Lachryphagy is literally “tear-eating,” and refers to the way some insects crawl up to the eyes of much larger animals to sip their protein-rich tears. The name of the wine Lachryma Christi means “tear of Christ,” and someone tearful is said to be...
Back when George W. Bush was a student at a New England prep school, he took to the thesaurus to impress a teacher, and wound up using a synonym for the wrong meaning for tear. Hence, the telltale phrase lacerates falling from my eyes wound up in...
Grant reads another poem by Carol Ann Duffy, “Valentine.” This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Valentine Poem” Well, here’s a poem I like by Carol Ann Duffy. It’s called Valentine, and as we said earlier, Carol Ann Duffy is the poet...
