F is for Frozen
cold hands colder Feet
the Fairytale summers
buried in sleet
ice crystal eyelashes
Frostbitten ears
breath Floating smoky
the same every year
Forgotten the Feeling
in knees, elbows, joints
Foolhardy snowmen
just what is the point?
F
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E is for Energy
Effused Every day
Einstein or Eros
Electric
it strays
Eternal Euclidean
Expand and Embrace
Entangled
in time
Embedded in space
E
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D is for Dog
the Devilish kind
Digging up Dirt
out of sight
out of mind
Dachshund, Dalmatian
Dogue de bordeaux
breeds like old lovers
that come
and that go
heartbreakingly Dangerous
and yet we Digress
how could
Delight’s Debt
be anything less
D
Go for a walk in the entries of Frizztext’s A-Z Challenge: tagged “D”.
C is for Cat
Craving Camembert mice
Curled Coiled stretching
the yawn a device
of Carnivores striped
to Confound their prey
who scurry off
hurry off
all night and day
no sweet Condolences
no Colligation
of bright-eyed banter
dogged determination
no pangs of Conscience
or Cold Compromise
eat, play, sleep
and pounce
on the prize
C
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B is for Ball
Bounced By a child
Blue as the heart
whose love has run wild
Blacklisted and Broken
writ in Blank verse
Bloodied or Blooming
a wound that we nurse
Blasphemed in Bondage
Bankrupt of Bliss
all can Be cured
with just one
kiss
B
Bowl yourself over with the entries in Frizztext’s A-Z Challenge: tagged “B”.
A is for Apple
or so we are told
but I prefer Abstract
a word slightly bold
in Art it may Anger
much thought misconstrued
some say it’s Abnormal
what does it Allude
Ad-libbed or Actual
All must Acquiesce
be it Anteater, Angel
or beautiful mess
A
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Of the Zillions of Zygotes
that could possibly Zing
Zany unions are wild
Zoologists sing
Zapped to their Zenith
In a Zone not so Zen
ZigZag mitosis
Zooms along then
Zambian dream
every horse fantasy
a Ziegfield Zebra
just wondrous to see
Z
Zip on over to the entries in Frizztext’s ZZZ – Challenge.
Yes
once again it is
the season
where some may Yearn
for Yesterdays
golden Yellow
Yet
others Yield
to that soft hush
of snowfall in the Yard
and Yawn contentedly
the Yoke of work
lifted
’til next Year
Y
Ring in the Yule with the entries of Frizztext’s YYY – Challenge.
Xasperation
that would be
the X word for this day
a whole year for Xamining
nice or naughty
hard to say
many have been Xcellent
their comportment
above par
Xhausting in the efforts made
Xemplary by far
Xcitable were others
and Xcruciating were the worst
found to be Xecrable
Xcuseless from the first
an endless holiday nightmare
to Xtrapolate
it seems
Xtolling virtues by the score
highs and lows Xtreme
here Xtant vices disappear
while frayed nerves Xtend
’til Xmas Eve
when all is calm
the season’s joy
to you
we send
X
Xpand your horizons in the entries of Frizztext’s XXX – Challenge.
Would my Wits
Were about me
What in the World
Would I do
Wrestle with the orange ones
Wrangle with the blue
Waver over Whipped cream
Wine-soaked
or Whisky neat
Wolf down all the yellow
eat green ones in the street
Wherever are the pink
Wrapped Wondrous
sweet delights
I’ll save the purple
best for last
and Wish all
a good chocolate night
w
Waltz through the entries in Frizztext’s WWW – Challenge.
Victory
cannot only be counted
in the Vestiges
of Vainglorious battle
but rather
in our Vested interests
Vagabond thoughts
that Vibrate
Vacillate
Vex
Spin
in Vicious circles
until Vanquished
Validated
thinly Veiled Victims
that fall
like crumbs
Vocalized
on the plate
of my love
V
Veni, Vidi, Vici.
Visit the valued entries in Frizztext’s VVV – Challenge.
Unexpected
was that emotion
Unloosed, Unlaced, Unknowingly
Unleashed
from some dark place
where even the Unanswerable
could not take Umbrage
and Untwist
Undo
Utter some oath
that might
Usurp time
U
Unravel the Unbelievable in the entries of Frizztext’s UUU – Challenge.
Tear the lid
right off the box we did
These Tiny Treats
Tantalizing sweet
Tip-top Tremendous
upon the Table
Toddies and Toffee
cognac and coffee
Topsy-turvy
almond curvy
Tea Trolley Temptation
for Two
T
Take your Time in the entries of Frizztext’s TTT – Challenge.
So once again
Sunday is Snatched away
Snafus and Snarl ups
Stealing time
where Sacrifice Snows down
and Soaks
the words
we did not have time
to Say
S
Surround yourself with the entries in Frizztext’s S – Challenge.
Right Round we went
like Alice down
the Rabbit hole
Red chair blue
Rabble Rousing
Race to the finish
Right square left
Run Radical
and Random
♖
Return to the entries in Frizztext’s RRR – Challenge.
Quiet is the light
that bathes
all Quandary, Quarrel, Quagmire
gaze upon her face
to Quench all thirst
for sightless eyes
Question not
what brings us to our knees
before the Queen
of all men
♕
Do a Quickstep over to the entries in Frizztext’s QQQ – Challenge.
Pick a Peck of Peaches
Plump Pears
or Puckered Prunes
Peel Plenty of Papaya
Pitahayas ‘neath the moon
Ponder on the Pomelo
and Pale Pepinos green
Persian limes and Pumpkins
enough Pequi for a queen
Pomegranates and Pineapple
Plantains by the score
Porcelain bowls of Pawpaw
Pitomba to her door
Ply her with Persimmons
that Pair Pleasantly with Pie
but only Purple Passionfruit
is the true apple
of her eye
P
Peruse and Ponder the entries of Frizztext’s PPP – Challenge.
Get an idea of how others see themselves in the entries of
the Weekly Photo Challenge: The Hue of You.
Go everywhere and anywhere in the entries of the Weekly Photo Challenge: Infinite.
r
Dig into the entries of Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Sand and Dirt.
Orange
an Obstinate word at times
imperfect in its consonance
Obfuscating rhyme
An exceptional singularity
much like One and Only
despite Ovidian Orchestration
it cannot be but lonely
no wonder then
it Overpowers
groups and congregations
such Ontological Opacity
defies all explanation
O
See what is Out and about in the entries of Frizztext’s OOO – Challenge.
Get off to a good start with the entries in
the Weekly Photo Challenge: Good Morning!
Nuts they said
and Nought for Nothing
Nightwalking Nonconformist
still Naked as the day you were born
But Now
Nailed to a Nameplate
Nine-ironed into Nitrous dreams
Narcissus lurks
and Nicks Nitty gritty
Narrative Nascent
does Not take No for an answer
but Nods in time
to our Noiseless Nocturne
N
Notice the Ns in the entries of Frizztext’s NNN – Challenge.
Take a minute to appreciate the entries of
Where’s my backpack?’s Travel Theme: Relaxing.
Experience the most intense entries in the Weekly Photo Challenge: Saturated.
da Vinci Mad on Mescalin
May have dreamed as Much
a Multicoloured Mickey
with a lighter Modern touch
Myopia notwithstanding
pigment Merely Messed around
a Mercenary Mousterpiece
Melting Memory without sound
M
Make your Mark in the entries of Frizztext’s MMM – Challenge.
No longer can we Labour
Lost in Lifeboats and Lilting Lovesongs
Lie awake deep into the night
Listening to Laudanum-Laced Lyrics
Lynchpinned by a Libretto
that Lures us into
such Long and winding Labyrinths
that Lead we know not where
Let that moment between
Light and not
become Liberty
L
Learn more in the entries of Frizztext’s LLL – Challenge.
Look beyond in the entries of Where’s my backpack?’s Travel Theme: Through.
Kiss me Kate
at the Keyboard
or at the Kitchen sink
Kiss me by the Kangaroos
smear me
with your lipstick pink
Kiss me
in Kentucky
beneath the Kites
that fluttering fly
wrap me
in your bluegrass arms
Kiss me again
and sigh
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Kick around in the entries of Frizztext’s K – Challenge.
Find all the colours of the spectrum in the entries of
Where’s my backpack?’s Travel Theme: Multicoloured.
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