Holophrase ...

Today’s word is “holophrase” ... a word functioning as a phrase or sentence, as the imperative Go!  (Dictionary.com)

Speak

Of course we think about the Word,

The ultimate holophrase,

It appeared in all it’s fullness,

In a perfect single blaze.

It lit the former endless space,

With planets and great lights,

And worked for eons to create,

Everything, til all was right.

Within this Word is everything,

Purpose, life and peace,

Acknowledged, it will live inside,

Until all time will cease.

Anne Selleck

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Fantabulous ... Innumerable

Today’s word is “fantabulous” ... extremely fine or desirable; excellent; wonderful. (Dictionary.com)

Innumerable

Are we the most fantabulous,

The best in all of space?

The only creatures with the print,

Of God on every face?

They say this place that we call home,

Is most suitable by far,

That Goldilocks would love this zone,

Unique among the stars.

When you add particulars,

Numbers insurmountable,

The details of our destiny,

Are totally uncountable.

Anne Selleck

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Alembic ... Transform

Today’s word is “alembic” ... anything that transforms, purifies, or refines. (Dictionary.com)

Transform

When our words, written,

Pass through the alembic mind of God,

Are they not made of truth,

A truth not seen with human eye?

And when that truth passes into us,

Deep into our minds and hearts,

Will it not emerge again,

In deeds worthy of his name?

Anne Selleck

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Torrential ...

Today’s word is “torrential” ... falling in rushing, violent, or abundant and unceasing streams. (Dictionary.com)

Eventual

News is everywhere.

Torrential information.

Flooding opinion.

Anne Selleck

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Shibboleth ... inevitable

Today’s word is “shibboleth” ... a common saying or belief with little current meaning or truth. (Dictionary.com)

Inevitable

We can’t rely on shibboleths,

To help us find our way,

We need the truth proclaimed out loud,

Each and every day.

Over and over shout to the air,

Write and publish wide,

Tell each other for memories’ sake,

Don’t keep it all inside.

She will out; she always does,

But we can help her speed,

As with her hand raised to the sky

She spreads her righteous seed.

Anne Selleck

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Grouse ... Puzzle

Today’s word is “grouse” ... to grumble; complain. (Dictionary.com)

Puzzle

On normal days, it’s so easy,

To grouse about the smallest things,

Never thinking something worse,

Might be what tomorrow brings.

A thankful heart that’s used to searching,

For things small and bright,

Will find them in the darkest days,

And in the middle of the night.

Anne Selleck

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Ad hockery

Today’s word is “ad hockery” ... reliance on temporary solutions rather than on consistent, long-term plans. (Dictionary.com)

Plot

Talking low in offices,

In restaurants and schoolrooms,

Ad hockery is on the rise,

Waiting for its full bloom.

And all those half-baked plans,

Thrown so very quickly in,

Will soon show themselves to be,

Uneven and quite thin.

A moment for an outline,

A blueprint or a map,

Would help cohere those few ideas,

They’d come together in a snap.

Anne Selleck

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Flocculent ... Drift

Today’s word is “flocculent” ... like a clump or tuft of wool. (Dictionary.com)

Drift

White and flocculent,

Clouds have no destination.

Rain for everyone.

Anne Selleck

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Bellywash ... standards

Today’s word is “bellywash” ... any barely drinkable liquid or beverage, as inferior soda, beer, coffee, or soup. (Dictionary.com)

Standards

He prowls the house, his kingdom,

Making sure each thing’s in place,

There’s no discerning his current mood,

By looking at his face.

The food bowl is of interest,

As are special snacks,

If they look like bellywash,

He’ll just turn his back.

Once all is well in this domain,

It’s time to check outside,

There are squirrels to chase and wrangle,

And he’ll roam both far and wide.

Anne Selleck

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Cause Célèbre ... Higher

Today’s word is “cause célèbre” ... any controversy that attracts great public attention. (Dictionary.com)

Higher

Questions rise to the top,

     like the latest cause célèbre.

Where one pops like a giant bubble,

     five more take its place.

Because there is no end to complexity,

     in the earth or creatures or in ourselves.

We presume to answer all those queries;

     as if we were in the know from the beginning,

          pondering our books of knowledge,

                nodding wisely by candlelight.

But we have no knowledge that enlightens,

     that explains our source or the reasons

          We are here, or how all of everything

               came to be.

And if we can’t determine any of those things,

     what do we know that will help us live?

In our humanity we need humility. We need

     to depend on wisdom which goes beyond

           our own. This is difficult, but the

Only thing which will help us move forward.

Anne Selleck

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Macaronic ... Sift

Today’s word is “macaronic” ... composed of a mixture of languages. (Dictionary.com)

Sift

Babel continues,

Macaronic thoughts confuse.

