Velvet paper tinctured pink,
A red rose at its crest;
The whittled feather, bathed in ink,
Set to bare its best.
A lambent candle close at hand
With dancing, flitting flare;
Where evening translates its command
And nothing stirs the air.
Words are authored, truly writ,
Where, from the soul they flow;
As on the page they snugly sit,
Affection to bestow.
Filling out each careful line,
Each one a work of art,
Hand and mind, with pen, entwine
Concerted to the heart.
And when the tender prose she'll read
And tastes the chaste romance.
She feels a shivered chill, indeed,
Deep in her breast ~ per chance?
And as the fondest words engage,
Seen through her moistened eyes:
A teardrop falls to blot the page
And stays and never dries.
A-nnual
N-ote
A-pplies
M-y
A-crostic
R-egatds
I-n
E-ssential
G-reeting
A-s
R-ight
C-omposition
I-s
A-uthored
Topic: Birthday of Ana Marie P. Garcia (December 31)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
A-crostic
V-erse
E-mploys
L-ine
I-n
N-ame
A-s
F-abulous
E-xcellent
L-itterateur's
I-nspiring
C-omposition
I-s
A-uthored
Topic: Birthday of Avelina Felicia (October 30)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
D-edication
I-s
A-uthored
N-icely
A-pplying
G-reetings
A-s
L-ine
A-dvances
N-atal
G-lee
Topic: Birthday of Diana P. Galang (November 08)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
M-arvelous
A-crostic
R-egard
I-s
A-uthored
C-reating
R-emarkable
I-dea
S-o
T-heme
I-s
N-oted
A-s
L-ines
A-pply
G-reat
M-essage
A-bout
Y-ou
Topic: Birthday of Maria Cristina Lagmay (November 17)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
R-eader
H-as
E-njoyed
A-nother
L-ovely
Y-ear's
N-atal
G-reetings
A-s
R-ighteous
C-omposition
I-s
A-uthored
Topic: Birthday of Rhealyn E. Garcia (December 07)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
R-egards are authored,
U-nder amazing acrostic;
B-ringing joy to natal day,
Y-ielding delight so fantastic.
B-rilliant regards are authored,
E-xpressing terrific things;
R-emarkable composer
U-ses birthday
G-reetings.
O-n December second,
S-weet lady is adored;
I-nspired poet pens the words,
T-ill regards are
A-uthored.
R-eader
O-f
S-weet
E-xpression
M-irtfully
A-ppreciates
R-ighteous
I-dea
E-njoying
S-ublimity
A-s
D-edication
I-s
A-uthored
Topic: Birthday of Rosemarie Sadia (December 24)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
R-eader
O-f
S-weet
E-xpression
C-heerfully
E-njoys
L-iterary
G-reetings
A-s
R-apturous
C-omposition
I-s
A-uthored
Topic: Birthday of Rose-cel C. Garcia (January 14)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
R-eader
A-lways
F-inds
N-obility
I-n
L-iterary
N-ote's
O-utstanding
T-opic
A-uthored
R-ightfully
T-o
E-ntertain
Topic: Birthday of Rafnil Notarte (August 05)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Noise
Intrigue
Broken promises
Rainbows are smiles when the rain tumbles down
My heart is showering as all my sorrows do drown
Every dew drop glistening, delivered from heaven.
Rainbows are smiles when clouds are deaden
When nature shines, our goodness grows
Trusting in the soil to nurture us so
With a sky filled with colors that make us glow
Rainbows are the goodness that makes love flow
Co-Authored by the beautiful Casarah Nance and Arthur Vaso
Cornices, and Gargoyles with eyes turned low,
hold fast the passing in a frozen stare
as slow vapor rising from vents below
is churned by soles into thick city air.
Undeterred, the well-heeled leather bottom
wingtips fly past sandaled sloths at crosswalks
while clicking heels kick dead leaves of autumn
and wind their way through crowded city blocks.
Just above a breezy sidewalk café,
sheer fabric wafts a low-loft window sill,
two pair of empty vamps and laces lay,
removed in shameless haste and lustful will.
Beneath the sheets, a naked feet affair,
entwined, aligned, with dreamy souls laid bare.
Michael F. Lewis and Thvia Shetley
3/6/2013