wayzgoose: noun – a feast or party thrown annually by a printing house. Tacoma Wayzgoose April 28th and 29th Happy Poem in Your Pocket Day! I scrolled up some of my poems that I wrote this month and took them down to A Good Book bookstore in Sumner. They put them right by the register,Continue reading “W is for Wayzgoose”
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V is for Vespertilian
vespertilian: adjective – of, relating to , or resembling a bat Today’s NaPoWriMo prompt is to write a warning label–for myself. So far, my mind keeps going places that are embarrassing. Hopefully, my word of the day will sort this out. I also already have a personal warning label above by office door to guideContinue reading “V is for Vespertilian”
U is for Uliginous
uliginous: adjective – growing in wet or swampy ground; slimy, swampy, waterlogged Uliginous Elegy The words fall upon the page like tears they smear bleeding ink to uneven edges The uliginous page mourns the reader Desperate for good news that will not come
T is for Threnody and Taradiddle and Tantara
threnody: noun – a lament sung for the dead. taradiddle: noun – pretentious nonsense tantara: noun the blare of a trumpet or horn
Extra Q is for Quiescent
quiescent: adjective – 1. marked by inactivity or repose: tranquilly at rest; dormancy 2. causing no trouble or symptoms (as in gallstones). Today is not a letter day for the A to Z Challenge (tomorrow is T). I added an extra Q because I just finished reading Requiem, Mass.: A Novel by John Dufresne, andContinue reading “Extra Q is for Quiescent”
S is for Sudorific
sudorific: adjective – causing or inducing sweat; noun – a drug that induces sweating sudoriferous: adjective – producing or conveying sweat (like a gland or duct) I read this article: Art and Poetry Collide. It inspired me. I’m thinking of finding a poem to inspire a series of textile art pieces. I’m also going toContinue reading “S is for Sudorific”
R is for Rutilant
rutilant: adjective – having a redish glow Forbidden Spaces In my nightgown in the sun and bare feet in the grass, so the air flows right on up, but they would have to have binoculars to see my skin blush rutilant In my nightgown in the lake and bare feet on the sharp stones, soContinue reading “R is for Rutilant”
Q is for Querl
querl: transitive verb – To twirl; to turn or wind round; to coil; as, to querl a cord, thread, or rope. Inattentional Blindness Seeing you especially violent, one witness Elsewhere, the querling stimulus is only concern Processed stress narrowing focus due The physical weapons drawn A state of attention blinding Can occur during high eventsContinue reading “Q is for Querl”
P is for Pasquinade
pasquinade: noun – 1. a lampoon posted in a public place 2. satirical writing: satire: pasquinade – transitive verb The Next Pasquinade While he pillages the public square, She looks deeply into the pirate’s murky eyes Called to action by pasquinade Cleaned from view by the corrupt The statue still glistening damp Plump fruitsContinue reading “P is for Pasquinade”
O is for Obtund
obtund: verb (transitive) – to reduce the edge or violence of; to blunt; dull; deaden Peanut Butter Prank His brother hated The taste of peanut butter He liked spiced mustard He would play a trick Spread the peanut butter thick Hidden in middle Mustard ringed the edge His brother took the kind gift He smiledContinue reading “O is for Obtund”
Experience Writing 