Fenestrated ... Reach

Today’s word is “fenestrated” ... fen-uh-strey-tid ... Architecture. having windows; characterized by windows. (Dictionary.com)

Reach

Skyscrapers stretch up,

Fenestrated eyes open,

Reflecting wonder.

Anne Selleck

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Obsequious ... Stray

Today’s word is “obsequious” ... uh b-see-kwee-uh s ... characterized by or showing service complaisance or deference; fawning. (Dictionary.com)

Stray

He will save us all,

The obsequious and small,

Even the brilliant.

Anne Selleck

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Ad absurdum

Today’s poem is “ad absurdum” ... ad ab-sur-duh m ... to the point of absurdity. (Dictionary.com)

What is this urge, to reveal,
Everything you’re thinking,
Every motive, every plan,
‘Til in detail you are sinking?

Taken ad absurdum,
All these things you’re posting,
Give more information,
Than what’s needed for your boasting.

We know your cat is white,
And what you had for lunch,
About most facets of your life,
We have a healthy hunch.

Maybe a little mystery,
Would be more enchanting,
And fewer comments would be seen,
Which would need recanting!

Anne Selleck
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Earworm ... Willow

Today’s word is “earworm” ... eer-wurm ... Informal. a tune or part of a song that repeats in one’s mind. (Dictionary.com)

Willow

Over and over and over it plays,

The song of the violin,

A little earworm from a child,

Please, please play it again.

Such a sweet sweet effort,

Innocent and fine,

Just as unforgettable,

As a maestro’s piece divine.

Anne Selleck

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Flakelet ... Climate

Today’s word is “flakelet” ... fleyk-lit ... a small flake, as of snow. (Dictionary.com)

Climate

Don’t want to see the rain,

No flakelets, hail or snow,

Don’t want to feel the cold wind,

So to the south I’ll go.

I’ll feel the sunny rays,

Jump in the pool and float,

And when I come back,

I’ll smile, laugh and gloat!

Anne Selleck

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Sisyphean ... Ugh

Today’s word is “Sisyphean” ... sis-uh-fee-uh n ... endless and unavailing, as labor or a task. (Dictionary.com)

Ugh

Crying through the day,

Sisyphean tasks looming.

Minute by minute.

Anne Selleck

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Reverie ... Bud

Today’s word is “reverie” ... a state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing. (Dictionary.com)

Bud

In this cold, sad wintertime,

A reverie will often fall,

And images of sand and sea,

Will in sleepy dreams enthrall.

Counting days until the spring,

We sigh, and plod on through the hours.

The earth will turn in its own time,

Revolving toward sunshine and flowers.

Anne Selleck

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Quodlibet ... Words

Today’s word is “quodlibet” ... kwod-luh-bet ... a humorous composition consisting of two or more independent and harmonically complementary melodies, usually quotations of well-known tunes, played or sung together, usually to different texts in a polyphonic arrangement. (dictionary.com)

Words

Everything’s a mishmash,

A quodlibet of sorts,

In which each opinion,

The next trys to abort.

In this fight of words,

No one’s listening at all,

Just more evidence it seems,

For the logic of the fall.

Redemption may still happen,

If stone hearts can be broken,

And love is given half a chance,

While our words are spoken.

Anne Selleck

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Maladroit ... Stronger

Today’s word is “maladroit” ... mal-uh-droit ... unskillful; bungling; tactless; lacking in adroitness. (Dictionary.com)

Stronger
The maladroit speak,
And yet the world keeps turning,
Its axis tilted.

Anne Selleck
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Featly ... Spin

Today’s word is “featly” ... feet-lee ... neatly; elegantly. (Dictionary.com)

Spin
Watch them dancing on the ice,
As they swing and featly fly,
Matched in merry practiced grace,
Eliciting both gasps and sighs.

Such beauty comes through trials dear,
Myriad mistakes and falls,
Yet through the agonies they work,
Answering perfection’s call.

It’s not just fame’s enticing,
Which lures them on and on,
But a daring dream and vision,
Stronger than a siren’s song.

Anne Selleck
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Vulnerary ... Bless

Today’s word is “vulnerary” ... vuhl-nuh-rer-ee ... a remedy for wounds. (Dictionary.com)

Bless

In our sickness, sorrow, shame,

We are healed in Jesus name,

He, our vulernary, stays,

To bless and sweep our fear away.

