Love Of Language – 22nd March 2026

A name acrostic (start and end) shared with dVerse MTB

kalima – Arabic for word
gharāmī – Arabic for my passion/deep love
qalb – Arabic for heart
Al-Rabitah al-Qalamiyya – Arabic name for The Pen League

Kalima comes to life with learning
Haskell, patron to his gharāmī
Almustapha, The Prophet, his qalb
Literary love, spirit, The Forerunner
Immigrant Al-Rabitah al-Qalamiyya
Lebanon, still home – sweet Lebanon


Today’s Daily Stoic poem:

The Sign Of True Education

Once the paper has been earned
To show all what was learned
Amounts to little if not understood
And reflected on for the greater good

Name – 11th March 2025

Shared with Poetic Adventures Week 7 – The Hermit Crab

name
noun  /neɪm/ 

A1 [ C ]
the word or words

 that a person, thing, 

or place is known by:

 a baggage that you bring
from the decade flown by.

B2 [ C usually singular ]
the opinion or reputation
 
 that someone or something holds:
a good or bad recommendation

 as a steadfast future unfolds.

[ C ]
someone who is famous
 
 or has a good reputation:

far away from plainness

and need for explanation

by the name of something,

in search of a chosen one;

go by the name of something,
hiding from a hired gun;

in the name of someone,
the devil’s deed is done.