As though it was born free only to eat,
The soft caterpillar keeps on its work--
Just to turn and finish the leaves neat;
And on it goes unchanging,all in the lurk
Till begins the self centred walling in plot;
A soft, round globule comes up wrought
Only to be boiled and disrupted to fraught
The potter wasp has flights great many,
To the clay and water pits far and near
As is chosen the safe nook or slot puny
With all vigour, labour and concern dear,
The little bit sticks to the select spot fast,
That the set purpose resolves till the last,
And greed does not breed a monster ghast
J-oyful
O-pus
E-mploys
L-audable
S-tyle
A-s
N-oble
P-oem
E-ndorses
D-esign's
R-ight
O-rder
Topic: Birthday of Bro. Joel V. San Pedro (January 11)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
V-erse
I-n
R-ighteous
G-reetings
I-s
N-icely
I-mplemented
A-s
J-oyful
A-uthor
R-emarkably
A-pplies
M-essage
I-n
L-audable
L-ine's
A-crostic
Topic: Birthday of Virginia Jaramilla (November 23)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
P-oet
A-uthors
O-ne
L-audable
A-crostic
J-ust
O-ffering
Y-ou
G-reetings
U-nder
I-nspiration
A-t
O-ccasion
Topic: Birthday of Paola Joy Guiao (November 25)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
R-esponders
O-n
B-irthday
E-vent's
R-ight
T-ime
P-ractically
E-mploy
L-audable
L-ockdown
I-solating
E-nemy's
N-otoriety
Topic: Birthday of Bro. Robert Pellien (March 30)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
A-utho's
B-irthday
E-xpression
G-ladly
A-pplies
E-vent's
L-audable
V-ertical
A-crostic
L-etting
D-edication
E-mploy
Z-est
Topic: Birthday of Abegael Valdez (March 05)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
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