Where else could our ravaged souls,

Find the peace and grace to grow?

Calmed by his almighty hand,

We are restored and helped to stand.

Anne Selleck

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Doodlesack ...

Today’s word is “doodlesack” ... dood-l-sak ... a bagpipe. (Dictionary.com)

Plead

A doodlesack drones,

Weeping sadly in the dawn,

It’s name, deception.

Anne Selleck

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Enfant terrible ... Stalwart

Today’s word is “enfant terrible” ... ahn-fahn te-ree-bluh ... French. an outrageously outspoken or bold person who says and does indiscreet or irresponsible things. (Dictionary.com)

Stalwart

Enfant terrible ...

Walks confident in power,

Changing perceptions.

Anne Selleck

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Heartsome ... Home

Today’s word is “heartsome” ... Chiefly Scot. giving cheer, spirit, or courage. (Dictionary.com)

Home

You are morning shining bright,

Indigo of darkest night,

Righteous rain which falls to ground,

Desert where true prayer is found.

You are peace on glassy sea,

Whirlwind in the fall of me,

Hope inside this shriveled shell,

Power that makes a heaven of hell.

You are height, width, depth to free,

Holy, heartsome mystery,

In each moment gifts have come,

And in you, I am undone.

Anne Selleck

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Paralipsis ... Careful

Today’s word is “paralipsis” ... par-uh-lip-sis ... Rhetoric. the suggestion, by deliberately concise treatment of a topic, that much of significance is being omitted, as in “not to mention other faults.”  (Dictionary.com)

Careful

We surely won’t be talking,

About his faults and failings,

They’ll remain unspoken,

We will do no railing.

Though we see these weakness,

Each and every day,

We’ll use this paralipsis,

To help us have our say.

We will take the high road,

And keep our noses clean,

(But everyone will truly know,

What we really mean!)

Anne Selleck

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Decathect ... Loser

Today’s word is “decathect” ... dee-Kuhn-thekt ... to withdraw one’s feelings of attachment from (a person, idea, or object), as in anticipation of a future loss. (Dictionary.com)

Loser

If God isn’t here,

You can decathect from love.

If he is, you can’t.

Anne Selleck

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Nonviolence ... Shout

Today’s word is “nonviolence” ... non-vahy-uh-luh ns ... the policy, practice, or technique of refraining from the use of violence, especially when reacting to or protesting against oppression, injustice, discrimination, or the like. (Dictionary.com)

Shout

In the middle of a war,

There’s no time for making peace,

Nonviolence should have been thought sooner,

Before the sounds of silence ceased.

As the battles rage around,

And knight fights knight for kingdom spoils,

The fragile calm of Eden’s garden,

Breaks into songs of pain and toil.

Anne Selleck

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Vatic ... John

Today’s word is “vatic” ... vat-ik ... of relating to, characteristic of a prophet. (Dictionary.com)

John

Wild hair flying, he spoke

     in vatic phrases,

Of something in the air,

     someone, whose presence

          would shine like a star.

Like the light of the world.

Anne Selleck

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Pseud ... Harumuph

Today’s word is “pseud” ... sood ... Informal.  a person of fatuously earnest intellectual, artistic, or social pretensions. (Dictionary.com)

Harumph

The docent was speaking,

In reverential tones,

Of spaces and colors,

As if he’d painted alone.

This pseud knew the reasons,

The art had been made,

And into the details,

Excitedly he’d wade.

But the people who listened,

To his haughty speech,

Clapped at the end,

Filled with relief.

Anne Selleck

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Silver-tongued ... Whew

Today’s word is “silver-tongued” ... sil-ver-tuhngd ... persuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator. (Dictionary.com)

Whew

In the beginning,

Of the world and all things,

We too were created,

And all perfection did sing.

Then, it’s said that a creature,

Silver-tongued and so sly,

Enticed us to do wrong,

Then stayed on to spy.

We were banished away,

And until the light came,

We could not do right,

So we lived with our shame.

But darkness must flee,

In the brightness of day,

And now hope becomes faith,

As we rejoice, love and pray.

Anne Selleck

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Jannock ... Warning

Today’s word is “jannock” ... jan-uh k ... British, Australian Informal. honest; fair; straightforward. (Dictionary.com)

Warning

The town square,

     is not jannock anymore.

We speak and type and tweet

     like prisoners whose captors

          hold the keys.

