Short Pool 11/16/2007

Restiv I sit atop red ball
teak smells of damp sorrow
dusts frollicks outside
upward draft of frozen excess
impartial to days choices
seeking without looking
realization of the goal holds no solace
closure

restive \RES-tiv\, adjective:
1. Impatient under restriction, delay, coercion, or opposition; resisting control.
2. Unwilling to go on; obstinate in refusing to move forward; stubborn.

Pre Date Dilema 11/16/2007

Pimple
youthful burden
aggrandizes post haste
confidence erodes quicker yet
eye sore

aggrandize \uh-GRAN-dyz; AG-ruhn-dyz\, transitive verb:
1. To make great or greater; to enlarge; to increase.
2. To make great or greater in power, rank, reputation, or wealth; -- applied to persons, countries, etc.
3. To make appear great or greater; to exalt.

Cinquain
Cinquain is a short, usually unrhymed poem consisting of twenty-two syllables distributed
as 2, 4, 6, 8, 2, in five lines. It was developed by the Imagist poet, Adelaide Crapsey.

One form

Line 1: Noun
Line 2: Description of Noun
Line 3: Action
Line 4: Feeling or Effect
Line 5: Synonym of the initial noun.

Greg Laungry 11/15/2007

Alone
courtyard of uncertainty
searching stone and gravel
imposed will on smaller minds
weak bodies surround compassionate hearts
pushed down
strength in rising
and rising again
battle is won by the hector
the faith to rise again
wins the war.



hector \HEK-tur\, noun:
1. A bully.

transitive verb:
1. To intimidate or harass in a blustering way; to bully.

intransitive verb:
1. To play the bully; to bluster.

Al Gore's twin 11/14/2007

Boy
Flaneur
Mind and soul
Seeks connection
Ice shelf detaches, floats away from shore


flaneur \flah-NUR\, noun:
One who strolls about aimlessly; a lounger; a loafer.

Surrender 11/13/2007

Blinding light, pushing in fast
Universe calling, in search of a transporter
Be here now, come back from the past
Ideas, dreams, concepts hardening in mental mortar

Perfervid I rise, the battle at last
Airborne projectiles rise from the border
Will I command, or conform to, this approaching caste
The enemy forcing on me, their law and their order

White flag raised high on the mast
Accepting inevitable defeat, requesting quarter
Seeing smoke from shore, a final distant blast
Death or prison on the horizon, both a tall order
Answering soon, I will be, to a god or a warder


perfervid \puhr-FUR-vid\, adjective:
Ardent; impassioned; marked by exaggerated or overwrought emotion.

Pizza Luce 11/12/2007

Drunk
Swaying
Speech impaired
Gaze distorted
Left leg seems shorter
Hungry like a muskrat
Twelve dollars for pizza slice
Gesticulating with mouth full
Senses tingling, sauce burning, yummy
Calories at 3AM are costly

gesticulate \juh-STIK-yuh-layt\, intransitive verb:
1. To make gestures or motions, especially while speaking or instead of speaking.
transitive verb:
1. To indicate or express by gestures.

38 and Sunny 11/11/2007

darkness yields to light
awake and mercurial
pressure and tension
constraining thoughts and self image
allow tears to breach the duct


tanka style 5-7-5-7-7

mercurial \mur-KYUR-ee-uhl\, adjective:
1. [Often capitalized] Of or pertaining to the god Mercury.
2. [Often capitalized] Of or pertaining to the planet Mercury.
3. Having the qualities of shrewdness, eloquence, or thievishness attributed to the god Mercury.

4. Changeable in temperament or mood; temperamental; volatile.

5. Of, pertaining to, or containing mercury.
6. Caused by the use of mercury.