noosphere: noun – the sphere of human consciousness and mental activity especially in regard to its influence on the biosphere and in relation to evolution An Apple Is An Apple Would you like to play a game? All you need’s an active brain. It starts upon the physical plane But is played in theContinue reading “N is for Noosphere”
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N is for Nisus – I woke up thinking it was Monday. I’ll do another N tomorrow.
nisus: noun – a mental or physical effort to attain an end; impulse: a perfective urge or endeavor Fresh-Scented Answer Six months of siege The men are restless The tents can’t cover the stench of prairie baked with sweat, blood and waste I have no more blood-roiling speeches to impart I need air andContinue reading “N is for Nisus – I woke up thinking it was Monday. I’ll do another N tomorrow.”
M is for Mawkish
mawkish: adjective – 1. having an insipid often unpleasant taste 2. sickly or puerilely sentimental Puerilely Sentimental Your teacup rattles as the table wobbles I quickly lift my cup in response The steaming charcoal liquid close to my face Smells of pleasant bergamot But I remember its mawkish entanglement and Center it carefully backContinue reading “M is for Mawkish”
L is for Lapidescent and Lamott
lapidescent – adjective – turning to stone; petrifying Watch for spiders when turning to stone A spider outside titanium tombs admits to gathering glass and Pokes positive whispers to flip Lichen over rocky ruins welcome collected chlorinated streams to Come to yes, the dust spinning You between tungsten traps sanction catching carbonation and StayContinue reading “L is for Lapidescent and Lamott”
K is for Kainotophobia and Kakorrhaphiophobia
kainotophobia – fear of change kakorrhaphiophobia – fear of failure Summer Comes Too Soon Wind whips a chill of impatience. Roiling waves chop at the bulkheads and ramps, speeding the jade of aged concrete, leaving lapilliform spaces for the next surge to fill. Only the lowest hills are free of the cloud blanket. ToesContinue reading “K is for Kainotophobia and Kakorrhaphiophobia”
J is for Jeremiad
jeremiad: noun – a prolonged lamentation or complaint The NaPoWriMo prompt for today talks about the body as a union and about the future state of the union. It’s a fun coincidence that the prompt uses the state of the union as metaphor because Wikipedia states: “A jeremiad is a long literary work, usually inContinue reading “J is for Jeremiad”
I is for Ignivomous
ignivomous: adjective – vomiting or spewing forth fire. The Bather While she tentatively dips a toe in the crystal water, he races across the flat, dry land. Top down, dark hair flying, blasting the classics Smile so tight he can’t sing along Smile so long his face tans that way If he everContinue reading “I is for Ignivomous”
H is for Hypotyposis
hypotyposis: noun – lifelike description of a thing or scene; a vivid, picturesque description of scenes or events. Hypotyposis They suffered in those seconds turned to years because a spat became a war when a look cut to murder The warbler’s whisper twirled to hurricane A goof that grew to cyclonic calamity The mouse removingContinue reading “H is for Hypotyposis”
G is for Gigantomachy
gigantomachy: noun – a war between gods and giants. gabble: verb – 1. to talk fast or foolishly; jabber 2. to utter inarticulate or animal sounds. galimatias: noun – nonsense; confused mixture of things; confused or unintelligible talk. This poem was inspired by provocative phrases from the Foreward by MartinContinue reading “G is for Gigantomachy”
E is for Erumpent and Etiolate
erumpent: adjective – bursting forth or through a surface. etiolate: verb – 1. to bleach and alter the natural development of by excluding sunlight 2. a. to make pale b.to deprive of natural vigor: make feeble. The NaPoWriMo challenge for today would have been daunting–find a photograph and a poem in a foreign languageContinue reading “E is for Erumpent and Etiolate”
Experience Writing 