Our cries are silenced, muted, buried ...

     out of fear that a thought, unlike the rest,

          will upset the world.

All pretense of leveling

     is gone.

The question is, how do we loose our bonds,

     and allow all thought to flourish?

Truth cannot be caged. It roams where it will.

     Those who try to tame it,

          May be eaten.

Anne Selleck

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Denouement ... Fly

Today’s word is “denouement” ... Dey-no-mahn ... the final resolution of the intricacies of a plot, as of a drama or novel. (Dictionary.com)

Fly

On our own timelines,

A denouement is expected.

Faith sees beyond it.

Anne Selleck

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Suspiration ... Be

Today’s word is “suspiration” ... suhs-puh-rey-shuh n ... a long, deep sigh. (Dictionary.com)

Be

When the day is at its end,

And all’s been done that can be done,

Breathe with suspiration’s ease,
Until next rising of the sun.

In this moment’s open space,
There is time enough for peace,
For forgiveness of mistake,
And the rest of earned relief.

Anne Selleck
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Stardust ... Abundant

Today’s word is “stardust” ... stahr-duhst ... a naively romantic quality; (not in technical use) a mass of distant stars appearing as tiny particles of dust. (Dictionary.com)

Abundant

Deep, dark night and stardust,

Sun-stricken sunsets wild,

Mountains in green splendor,

The laughter of a child.

Warm fires in the winter,

New blossoms in the spring,

Flashing fish and fireflies,

Buoyant birds on wing.

All this joyful riot’s been,

Given us by God above,

To open up our blinded eyes,

To his grace-filled love.

Anne Selleck

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horsefeathers ... Achoo

Today’s word is “horsefeathers” ... hawrs-feth-erz ... Slang. rubbish; nonsense; bunk (used to express contemptuous rejection). (Dictionary.com)

Achoo

Please be discerning,

Horsefeathers are falling down,

Jump out of the way!

Anne Selleck

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Boustrophedon ... Run

Today’s word is “boustrophedon” ... boo-struh-feed-n ... an ancient method of writing in which the lines run alternately from right to left and from left to right. (Dictionary.com)

Run
Chickens running without heads,
Speech like a boustrophedon winds,
There is no frame of reference,
To calm our frantic minds.

Our experience is everything,
Our feelings reign supreme,
We see the world from inside out,
Believing every meme.

There’s no such thing as logic,
Truth is a fun house mirror,
At this rate we can’t converse,
Nothing could be clearer.

Unless we find some common ground,
This maze will be our fate,
And it won’t be pleasant,
When we find out what awaits.

Anne Selleck
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Turncoat ... Victory

Today’s word is “turncoat” ... turn-koht ... a person who changes to the opposite party or faction, reverses principles, etc; renegade. (Dictionary.com)

Victory

Turncoats and spies,

Rebels and dark knights,

These are the ones,

Against whom, the good fights.

White hats and black,

That’s always the story,

We root for the heroes,

To show us their glory.

It’s a funny division,

Between right and wrong,
That’s written in all myths,
Sagas and songs.

Perhaps underneath,
Where our real selves lie,
Is truth that is waiting,
To be released with a sigh.

Anne Selleck
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Moira ... Chart

Today’s word is “moira” ... moi-ruh ... (among ancient Greeks) a person’s fate or destiny. (Dictionary.com)

Chart

Who will you become?

Is your moira settled?

Serendipity?

Anne Selleck

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Patrician ... Spooked

Today’s word is “patrician” ... puh-trish-uh n ... a person of noble or high rank; aristocrat. (Dictionary.com)

Spooked

From the high hill,

Patricians gaze with fear.

Banners are flying.

Anne Selleck

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Watershed ... Revealed

Today’s word is “watershed” ... waw-ter-shed ... an important point of division or transition between two phases, conditions, etc. (dictionary.com)

Revealed
Sometimes a cursed wall falls down,
And separation ends,
Hostilities evaporate,
Old concepts break and bend.

These moments live in infamy,
As watersheds of peace,
Monuments and statues rise,
As captives are released.

Our calendar’s divided,
By one event in time,
When the true Christ did come down,
The humbled one, sublime.

Anne Selleck
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Instauration ... Breaking

Today’s word is “instauration” ... in-staw-rey-shun n ... renewal; restoration; renovation; repair. (Dictionary.com)

Breaking

Waiting still for the

Instauration of Eden.

Love will find a way.

Anne Selleck

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