Tag: AWAD

Encyclical (AWAD)

~ JezzieG

Inspired by A Word A Day – my thanks to Anu Garg

Definition: Encyclical – n. an official letter; adj. for wide circulation

Form: The Fib

the
words
written
advice given
on headed paper
your health conditions carry risks
for Covid 19 masks, jabs, tests, and self-isolate

©JezzieG2023

Zodiac (AWAD)

~ JezzieG

Inspired by A Word a Day – my thanks to Anu Garg

Definition: Zodiac – n. a circular diagram with 12 parts, each named after a constellation, used in astrology; a circle, circuit, etc.

Form: Interlocking Pathya Vat

round in circles
seeking a sign
one to define
just who I am
A Capricorn
no Aries ram
nor gentle lamb
I am a goat

©JezzieG2023

Exuviate (AWAD)

~ JezzieG

Inspired by A Word a Day – my thanks to Anu Garg

Definition: exuviate – v. to shed or cast off

Synonyms: moult, shed, slough, peel off, cast off, drop, throw off, throw away

Form: Tanka

she’s shedding winter
slowly revealing the spring
in the fresh green shades
from beneath first shoots appear
of life and new beginnings

©JezzieG2023

Deacon (AWAD)

~ JezzieG ~ 5 Comments

Inspired by A Word a Day – my thanks to Anu Garg

and also the writings of the novelist Dorothy L Sayers and her novel The Nine Tailors

Form: Free Verse

A bad winter in Fenchurch St Paul
a crescendo of bells
in hope for a better year to come
yet a single bell tolls in the night
another death from Spanish flu
Deacon was not a good man
but he laid in a lady’s grave
murdered they said
but by who?
Lord Peter would know what to do
and Bunter too
cutting a long story short
no one killed Deacon
although he deserved it
it were Gaude and Sabaoth
John, Jericho, and Jubilee
Dimity and Batty Thomas
not forgetting Tailor Paul
that signed his death warrant
their tongues clamouring in exultation
brazen as they danced to the leaping ropes
on that New Year’s night
them did it
and I call that Karma

©JezzieG2023

Churl (AWAD)

~ JezzieG

Inspired by A Word A Day – thank you, Anu Garg

I do genealogy and one of my ancestors is Annie, a village pauper from the late 18th century. I visit where she is now and then and give her flowers. I am grateful for Annie and her life, she is my direct lineage, and without her, I wouldn’t be here.

Definition: Churl – n. a rude person, a miserly person, a peasant

Synonyms: beast, clodhopper, oaf, provincial;, rustic, chuff, mucker

Form: Haiku

her body lies cold
within a cheap wooden box
for parish send off
no grave marks the spot
Annie forgotten by time
no flowers speak love
a country peasant
so poor her resting place shared
in a common grave

©JezzieG2023

Lave (AWAD)

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Inspired by A Word a Day – thank you, Anu Garg

Definition: Lave – n. Residue or remainder; v. wash, bathe, flow, pour

Synonyms: cleanse, shampoo, shower, dip, bubble, launder, soap, sponge

Form: Bina

bubble and foam wild waters flow
tempting the mind to dream with a dip
empty nib into ink dip, dip
writing the lines words flow
like fluid thoughts flow the mind cleansed in a dip

©JezzieG2023

Dingbat (AWAD)

~ JezzieG

Inspired by A Word a Day – thank you, Anu Garg

Definition: Dingbat – n. a stupid or eccentric person

Synonyms: moron, dummy, knucklehead, bonehead

Form: Tanka

moments unthinking
unconsidered words spoken
instinct’s reaction
when the brain seems to be dead
yeahp, it’s time for the dumbass

©JezzieG2023

(No) Ikigai (AWAD)

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Inspired by A Word a Day – thank you, Anu Garg

Definition: Ikigai – n. a sense of purpose or something that gives a sense of purpose; a reason for living; something that brings fulfillment or enjoyment

Opposite or Antonyms: no sense of purpose or something that brings emptiness or misery.

Form: Tanka

nothing opens on
foreboding senses of doom
reflections of time
passing by far too slowly
yet it all happens too fast

©JezzieG2023

Cynanthropy (AWAD)

~ JezzieG

Inspired by A Word A Day – thank you, Anu Garg

Definition: Cynanthropy – n. a delusion in which one believes oneself to be a dog

Form: Tanka

he’s chasing the ball
wagging his tail for her treat
and it floats their boat
who’s to judge what other’s do
there is no kink shaming here

©JezzieG2023