Poignant words for Turner.
In Isabel Coixet's poignant English-language movie "My Life Without Me," Ann, a young mother played by Sarah Polley, keeps to herself the secret that she is terminally ill.
Perhaps the most poignant thing about language on the tapes (if it can be called poignant) was the need of these players to think of themselves as intellectuals, brilliant minds, purveyors of ideas, even as they tumbled into lawlessness.
Merryl Maleska Wilbur's reminiscences about her father, Eugene, were poignant and enlightening (On Language, Aug. 17).
THE Arabic language, so poignant today in delivering demands for change, underwent a renaissance in the 19th century, in which Arab Christians played a decisive role.
Tyutchev's love poems, most of them inspired by his liaison with his daughter's governess, are among the most passionate and poignant in the Russian language.
But Liat has barely one word of English — instead, she accompanies the song with a dance whose eloquence makes poignant the divide between language and desire.
Another recent project entitled Mamiaith (Mother Tongue), saw Welsh folk group 9Bach collaborate with Australian group Black Arm Band to explore the poignant theme of lost language.
Mr. Sakate's language is economical, poignant.
"Heaney's feat in turning 'Beowulf' into a compelling and poignant poem in our living language is certainly the equal of any supposedly original work," wrote David Sexton, the literary editor of The Evening Standard.
