Preserve, pickle, season

Chili sauce, ketchup,

Or mayonnaise, just to

Name a few, will add

Delight to any dish,

If that’s what you wish to do.

Mustard, pesto,

Even tzatziki– and do

Not forget the soy– will

Tantalize your taste buds,

So try something new and enjoy!

With thanks to Kathleen, at Love From Minnesota, for the inspiration.

Present

Beautiful friends

Remember when

On weekend nights

We’d make chocolatey

Nuggets, delightedly

Indulging in

Endless laughter, and

Saving some for times thereafter.

Thanks for the inspiration, K., L., and S.

Wonder

Wandering through the woods

Every day, I

Reach

Into my curious mind and

Find that

Ever-present urge to

Search for

Treasures not

Easily gained or understood; the

Riddling trees wave limbs

In jest, revealing it

All to be one big quest.

Thank you, Helene C.

Fun flies when you’re having time!

Wild, whimsical

Organizing of

Random

Daily thoughts

Ping pong, zigzag,

Lollygag until they wind up – POP! –

As acrostics.

Yippee, hurray for each new day! 

Cryptic

Abstruse language,

Recondite words

Contrive

A mystery, sometimes absurd, the secret

Never to be revealed, the facts of the matter

Ever concealed.

Leafing through the book of seasons

Life gone, but colorful, they

Elegantly drift down in

Autumn,

Veritable whispers of

Eventual

Spring.

Crucial exercise

This amazing mental imperative

Has remarkable gifts to give;

It can warm both mind and soul–

Naturally, two parts of a vibrant whole–

Kindling the energy it takes to live.