Aboutbutterfliescatching dreams,enveloping friends,gloaming heavenwardin just knowing--love may neveronly pine quickly--rather,staying tuckedunder verdant winds,xanthous--your zephyr.
For 1 to 30, A to Z, the last Real Toads prompt for National Poetry Writing Month. This is poem number thirty! Raise a cheer! (Or a Z!)
Huzzah!! Callooh! Callay!
ReplyDeleteYou made it and finished off with a fine flourish, Marian. Thanks for being an inspiration to me - I may not have tried to do this crazy 30 poems in 30 days thing without your enthusiasm.
hah! well you can do it with me again in November!
DeleteWowzers, a w and a z - way to go, kiddo. You do'ed it!
ReplyDeleteWoW! How marvelous is the wind and is love? Together, they are the varying faces of nature's creativity.
ReplyDeleteWow, awesome! Wonderful imagery. I've never attempted one of these.
ReplyDeletedo it! dooooo eeeeet.
DeleteSuch beauty and flow through this alphabet piece. Thanks for the challenge. I never thought of writing an alphabet poem before. Mine is more of a scrabble piece though. lol
ReplyDeleteIf flows nicely with all the restrictions!
ReplyDeleteX totally sucks.
ReplyDeletehurrah :)
ReplyDeleteA triumph of love and alphabet!
ReplyDeleteWow, Marian, this is amazing! The first five lines had me hooked solid.
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You rock, woman!! Too cool that I started mine in a similar butterfly vein. :) I love the enveloping that you speak of. ♥
ReplyDeleteExcellent. And thanks for this fun challenge.
ReplyDeleteCheerzzzzzzzzzzzzzz! PS. I have line-danced in a lesbian bar ~~ so there!!!
ReplyDeletethen i say to you: rawr!
Deletewow! it just flows i found it very lyrical! congo on 30!
ReplyDelete"xanthous--/your zephyr," one of the best endings I've read in this series of all things Toadish. Happy endings to NaPoWriMo, and I plan to stick around.
ReplyDeleteTHe A-Z challege was quite apropos, no? Alpha and Omega to April's Poem A Day. This was an excellent prompt, and timely. Peace, Amy
very good choice of words and the way you have created a poem out of them is marvelous.
ReplyDeleteWow, you nailed it...I love the tenderness at the start...
ReplyDeleteBravo for nailing NaPoWriMo
Fun challenge
:D
Goodness me! Now I have to rush for my dictionary - Xanthus? Sheesh! Glad you enjoyed my Rosie Smith evening madness on Toads; sorry for the first 'Too' word typo, and for not being brave enough to make 'quote' into 'quoth', which is what Jinksy liked best. Zounds! lol
ReplyDeleteahhhh, A to Z, such fun. i might take a day off from this feverish writing. MAYBE!
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