08 Dec 2006 00:43:54 +0000

We hanged our harps on the willows.
Bible, Psalm cxxxvii. 2.