Whinge

Caviling,

Objecting,

Moaning,

Projecting

Lies

About any opposition

Is his hallmark move; he will

Not be disproved.

What goes around comes around

Joust with a verbal poke

And one might end up the

Butt of a joke.

Radiant

Sparkling on the

Harbor, sunlight

Insists on being

Noticed – and appreciated –

Even on bright summer days.

Wait for no one

The moon and sun both have fun

In

Dividing each day into

Ebb-and-flow

Sways.

Many shades of meaning

Pale red’s earliest

Incarnation was

Not favored by horses who

Knew its pricking sensation.

https://bgr.com/2018/07/11/oldest-color-on-earth-living-things-pink/

Carry on

When babies are little they grow

Especially fast; parents, now older, wish

Every moment could last.

This word ultimately connects to the root also for ‘weigh,’ and meant, to move or transport by vehicle.

Summer blanket

Murk that sounds as though

It’s lighter than fog

Settles upon

The Strait as a salty smog.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIV_g8HXzao

Creativity

Fashioned

In my own imagination, it

Gives

Me

Energy for

New

Transformation.

No chaos in karma

Maiming

A once respected nation with

Your inept verbosity and

Hypocritical condemnation,

Eventually you’ll know the

Might of degradation.

Nibble on this

Giving into a

Nagging thought can become

Anxiety, painfully

Wrought.

Little known?

Such a small amount is

Known in Japanese, where this word

Originates; there it is

Sukoshi. Now we hear only

Half, you see.

This is for Lynn F., who I first heard utter this word.

Will the soak sink?

Booze, food, or TV-viewing

Indulged in

Non-stop spells is

Going to cause some problems,

Evoking that place called…

Barrel of brew

Two hundred ten gallons is its

Usual size. Thasalottabeer – hic!

No surprise.

Subjunctive mood

Wishing

Or being willing to

Unsay one word has a

Lot of folks

Doubting; they know what they heard.

No surprise

This backpedaling

Renegade, this

Arranger of deals

Is a fork

Tongued

Ogre, as he’s frequently

Revealed.

AsSOCiation

So, from this not-so-

Obvious abbreviation

Comes the World

Cup sport of many nations;

Essentially, one who socks

Rough or hard is hardly a relation.

Summer cold blues

This gullet

Has been so

Raw and sore;

Oh man, gotta find

A cure. Can’t

Take it no more!

Dear

Feel at liberty to love and

Respect,

Especially to find peace with

Each other, which we mustn’t neglect.

How interesting that this word originally meant “to love,” from the PIE root *pri-.

Catch the wave

Surging shoreward the

Undulating sea

Rises high in long curls for

Fearless riders breaking free.

Belting it out

Beating on drums

And playing tunes,

Not to mention singing,  

Denotes a kind of festive

Social-fun-together-bringing.

Sticky

Just as sweet

As jelly it can be, but

Mainly fruitier, you will see.

Dance Party

Beboppin’ beats

Are a’ticklin’ my feet; my

Legs shake loose;

They GOT TO romp!

Everybody

Ready for the next big stomp?

Thanks, Lynn F., for this fun word and for all the great tunes you have shared!

Open your ears, you open your eyes

Beats and notes

Extend, explore

Beyond basic chords to

Out-of-this-world

Play and more…

Purpuratus

Sea urchins,

Those spiny creatures,

Reveal

Orthologs, a

Newish

Genomic feature that,

Yes, might

Lead to better treatments

Of

Cancer and others diseases. These

Echinoderms also offer

Nutrition

To indigenous people in the coastal

Regions

Of

Their kelp forest habitats; their

Usefulness helps

Sustain us all just like that.

Thanks so much for lunch, Barb B., and for this fun challenge. I learned a lot!

Fire meat

Beef or pork are

Used in this

Luscious Korean dish; marinated, then

Grilled

Or stir-fried, is what

Gives

It such yumminess.

In memory of my mom and her favorite Crossroads (Bellevue, WA) cuisine, I enjoyed this meal and thought of her.

Who knows?

A possible

Cure

Uses relevant

Points and

Unusually long

Needles to

Contend with

The pain;

Unwind and

Relax.

Enjoy life once again.

Tweet that!

Too much excitement

Will cause

In

The head

The

Effect of

Rationality

Posing

As dead;

The reptilian brain

Essentially

Dominates instead.

Thanks for the word, Paula S.

Fireworks

Pertaining to fire,

Yellow,

Red, blue, and

Orange

Turn the late

Evening sky to a

Colorful form of

Human-made art; sodium

Nitrate

Is for one, and other metal salts

Combine, our eyes to

Stun.

A safe and happy Fourth to all!

US

Could such

A ship as this

Really be turned on its side to

Expose the cause of its

Extraordinarily out-of-control,

Navigation?

System of symbols

Signs

Evoke 

Meaning

In

Our everyday life; how

They’re

Interpreted

Can sometimes cause

Strife.

For example, waving to someone as in greeting may be offensive in some cultures.

Counting on...

Chalk up some

Adding devices to

Leibniz; his

Concept notations were

Used

Long ago

And his Wheel spun

The minds

Of new mathematicians towards

Reckoning faster – and they would know.