Listen for love’s Word.

Anne Selleck

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Inauguration ... Seek

Today’s word is “inauguration” ... to induct into office with formal ceremonies; install. (Dictionary.com)

Seek

What I want to see ...

A new inauguration,

Of God’s great kingdom.

Anne Selleck

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Mammonism ... Sparkle

Today’s word is “mammonism” ... the greedy pursuit of riches. (Dictionary.com)

Sparkle

Mammonism will take everything.

You think that gold is gain,

That jewels and crystal fountains,

Come with no accusing pain?

Sitting in the midst of wealth,

All you can see is more.

Like Midas surrounded,

His daughter walking through the door.

Would you trade your best loves,

Your simple times and songs,

For piles of “security”,

Where you pretend that you belong.

Anne Selleck

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Inextricably ...

Today’s word is “inextricably” ... in a way that is unable to be separated or disentangled. (Dictionary.com)

Enemy

We’re all bound together,

Inextricably, we’re one.

So, treat yourselves well.

Anne Selleck

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Beamish ... Break

Today’s word is “beamish” ... bright, cheerful, and optimistic. (Dictionary.com)

Break

How the tables turn,

The lost ones finally found,

The beamish poor are rich,

The evil gone to ground.

It happens in a blink,

When a wall comes down,

The prisoners freed forever,

The lame ones skip and bound.

There is only one,

Who can these changes bring,

Owner of the kingdom.

Where love and truth both sing.

Anne Selleck

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Terrene ... Crumbs

Today’s word is “terrene” ... earthly; worldly. (Dictionary.com)

Crumbs

Watching the moon slip

     Behind clouds.

As night deepens. And hides.

     Shadows overwhelm.

We know morning is only

     A few hours away ...

          And that it always comes.

But in this terrene place,

     Where what is seen seems to be

           Everything that is,

The darkness is complete.

     The faith to believe in something better,

          Comes on tiptoe.

It comes from watching impossible

     Situations resolve. Through hope.

           Through prayer. 

Through unexpected miracles of love.

Anne Selleck

Copyright 2020

Ergo ... So

Today’s word is “ergo” ... therefore. (Dictionary.com)

So

Carried through the days,

On wings we cannot see,

We keep on asking, “Why?”

And question gravity.

Through no brilliance of our own,

Our bodies learn and grow,

We make our plans with gusto,

And say, ergo, we know.

But there are common mysteries,

That bypass our frail ways,

We ignore them at our peril,

For they will have their say.

Anne Selleck

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Discombobulate ... Dizzy

Today’s word is “discombobulate” ... to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate. (Dictionary.com)

Dizzy

From our crazy 

     Discombobulated world,

At least our human part of it,

     It seems uncanny ...

That nature is all arcs and whorles,

     And numbered parts

And seasons and finely tuned equations,

     And Fibonacci spirals and galaxies,

And fingerprints and cells and powers,

     And forces like gravity and endless

 Stars and tides and currents and sound,

     And unbelievable creatures to fit

Every ecology and land mass and airspace,

     And plants and insects much too complicated

And beautiful for no reason. We are witnesses.

Anne Selleck

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Umbrageous ... Celebrated

Today’s word is “umbrageous” ... apt to take offense. (Dictionary.com)

Celebrated

Being offended is an art,

And highly prized these days,

The more steps up the hierarchy,

The more one should be praised.

But why this pride in lesser things?

The umbrageous surely fall,

And are no fun to be with,

Sometimes no fun at all.

Let us concentrate instead,

On improving character,

And loving one another,

Until our goal is clear.

Anne Selleck

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Bunkum ... Follow

Today’s word is “bunkum” ... insincere talk; claptrap; humbug. (Dictionary.com)

Follow

We are easy to deceive,

As we look for silver linings,

Ignoring fakery and bunkum,

To find where the truth is shining.

Facts that are not, may be painted,

Camouflaged like tools of war,

Made to glisten like the real thing,

Making the masses ask for more.

And in their righteous indignation,

Sure of all they’ve read and seen,

They call for swift and endless judgement,

To make life both pure and clean.

Where one idea reigns alone,

And the others are rejected,

All the people are imprisoned,

And the rule of law’s rejected.

Anne Selleck

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Aoristic ... Wait

Today’s word is “aoristic” ... indefinite; indeterminate. (Dictionary.com)

Wait

On hold.

Facing an aoristic future.

What’s new about that?

Can we see tomorrow’s sunrise from today?

Can we know if we will see the sun at all?

We have no guarantees. Only hope.

And faith in something better.

Someone who can save us from ourselves.

Anne Selleck

Copyright 2021