Brevity is the soul of wit, they say
Certainly you were concise
Deciding early on to designate
Each epistle, meeting, conversation
Fleet and fully fenced. Generous but
Guarded. We spoke, it seems to me now, in
Haikus. Carefully heeding syllables
Impenetrable as Japanese though imbued with
Jests like bathing by moon. Even so our
Kisses felt meant for more than kick-abouts
Lachrymose late night lie-ins too.
Must it always be so, these latter years
Needlessly retrospecting like a rag picker
Oh for some oblivescence! And really how
Petty when we were parsimonious, even with
Quarrels. The air we shared so quixotic
Rarefied. bubble wrapped in limbo and
Side lined for a different lifetime.
Thank you for trying and for never once
Uttering those utter lies lovers ply,
Valuing variety as spice, heeding my
Wordsmithing with Webster’s 3 volumes. Your
Xenodocheionology so very useful too.
Yellow with age like an old book, our pages
Zeroable.
- adoxography: good writing on a trivial subject
- oblivescence: forgetfulness; forgetting
- parsimonious: sparing, restrained, frugal to the point of stinginess
- quixotic: extravagantly and romantically chivalrous; idealistic
- xenodocheionology: love of hotels
- zeroable: able to be omitted from a sentence without any loss of meaning
For the MTB prompt: First to Last letters we are writing as Abecedarians, in an acrostic, with each of the 26 letters of the Roman alphabet beginning a line of our poetry. I have started it with the title
PoetryPix 
Enjoyed this and learned some new words!
so did I – thank you
This adoxagraphy belies its title, Laura. What’s said here is far from trivial! Kudos on handling form and subject in such a witty abecedarian way. 🙂
many thanks Dora for such kind words – such things should be trivial with time and age but hey-ho light hearted is nearly there!
Laura, the forensic report is most excellent and felt seamless.
My favorite line:
Needlessly retrospecting like a rag picker
That line stood out to me too! It felt like a slap to the face (in a good way!)
it was a slap from the Muse
thanks Lisa and I liked the notion of it being a forensic report
Laura, I admire your abecedarius poem and vast vocabulary!
thank you – this form seems naturally gives rise to wordsmithing
As one who is chastised from time to time for my “fancy words,” I love your poem (and its thoughtful glossary). I can’t wait to use “xenodocheionology” somewhere!
thank you – and there is nothing wrong with fancy in the right place as long as not purple!
wow! You leveled in some large wirds there
Thanks for dropping by my blog
Much♡love
could not resist!
Expertly showing us how it’s done, Laura, with some fantastic words, some of which are new to me. I love the direct address, the lines:
‘…We spoke, it seems to me now, in
Haikus. Carefully heeding syllables
Impenetrable as Japanese though imbued with
Jests like bathing by moon’
and the alliterative ‘lachrymose late night lie-ins’.
many thanks Kim – until I found the direct address I could not manage to make the abecedarius flow
My pleasure, Laura. I’ve had to play around with point of view before to get a poem to work.
yours worked brilliantly and flowing across the stanzas