Global zest

One can peel

Neat layers or dice

It up, in tears; this pearl

Of flavor adds savor

No matter which hemisphere.

What were they thinking?

Narrow strips

Of millet dough were found in a buried

Overturned bowl

Dating back 4,000 years in

Lajia, China we are told. Have you

Ever eaten pasta, or anything,

So old???

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/10/1012_051012_chinese_noodles.html

Responsive

Accommodating

Many varied wishes

Employs flexibility;

Not everyone is

Able, or willing, to

Bend and indulge so readily.

Lucky are those whose lives are

Enhanced by such humanity.

Thanks for the word, Michell.

Bound

Coupling

On

Numerous planes, in

Numerous ways,

Everything

Can claim

This.

Ideas, physical

Objects – energy is one big

Nexus.

Thanks for the word, Jackie.

A good stretch

Longevity

Is heartily

Favored by some,

Especially when

Their existence

Is fun. Be 

Mindful of

Equal parts gloom and sun.

Thanks for the word, Kristina.

Aquatic acrobatics

Naturally

Youthful, the

Mayfly

Plays,

Hoping for another day.

Ownership

Holding tight to

A precious possession, one

Very soon learns an

Essential lesson. 

In addition, external circumstances

Healing, for example

Of humans, is more

Likely to occur

If the cries of body, mind, and

Soul altogether are heard;

The whole is better when all  

Interconnected parts are

Considered, with empathy, from the start.

Thanks for the word, Brittany!

The celestial equator

Equal hours of day and night – a

Quilt of

Uniform darkness and light –

Invites us to

Notice twice a year the

Onset of a new season; clearly

X marks the spot between hemispheres.

Imagine

Wind sketches tendrils of clouds

In the sky to inspire the

Soul of an artist

Passing by.

Bready bits

Crusty little bits

Remain, scattered

Under a table, or

Maybe on a path

Back home; will they help

Save Hansel and Gretel?

No $#!+

People normally get rid

Of,

Or excrete, it in a

Private way that’s more discreet.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/09/19/this-runner-wont-stop-pooping-in-front-of-a-familys-house-now-shes-being-sought-by-police/?utm_term=.0c224f96a78f

Academic apprentices?

Scholars, true learners are

Those who

Understand that

Daily

Expansion of the mind does

Not depend on

The commands of outside

Sources.

The nature of giving

Some people

Have the presence of mind

And authentic ability

Really to be kind and

Extend to others generously.

CPR training

Unable to

Nod or breathe or

React in any way, a person needs

EMS to arrive quickly to

Save the day. In helpful

Preparation, we

Observe, assess, and call

Nine-one-one and describe the

Situation. CPR

Is carefully employed, because we 

Value all life; it’s naturally to be

Enjoyed.

With thanks to Mark, our instructor, who is also an amazing storyteller.

Citrullus lanatus

Xenophiles will appreciate this

Interesting juicy fruit; familiar, and

Grown around the world, its history is as

Undulating

As its roots.

With many thanks to my team members for inspiring me to find names of fruits and vegetables beginning with tricky letters.

Grating

Speech

That’s

Raucous and shrill

Is likely to

Develop ill will in

Everyone who hears it;

Not so many are going

To cheer it.

Cultural anthropology

Discovering an

Individual’s dissimilar ways, and

Finding them

Far from our own, can

Easily lead to a

Reactive haze,

Evoking competition. We

Need to see and to understand

That here ‘better’ has no position.

Thank you, Michell G., for emphasizing this important concept.

Bending the carpenter’s square

Noting the context

Of this common word

Relates it to something, but

Maybe since frequent

Adjustments occur, our own

Lens can become, through empathy, blurred.

Rescue workers

Memorials

Of a lasting kind

Name those

Unknown to

Many minds, while

Encouraging all

Not to forget those

To whom we owe a debt.

Home again

Sleek

And silver they

Leap

Majestically

On, anxious to reach their

Natal stream to spawn.

Earth's outerwear

Laid over the entire globe,

In all its rocky glory, is

This layer of

Huge, major plates,

Of a fascinating ancient story.

Sima and sial crust materials

Play their parts magnificently,

Heaving and shifting through

Eons of force,

Reshaping the

Earth with intensity.

Thinking with love and concern for those in Mexico affected by Thursday’s earthquake and Hurricane Katia. 

Bird beginnings

Enclosed in shells, embryos

Grow well, then break out in weeks,

Guided by beaks.

Cryptozoology

Chessie and Nessie, those

Reticent beings, like

Yeti and Bunyip,

Prefer

They’re not seen, and

In the PNW

Dwells the simian-like

Sasquatch, as folklore tells.

Thanks for the word, Michell G.

Bristling characterization

His

Inherited

Rough,

Shaggy, totally

Uncontrollable hair caused

Them to deem him crude,

Even though it wasn’t at all fair. 

Ediz Hook

Mounded earth spits

Out into the Strait,

Rounding a bit to form

A hook; the harbor

Is deep, a

Natural pool, cool glacial

Evidence.

Unpredictable

Everyone has their moments –

Reactions, out of the blue, when

Reason, mindfulness,  

And caring seem to have flown the coop.

Take each moment for what

It is, but ever watchful be, in case the

Course changes precipitously.

Ponder

Many conflicting thoughts, whether

Unspoken or shared,

Linger in the mind awhile till at

Last resolution is dared.

Cock-a-doodle-doo!

Ruling

Over all

Of the hens, he

Struts and crows

Throughout the pen and

Eagerly pecks,

Regally, again and again.

Times two or three on the first

Repeat this

Animal name and it may in the month

Bring good luck your way,

But

It must be the first word uttered

That day.

Thank you, Claudia O., for this word and for inspiring me to learn what this tradition is all about. Thanks, too, for sharing the sweet memory surrounding it.

Just a side note: this might zoologically be a hare. :-) Not sure.