#1826

Certainly this

Unique, five-year-

Long project with

My muse has been

Insightful and delightful, but

Now I choose

A different way

To play with words.

It’s another climb and that’s

Okay. Signed, with love, the Acrostics

Nerd.

Many thanks to all who have inspired me and shared new words with me for this project.

One's thumbs

Twirl that inner

Wildness

Into slow idle

Diddling;

Do your best to

Let it rest.

Enjoy your pensive fiddling.

Undulations

Sonic waves wash

Over

Us. It’s

Never seen, that

Deluge.

One minute

Springing into a speedy

Pace the

Racers dash

In a math paper blur,

Now placing

Their pencils down.

Versatile material

Papyrus and other kinds of pulp

And water

Provide for writing, wrapping,

Even trapping (flies), as well as elegant

Room divides.

Another look

Reach for

Eloquence;

View again

Initial drafts,

Seeking to

Excel in your verbal craft.

Making a rain stick

Squeeze and pinch –

Quite gently –

Until the eighteen

Inches of foil are

Now a silver snake all

Coiled inside a roll;

Hear the shhhh of the rain you control. 

Thank you, Jess D., for the inspiration. You and your class totally rock!

Aspire

Struggling, working hard

To

Realize a desire

Indicates grit,

Vitality – an

Engaged internal fire.

Gone the glow

As embers burn,

Settling down, they are

Hushed; there’s no more sound.

  

Thanks a latte

Beans are freshly roasted,

Aromatic and

Rich – coffee tenders worldwide will

Insist – and the cups they

Serve 

Their customers

Are artful and delish!

Thank you, Laura M., for the inspiration.

Mightier than the sword

Plumes of yore inked

Ebony letters and now,

Newer ones write rainbows.

Raising the bar

Competence

Is key to being
Certified in
Eloquence;
Rare brews
Offer challenging
Nuance. This learned guide
Enjoys sharing intelligence.

Simplefun

Dr. Seuss's
Oodles
Of guises
Deliver to readers
Lots of surprises and
Each unique drawing
Somebody prizes.

Pledges

Purposeful and
Realistic assurance,
Or harbingers of what
May come,
Instill, through their deliverance,
Strong hope that's
Effective for
Some.

Big chips

Buildings in a compact mass,
Logs or stumps,
Obstructions or molds, all
Can be described by this word; it's
Kind of all-purpose, solid and old.

Too much too fast?

Up came his delicious late-night
Repast; he had
Perhaps eaten it a bit too fast.

Bon voyage!

Pace patiently through
All the lines and
Soon you'll be
Spreading your wings;
Excited
Now, you
Gratefully
Enjoy the
Respite traveling brings.

At least three score meanings

Can you be sharp enough to
Use the many moods of
This word through your muse?

Constructive...

Treachery is not
Reacting to the
Ever present threat of
Anti-U.S. hacking;
Security is breached, while
Our Commander-in-Chief does
Nothing -- with blind backing.

Vibrissae

Wisps of coarse

Hair,

Inches long,

Sweep the air,

Kickin’ in a strong sense,

Enabling the quick

Reaction of

Self-defense.

Exuberance

Enjoying

Longevity

Depends on an

Ebullient

Regard for

Senior levity.

Beware

This pressing

Hindrance to peace

Requires

Everyone their

Awareness

To increase.

Sloppy conditions

Slog-causing snowmelt

Limits

Usual mobility; we

Slip and slide.

Hooray for agility!

Bag, for one

So many

Assorted interesting senses are

Carried in this well

Known word.

Potential dwelling

Long, thick poles

Of sturdy wood

Grandly once in forests

Stood.

Seals

Pinnipeds that

Have no

Outer ears

Can

In both water and air sense

Danger; here they

Are

Enjoying a peaceful day.

BOOKS!!!

Books! Books!

I gotta have

Books! Oh, how I love

Lookin’ at ’em

Inside and

Out, to cover

My walls with ’em,

And they’ve got spine! From

Now until the end of time

I hope we’ll

Always have books.

That time

An Ojibwe

Announcement

Bids us

In one word

To be

Attentive –

Behold,

It is New Year,

Behold, it is midwinter.

On we walk.

On move the seasons.

Now, we are here.

Thank you, Rose A., for introducing me to this site and this word.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5cmmgCt5Ew

Glucose and Fructose

Sugar,

We’re together in

Every Valentine treat, causing

Every Lovebird to

Tweet, tweet, tweet.

Catch

Schools of fish cannot

Escape when caught up

In this

Net, but it’s not entirely

Efficient, as you probably can guess.

Here’s another for Matt M., inspired by a birthday card created by Ray Troll.

Place and time

Hither into

English came a word of

Reality, with ‘now’

Emphasizing the same.

Doors and drawers

Such a mammoth

Cupboard

Holds domestic

Riches, new  

And old, or perhaps

Nostalgic tales, the

Kind never told.

Danke, Matthew M., for this word.

Thaw

I see

Cold

Inch-by-inch drips

Clinging

Long, sun-struck,

Engaged in

Song: plip…plip…plip…

Carya illinoinensis

Pies are an

Excellent

Confection using these

Amazing

Nuts.

Such perfection!

Our protagonist

Primarily not so much

Ruler as gentle

Instructor/firm guide, her support

Never wavers, her

Caring always presides particularly

In cases where

Passion

And

Learning coincide.

See the glass?

Sharp splinter once, you

Happened to find

A sea that tossed and

Rolled you, smoothing your edges

Deftly.

Seeing I to I

Uniting

Needs disparate

Individuals to let go

Of their

Narcissistic fighting.

Happy Lunar New Year 2019!

Pigs

Of the lunar calendar

Revel; the

Clout of their snouts

Is on a level with their

Natural happiness in

Ever sniffing out fruitfulness.

Dusk

Shorter wavelengths are

Usually scattered by the

Numerous particles the light

Shines through; as

Evening approaches, reds and oranges are

The only visible hues.

First person plural

Well, the word for us as subject has

Evidently long been perfect.

Two and a half years ago I completed acrostics on the two-letter words acceptable in Scrabble. Somehow I managed to skip this very essential pronoun.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7911645.stm

They were pickled, after all

Peter might have

Engrossed himself in

Picking the fabled

Peck, but was it

Eight dry quarts, or were these

Really wet?

Merci, Monsieur Pierre Poivre?

Self-command

Calming

One’s

Mind and body is a

Practiced way

Of being; the

Senses are keen,

Unperturbed and serene. The

Result

Equals a new kind of seeing.

Word-of-the-month at Roosevelt Elementary