Antipodes

Points

On earth at 90 degrees

Latitude  possess

A

Rigidly frigid attitude.

Those little snickerdoodles

Sometimes

Children

Are a

Little mischievous in

An endearing

Way, but soon enough they

Are much more serious; let’s

Give them

Some time to play.

Bemuse

Posing perplexing questions that

Use

Zig-

Zaggy clues maybe tests one’s

Latent perceptions, or

Exposes a very short fuse.

Happy National Puzzle Day.

Midwest summer sky

Rolling, thunderous sounds across

Undulating,

Maize-heavy plains will likely

Bring the

Lashing of

Even louder rain.

Not on cloud nine

I’m in hot water, ’cause I

Dragged my feet and now

I’m drawing a blank, so,

On thin ice, I’m skating

My way to a failing grade,

Something on which I can bank.

https://www.ef.edu/english-resources/english-idioms/

After 35 days

Raising

Everyone’s spirits,

Lightening their woes

Is this shutdown’s long overdue

End. May goodwill continue to

Flow.

When you're curious

Erroneously, some

New Latin

Copyists,

You see,

Combined two ancient Greek words,

Letting the miswritten

One literally be (as found in

Pantagruel);

Every imaginable topic is

Deemed requisite for complete

Instruction in volumes

A to Z.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy2jWJtO3lE

Imperious

Because this one is fond

Of commanding and often

Sounds rather demanding, maybe

Something’s behind this way that

You, in compassion, will learn one day.

Cover

Mittens might mute

Unwanted sound and a big

Fluffy one surely would, if

Found; the

Listener wants to protect

Ears, I’ll be bound.

But in five lines

How does

A brief,

Intriguing

Kind of measured verbal

Utterance sound?

"Free at last"

Connecting fear,

Hatred, and discrimination

As misguided power, a brave man

Insisted that people

No longer cower under the

Shackles of subjugation.

In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Eclipse

Look

Up at a winter’s

Night sky

And you a

Round shadow will espy.

These short days

Belonging to a season of

Rain, snow, and mist,

Umbral landscapes

Maintain

A quiet mantle under which

Life persists.

Rubberman

Thrashed soundly by his

Rivals in bitter

Opposition, he

Used his money profoundly in the

Nefarious

Commission of

Endless shady deeds – a

Darned good politician.

Choleric

Irked and incensed, he vehemently

Refused to admit committing any

Emotional abuse.

An illusion?

Relative to

Existence, is it

Actually of

Little consequence?

Civil...

Recognize the

Individual;

Guarantee respect.

Harbor no discrimination, practice

Tolerance, and on our

Social mores reflect.

Thank you to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for all he did, and was, for this nation.

Finical pinnacle

Precise and quite

Erudite, he was

Destined, he claimed, to

Acquire the

Name

Thesaurus Rex, which he

Inscribed in all his

College texts.

Our cows

Particularities can

Evoke

Curiosity;

Unlike

Little else

Is one’s very own

Atypical,

Remarkable self.

With thanks to our very interesting English language, and special gratitude to Laura Grace Weldon and her cow.

Both sides must...

Before you totally

Undermine this

Democratic nation, please

Give in a little, make a move,

Engage in conversation!

Not so sweet

Fueling this fabrication of

Undulating slats is a

Diet of nonsense,

Generated by

Elite kleptocrats.

It's wall or nothing

Stinky and old is

This shutdown’s jailer; it’s

A hostage in the

Lame and irrelevant

Effort to

Make

America great again.

Take the high road, so

Everybody wins!

And let's not forget umami

Touching the tongue,

A substance might

Smack of salt, bitter, sweet, or

Tart; the nose makes this an

Especially satisfying art.

Just one example of...

Slimy wood pulp, almost

Liquid,

Undergoes a transformation;

Rendered as soft rolls or

Reams is all the paper of

Your dreams.

Thank you, Rose A., for selecting this word from your vintage The Volume Library.

Understanding "stuck"

Perceiving this

Energy with empathy, this perpetual

Repetition of the

Same action or speech,

Enables teachers to help

Vulnerable children

Evolve in self-

Regulation; they recognize triggers

And prescribe a set

Time, offer change

In location – these

Options suggest a kind and gentle

Navigation.

Thank you, Emma G., for sharing this very enlightening concept with me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2QKjqS8a1c 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vwA9QmJRy8

gin kyo

Gentle silver apricot,

If memory serves, you’re

Not a new

Kind of tree, but a

Grand fossil still living

On this earth.

Thank you, Marti D., for the inspiration.

"Raw sugar"

Portuguese families, as New

England whalers,

Needed no nudge to

Undertake making this paler,

Creamier fudge that

Has to this day been a most

Exquisite offering on any buffet.

With many thanks to my dear sister Tina H., who gave me more than just a taste of her homemade treat. I will share the box! Our mother used to make the icing version for spice cakes, straight out of Betty Crocker’s Cookbook (page 191 in my 45-yr-old paperback edition).

TautoLOGICAL or verbal spasm?

Perhaps it could be – I mean, just

Look and see – that

Each and every

One of us right

Now

At this moment in time

Senses some

Measure of absurdity.

"Little needle"

Angling to

Get the

Lace to slip through is

Easier with this

Tip. It’s true!

Thank you, Lisa F., for reminding me about this word.

Natural mountaineer

Some folks at

Home in

Eastern lands

Render guidance and

Provisions

As helping hands.

Plunge

Stiff drinks are lifted,

Toasting

A brand New Year; we

Resolve to be resilient

To 45’s game of fear.