Bad breath

Mouth, a ghastly gaping gullet, opens to

A slimy well; the voracious, bony

Wendigo, untroubled by it, really smells!

Haunted

Ghoulish

Hosts

Of

Souls departed from this life are

Troubled deeply by

Some other-worldly strife.

Grasshopper's teacher

Playfully the maven

Unstuck the young man’s mind,

Not by telling him what to

Do, but by guiding him to opine

In matters he knew thoroughly,

To speak his thoughts more mindfully.

Hearth

Focusing on this

Intrinsic element, we

Respect its

Energy, we revere its light.

Take a look also at my acrostic wordplay of August 6, 2014.

You say tomato; I say tomate

Cousin words

Of different familias

Grow up

Naturally looking

Alike;

Their similar sounds

Enhance memorabilia and

So we have the German Wort ‘gleich.’

First person plural

When I am with one person or more, the

Experience opens unthought-of doors.

L’Chaim!

One’s positive growth and

Longevity might well

Depend on nutrition and levity.

The word ‘old’ is among the oldest words, termed ‘ultraconserved’ words, shared by four of seven language families.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/national/words-that-last/ 

Pet

Cared for, doted upon,

Over-indulged, they

Saw those

Spoiled lambs

Eat out of the palm of

Their hands.

Fluency

Passages

Read as if

Of a

Song flow

On the air

Deftly and strong. Sing “Excellent!

Yes!” when no word is wrong.

Ice cream...

Scoffing with wit, this

Quiet bit is

Ubiquitous as a filler, and if

It sparks an explosive remark, it’s

Best to be cooler, not shriller.

And the moral of the story is…

For example, there once was

A boy who cried “Wolf!” and

Because he so often had

Lied, the townspeople did not help him;

Eventually the poor sheep died.

Inspired by a Homework Help question at Rochester Public Library.

Duration

That

Intimidating

Measurement of

Entropy, is it indeed our life’s recipe?

Bha-ha-ha

Parts of words

Heard distinctly

Offer

New learners, quite succinctly, the

Elements, the building blocks for

Myriad thoughts,

Etc.

Mmm…mmm good!

Sop up last drops

Of that savory broth

Using a

Piece of bread.

Live and learn

OH-MY-DAWG!

Of all the faux

Pas one could make, there are

Some that really take the cake.

Yust a yoke, ya?

Zealously she

Entertained the

Unexpected

Guest and the notion that he

May be

Alien to playful jest.

A giving, breathing entity

Every element that keeps us

Alive, we

Receive by the grace of

This globe we call

Home.

Heated discussion

Deliberate questions

Encourage 

Bickering

As each side

Takes a swing. Who will

End up in the West Wing?

Ancient tale

Situations, fictitious or

True, spin yarns

Of what all humans

Recall from the

Yawn of time.

Offering

Details of

A specific kind, given and

Taken with theories in mind,

Are transmitted in countless lines.

With congratulations and thanks to Angus Deaton; he shared the etymology of this word in his PBS Newshour interview this evening.

Invigorating

Bracing is the morning air for a

Rapid walking pace; lost

In thought, I soak in the

Stillness, while

Keenly aware of time and place.

Eyes on the...

Praised and honored,

Revered, esteemed, the

Individual’s

Zeal and

Efforts paid off, as though in a dream.

Unknown riches

Perhaps your

Old word-maker-mind

Nods without knowing to a

Goddess; you offer

A gift, and Devi’s divine

Light

Attends you throughout your life.

During a fit of silliness today, a student blurted out the word ‘pongala.’ When I asked what it meant, I was told it was just made up. Out of curiosity, I checked the Internet. It’s a Hindu religious festival. 

The Big O

Oh, why did they

Make O the

End? After all, it

Goes

Around, not pretending to stop.

"Little mouth"

Perpetually delicious,

It’s roundly propitious. 

It's not what we think...

Mating, pairing,

All about sharing

Their parallel gifts,

Couples strike a

Human light; it can be wearing.

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=match

To souls lost at sea

Hoping to miss the

Unbridled wind, they

Raced south, but

Ran afoul, for

In the bowels of that loaded

Cargo ship, the

Aging engines,

Nearly spent, couldn’t beat Joaquim’s

Encompassing spin.

Dedicated to those on El Faro.

One of the Agreements

Intentional actions and speech,

Making space for a faultless

Progression of

Expression

Can teach a kind of self-

Control,

A mind-abiding

Balancing act between

Looking forward and

Embracing the now.

A baker's dozen, for example?

Lending

An extra helping hand,

Giving a little bit more, very

Neatly

Illustrates the

All-ways generous core, the heart of

People who see the big

Picture; they

Expect nothing in return.

Thank you, Sabrina P. B.

Quietude

Relaxing body, spirit, and mind

Enhances one’s  

Strength for

Trying times.

In honor of His Holiness, the Dalai Lama.

It makes sense to me

The word decem from ancient times

Equals two

Nickels or the pennies in a dime.