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stormy/gladness/questions/secrets/button
Uncanny
Stormy times when
the snakes in sheepskins
pierce the night with
their cries.
Questions pend in
the air.
Sleepwalking fireflies
preserve their secrets.
Please donīt press
the secret button
by mistake
Next: birds/ancient/ guitar/endeavor/longing
Cool poem: Interesting imagery there. I like how the secret button is revealed in the word you left out... very clever :)
too young for the summer of love (birds/ancient/ guitar/endeavor/longing)
I dreamt of a time only
an electric guitar could evoke
:as ancient as the 60's
- twentieth century endeavors
that lured birds to
surreal pillow conclavities
and psychedelic heights -
longings I can only imagine
7/3/2022
Next: sanctuary/spoon/revel/river/geode
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Post doubled because of editing.
Lol! Forgot the word gladness. Loved your interpretation of This oversight!;)
Enjoyed the nostalgic session!
sanctuary/spoon/revel/river/geode
The Geode
It inhabits the sanctuary
at the banks of
a secret river.
The Geodeīs heart is hollow
and has the form of a spoon.
In the game of gain and lose
he eternally revels in
his victory.
Next challenge: July/ lentils/parachute/ howling/underground
Enjoyed :)
"After thunder comes the rain !" - July/lentils/parachute/howling/underground
An epitaph wails from Hades' domain
A howling from beyond the grave
"After thunder comes the rain !"
Her torment, let me explain -
Pierced her cold, cold heart as if by glaive
An epitaph wailed from Hades' domain
No sweet disposition did she ever maintain
No golden parachutes for those who deprave
"After thunder comes the rain !"
June's bickering was followed by July's complain
Xanthippe treating her spouse as less a slave
An epitaph wails from Hades' domain
As humble as lentils Socrates lived in twain
His philosophies no mere underground rave
"After thunder comes the rain !"
For Xanthippe's riotous disdain
A chamber pot on Socrates' pate did she lave
An epitaph wails from Hades' domain
"After thunder comes the rain !"
7/4/2022
Next: bottle/fan/wallet/lazy/jazz
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Lol! Somewhat partial to Xanthippe, but laving the chamberpot on the pate is mean!
Next: bottle/fan/wallet/lazy/jazz
Minimalism
Lazy Jack
Took a nap
With the Cub
on his lap
After hitting the bottle and
listening to Jaaaaaaaaazzz!
His bottle empty
He got up
To go to the club
with his cup
and The Cub.
But, where were his wallet
and his tablet?
He had been robbed
by a fan
while his heart throbbed
To the sound of Jaaaaaaaaazzz!
Next chalenge: ocean/lightning/ explosion /gold/pondering
lol... poor lazy Jack !
ocean/lightning/ explosion /gold/pondering
pondering is one of my favorite
pastimes here in the Gold Country
be it poetic devices to exploit or
God's immense realm to examine
lightning strikes when revelation
produces an explosion of inspiration -
from the smallest mote in the ocean
to the vastness of galactic design
7/4/2022
Next: negotiate/teeth/cool/pyramid/road
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Enjoyed it immensely! Elegant use of challenged words.
negotiate/teeth/cool/pyramid/road
Bankruptcy
I dream about
a pyramid of teeth
So I set my foot
on the road
in the cool morning
to negotiate
with my dentist.
Next challenge:
cake/stratosphere/shoes/claiming/blue
Well done :) "a pyramid of teeth"... love the imagery... praying all is well. I can identify with your poem whole heartedly.
tournament
funky blue, green, red
shoes - so we don't steal them I
guess (lol)... piece of cake
my scores through the stratosphere
claiming first prize easily
7/5/2022
Next: esbat/yapok/obituary/sweep/violet
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
esbat/yapok/obituary/sweep/violet
Lol!
Obituary
Dear yapoc,
Since you were swept away
deceased under a violet sky
nature grew sweet violets
in your former haunts.
And creatures of the night
stream to your esbat,
lamenting your early departure
wishing you to rest in peace.
