heimat is the first word that makes more sense to me in german than it does in english. this is a pretty good sign that my german is progressing (slowely, but nonetheless - progressing). a similar case in persian is the phrase “sar-em rrefft”. in both cases the word in the foreign language i believe captures the the true meaning of what is trying to be said better than anyword or phrase i know in my native english.

i wrote a poem about ‘heimat’ for german class. i have always liked poems, esp rhyming ones. since elementary school in the days of shel silverstein and other giants of the rhyming world. here is the the short poem (which i am sure is rattled with german grammatical errors, but since its a poem i think i can get away with it…