Kim Rodrigues Poet Free verse

Serendipity

SERENDIPITY

commercialized like dippity-do
— the extra hold hair gel.

sounds like supercalifragilisticexpialidocious*
so fresh; and clean —
a nonsense word used
when you have nothing else to say.

and let’s not forget serenity now**
yelled uncontrollably
when you need to calm down.

one more, s’il vous plaîs:***
serene, dip, dippity-doo-da-yay!

s-e-r-e-n-d-i-p-i-t-y
yes, i love to play with you
my loquacious love.

defined as: (remember to say it fast and pedantically)
the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable
(take a breath) or agreeable things not sought for****

i close my eyes in a honeysuckle fog.
the scent surprises me, dabs on my pulse points.
!!!!!!!!
i open my lids, and a friend,
i haven’t seen in eons, says hello.
!!!!!!!!!
my husband twirls me about
“serendipity” he says as he whisks me away to Paris.
!!!!!!!!!!

thus, i shall place my favorite word
in your hand like a flutterby,
i mean, of course, a butterfly —
the prism-break of 
r-o-y-g-b-p and moonbows.

perhaps... i’ll look into my palm
and see your word placed there.

i draw a breath, my heart races — and yes —
it’s serendipity all over again.

8/16/2019
Favorite Word Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Chantelle Cooke

*Mary Poppins
**Seinfeld
***s’il vous plaîs - (sel-vü-ple) French meaning “if you please”
****from Merriam-Webster

You might wonder about my use of flutterby.
My brother used to give this word as a one
word clue to get me to say butterfly.

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Pat Adams August 18, 2019 at 9:47 AM I liked your poem. Reads like a winner to me. As a wordplay freak, I was impressed also with flutterby as a butterfly clue. Awesome!!! Have a great day!!!.........pat Kim Rodrigues August 18, 2019 at 1:57 PM Thank you, Pat!

Panagiota Romios August 18, 2019 at 1:06 AM An unusual and truly poetic wrk, Kim. Good one, Panagiota Kim Rodrigues August 18, 2019 at 7:19 AM Thank you, Panagiota!

Edward Ibeh August 17, 2019 at 1:58 PM Great poem, Kim!:-) Definitely a great word! It's my favorite also, but I've already written a poem titled "Serendipity"(on page 7), so I had to use a word I love just as much, "Inconsequential":-) I know you've got a winner with this one, so congrats! Kim Rodrigues August 17, 2019 at 2:43 PM We will see! Thank you, my friend!

Caren Krutsinger August 17, 2019 at 9:18 AM "one more, s’il vous plaîs:*** serene, dip, dippity-doo-da-yay! s-e-r-e-n-d-i-p-i-t-y yes, i love to play with you my loquacious love." How does anyone come up with this stuff? Oh, yes I remember. You are Kim. I love this word, my friend, and this poem! Kim Rodrigues August 17, 2019 at 9:47 AM Thank you, my fun and laugh-out-loud friend! :)

Quoth Theraven August 17, 2019 at 1:11 AM Kim, The palms of a prismatic joy-filled heart, all yours. Forgive my jealous nature. I bow to your rainbow, my Goddess of prose. -Richard Kim Rodrigues August 17, 2019 at 7:36 AM Thank you so much, dear poet Richard!!