Next challenge:
lilies/anthropomorphic/moonstone/singing/hermaphrodite
lol... too much rain again, poor yapoc
Mine needs a little work:
an acrostic production: an homage to unrequited love
sadly, t'was a one night show - some giggled, said
it was more a one night stand - a dashing lead her-
maphroditic snail ought to have had less than a sn-
owball in, well, with an anthropomorphic caterpillar
no matter how one spun the cocoon or tale of
all the kerfuffles of identities and gender nuanced se-
nsibilities unsung of in the seventies; the dullar-
ds of the academy ought to have had their diminutive
minds open to the possibility of - a sweet soliloquy
in the garden - where she, having received her
ring of moonstone (symbolic of hope and fertility) -
artfully singing arias rife with thrilling glissandos bri-
nging down the house, heralding love eternal! - instea-
d received a bouquet of stargazer lilies - her lead
actor of note unceremoniously served as escargot
ref: https://www.cartoonbrew.com/ideas-co...dea-86300.html
7/5/2022
Next: clothes/plot/fever/velvet/rubbish
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Wonderful! Your poem and the reference made my day! itīs a long time since I laughed so much! Should be presented at some of this gender discussions we have today. But I have still a difficulty to find the acrostic in some poems.
The torments of an ambitious young author
He was forever thinking of his plot.
He didnīt want it to be rubbish
He fevered about it a lot.
He fevered about it a lot.
While trothing around in his best clothes
He was forever thinking of his plot.
He was forever thinking of his plot.
While dreaming of velvet carpets
But he never wrote the final dot.
Next challenge: anomy/ basket/ underground/hydrogenous/scathing
lol... love the poetic form :)
it's da bomb
her anomy was too apparent to have been missed -
'twas her glowing persona that betrayed her in a twist
one would think making a hydrogen bomb tough,
it's not - you just need (4) A-bombs to start with (and stuff)
for each A-bomb simply gather a basket of
enriched U-235, or Plutonium lying around, using gloves...
Geiger counters from any army surplus store
help in this initial procurement step; wherefore -
unenriched U-235 is more of a hassle but possibly easier to
obtain, but it needs to be enriched - you'll need true
yellow cake (not the store brand) and hydrogenous
stuff to start - then the fun begins with some simple
HS chemistry (and some band experience playing the timple)
once the fissionable stuff is prepared the controls
and assembly begins: large metal salad bowls,
some C4, and an old vacuum cleaner obtained from
a thrift store come in useful for the steps to come
for the final process some lithium will be necessary -
hydrogenous lithium is easily obtained; (think battery)
- now a word about waste:
indigenous lands are traditionally utilized, whether it's
buried underground or trapped in earthen pits
covered with water; however household facilities are just
as effective (and immeasurably more robust)
in a scathing tweet, prior to detonating her first
device, her three 9-year old followers conversed -
a terse discourse on what targets would prove best
- but, after nixing the three grade schools addressed
she took matters into her own hands and settled on
7/7/2022
ref:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archi...-6d7121f42673/
Next: bee/river/whisper/scale/green
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Ump! Quite explosive this one. Sadly couldnīt read the reference:(. Nixing. Sounded familiar:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nix
bee/river/whisper/scale/green
Whisper, whisper little bee
What are the news you
have for me?
Iīve seen the scales
of the big fish
glimmer in the
blue river.
Whisper, whisper little bee
What are the news you
have for me?
I flew over green planes
drinking the nectar
of multiple flowers.
Whisper, whisper little bee
What are the news you
have for me?
I flew over the river
the river was blue
no more.
I saw the silver
scales glistening
on the shore.
I sought the green planes
They werenīt green
anymore.
I saw so many
flowers wilting
on the shore
Enjoyed the poem - so sad the message.
Here's a quotation from my source:and it continues quite tongue in cheek :)Quote:
How To Make Your Own H-Bomb
After the federal government obtained a court order to keep The Progressive magazine from publishing an article describing the technology of the hydrogen bomb, Seven Days, a bimonthly published in New. York, stepped into the breach. What follows is excerpted from the Seven Days articie, written by staffers Barbara Ehrenreich, Peter Biskind and Jane Melnick and scientist Michio Kaku. It has not been cleared with the Department of Energy or any other federal agency : THE HEART of the successful H-bomb is the successful A-bomb. Once you've got your A-bombs made, the rest is frosting on the cake. 1. Getting the Ingredients
Uranium is the basis ingredient of the A-bomb. There are two kinds of uranium, the rare U-235,used in bombs, and the more common, heavier, but useless U-238...
I need to make a quick edit.
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor