COVEY of disciples uses the confusion,
BREAKs away from the hill,
AWASH in numb shock. Surely, the adversary
STALKs them–they will be next. They do not yet realize the victory won.
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Broke
I could never get past the third or fourth of COVEY’s
seven habits. After my mind and psyche were AWASH
with all the highly effective people’S TALK,
I, being highly ineffective, had to take a BREAK.
Skulls on the Ocean Floor
SKULLs of prior explorers lay on the ice for years, until a big melt.
POLAR magnetism with a difference, draw of being first to the pole.
SPREE of explorers, claims counter-claims, deaths, and now skulls of
THOSE who perished, nestled on the ocean floor.
Note: Amundsen (below) made it back from his Polar expeditions. The poem is not about him.
Chilly
The
POLAR skull is a well-known phenomenon to
THOSE who spend time in the Antarctic cold. Your
SKULL thinks the skin, voiding its place, has gone on a
SPREE, gone AWOL, gone shopping where warmth is sold.
[A friend of mine worked outside for a few weeks at Scott Base. They were only allowed to work a few hours a day because of the intense cold.]
The Long View
OUNCE of prevention–leave now, he thought, with immediate spike of
WHINEing–surely, I can linger a bit, where’s the harm. Then he contemplated a de-
FROCKing. That gave resolve and he walked away. Always
POSIT the presence of short term appetites. The long view needs effort.
Turbo. Bah.
TURBO’s fifth appearance in DQP, more than any other word so far.
WHOLE is the enigma of randomness. Of all the words, on all the days in DQP,
LIGHTly turbo trips in over on threshold again. Why not some beauty? Why not depth?
SPRIG, perhaps, redolent of green shoots and spring returning. Why engines?
Calluna Vulgaris
The SPRIG of heather I hold barely weighs an OUNCE, it’s
picked from the purple FROCK spread on the hillside WHOLE.
Morning LIGHT shines from a TURBO-charged sunrise,
POSITs encircling calm to the wind’s weathering WHINE.
[There seemed to be two sets of words available, so I used them both.]
Schurken
WHOSE domain is predation upon fellow human may posit self
SUPER or über, so Nietzsche. Yet let that fearsome fish perform its function, the
SHARK–as for Humans sharking, they are not sharks, but Schurken, villains in a
FABLE about erring in species and thus erring in all that matters.
Note: one etymology for shark is that comes from a Dutch/German word for predatory villain, “Schurke” in German.
The advantage of having Covid and being retired means you can write nonsense.
WHOSE super shark fable is this I’ve just read? A
FABLE about a shark who’s super is rare – and supportive of
SHARKs, whose superpowers are not entirely a fable.
SUPER! I’ll encourage my children, whose tastes are wide, to read about this super shark.
[At first I thought this was someone’s name, but here’s the explanation:
Backpackers Hostel in Hermanus, SOUTH AFRICA. LOVED by Great White Shark Divers everywhere!! Recognised as one of the best top five hostels in South Africa!]
Godly
GODLY, it seems, has something to do with fads like
MOTORs or batteries. Virtue is perhaps the invention of a stronger
EPOXY. Heroes tale is of the entrepreneur who made it big.
HEART? Why mention heart?