Of readers

A pile of books

Voraciously devoured

Implies

Delight at any hour.

Welcome dinner

Positively the best

Of gastronomic gatherings is

This  

Loving, family-like feast; it really

Underscores the

Community spirit that

Keeps one coming back for more.

À la arachnid

Woven silk

Entanglers

Betoken eight-legged

Stranglers.

Burning bright

Light from this source,

A modest projection,

Might guide one’s steps and

Provide protection.

“Reunion of broken parts”

Algoritmi, his

Latinized name, was a

Geographer and mathematician

Especially famed for his numeric

Balancing and

Reduction equations; he was

A genius by all calculations.

Thank you, Laura G. W.

And with thanks to Keith Devlin

https://www.maa.org/external_archive/devlin/devlin_0708_02.html

Tales

Maritime lovelies

Enchant the world

Round; most

Make sure sailors don’t run

Aground. They especially care for

Ichthyologists who might also

Dabble as anthropologists. As

Sirens, their impact’s profound.

Thank you, Linda T., for the inspiration.

Sole

Foundational for standing and an

Essential poetic part, I am

Ever grateful for both senses, from

The bottom of my heart.

Good 'n' gooey

Mucilaginous extracts of

Althaea officinalis

Root

Soothed sore throats with

Honey; it was an ancient

Medicinal coup.

And now, as

Light confections, we

Lower them over fires and

Oh so carefully toast them

With greedy-for-s’more desire. 

Just one component of equal footing

Different beginnings

In

Students’ lives can make keeping

Pace with classmates

A challenge. Let’s 

Read to all children from

Infancy on and

Talk of

Interests and yearnings; this helps

Establish a

Strong love of learning.

Unconscious bias

Rejecting age-old

Attitudes, rewriting social

Constructs, we might eventually

Evolve to higher standards of conduct. 

Gracious

Approachable and

Friendly, the

Famed

Author

Blithely spoke with the

Little girl,

Encouraging her to write a book.

Unambiguous

Can you speak up?

Let your voice shine? It’s

Evident you have the

Aptitude

Really to be sublime.  

First sheet glued*

Properly observing

Rules

Of diplomatic

Talk

Often helps keep a  

Check

On

Loaded stumbling blocks.

*direct translation from Greek

Putting hands together

Cheering on athletes or

Laughing with wee ones,

Applauding

Performance or

Prompting a light,

It’s about participation, a

Natural inclination, a kind of celebration that

Gives us delight.

Inspired by the great and encouraging send-off the AmeriCorps staff of Reading and Math, Inc. gave members following Institute training today. Thank you!

Written linguistic entities

Generally, as letters, each

Represents

A sound, but sometimes a

Phoneme goes to town and

Has a bunch of them around; they

Even

May be seen as logograms or act

Emblematically in math, or

Syllabically, as a matter of fact.

Jumping in

Visions

Of a compassionate world

Lead

Unique people to help where

Needed;

They aid, repair, try to

End despair, and when they

Encourage young

Readers to excel, they know they have

Succeeded.

Take a load off

Comfy

Haven for the rear, this is

An

Item many

Revere.

Joyful spirit

Being blessed with

Lightheartedness

Inclines one to

Share blithe and

Sincere care.

Thank you, Joseph Campbell, for your “…follow your bliss…” encouragement. Also thanks to Dr. Amit Sood for your advice, "Don't postpone joy."

Say what???

Gentlemen and ladies

Rode in them merrily,

Or saw small icebergs in open

Water, but in time,

Lager-lovers couldn’t believe their

Eyes – and were roiled – when their pails 

Ran dry and the electromagnets found a

Shorted armature coil.

http://www.themagnetoguys.co.uk/Using_the_Growler.php

A Word Wealth word

Circles

Of like-minded folk often get

Together; they might seem a bit

Exclusive, and their

Rhetoric, sometimes elusive, but

In general it is conclusive that

Everyone’s part of some group.

Thank you, David Brooks, for reminding me about this word.

Summer stay

Varied

In people, places, and times, these

Sojourns

In life

Transform the

Soul.

With much gratitude to many other souls.

To wear or not to wear

Head coverings

Add a special

Touch, but

Some folks do not like them much.

Shifting gears

Curving in a different direction

Has a way of

Altering views. That’s great

News when one’s muse

Gets stuck; it has something

Else from which to choose.

Alimentary

Offered

Many different

Nutritious,

Ingestible items, they

Voraciously devoured all

Of the food and

Really

Enjoyed it.

Drinking in knowledge

Enchanted by the

Nectar

Of the gods, the group

Learned all aspects

Of wine and making it, ever

Glad they’d found the course and had a

Yen for taking it.

Hiccup!

Sails uncontrolled

Happen to flap if

Ever the lines are loose; if

Ever three lines are not

Taut enough the

Sails will be of no use.

Vintage

Heralding

A precious gift – a time of

Relaxation – a

Bottle or two to be

Imbibed, with

No exaggeration will

Give delight and soften the

Edge in total

Restoration.

Comfort

Securely

Nestled

Under the rug, the little

Girl felt like a cozy bug.

Presents of the past

Space for stuff

That isn’t used is

Opened every year, and

Rearranged while looking for

A needed piece of kitchen

Gear, a book, a skein, or

Even a beloved souvenir.  

Escape

Attired in

Proper clothing,

Prepared 

And equipped for adventure, the

Rascals snuck off in late

Evening, but

Left behind their dentures.

Also a little gray shark

Too much drink

Or a kind of shrine –

Perhaps this word

Evens out with time?