Wick lit candles provided lead the path to the cemetery
Event that honor loved ones who have passed and are buried
La Catrina walks side by side with kindred spirits marching in sync
Crowns of chrysanthemum flowers of the month are pretty in pink
Offerings of sweet bread and mezcal, for the afterlife, plenty for all
Mexican Dia De Los Muertos, a family’s time for reflection
Eyeliner and charcoal shadow, skull-faced paint is our tradition
Nudging is “Fall-back” one hour—daylight savings time engages
Our Thanksgiving blessings for our annual harvest of ages
Veteran’s Day celebrated, bereaved ones in tears
Election Day on the first Tuesday of every four years
Mascarade balls, ballets, operas, and all that jazz
Birthstone rings sparkle with yellowish-orange topaz
Eleventh month, the Full Beaver Moon appears in Gemini
Rapturous is the moon in November’s blissful sky
Sitting,
Alone and uninspired
Ruminating on my throne
Of the tired
Freezing,
My heater, broken and retired
In a building whose condemnation
Remains desired
Searching,
For some deeper, elaborated meaning
To a poem procrastinated
A cause for my demeaning
Sulking,
I lack muse and direction
I can only imagine the forthcoming drear
Of this poem’s lection
Drinking,
My hot chocolate keeps me company
As I mull over this poetry
And choose a word that rhymes only subtley
O-bedient
N-ation
E-yes
H-eaven
U-sing
N-oble
D-evotion's
R-ighteous
E-xceptional
D-edication
F-or
I-t
V-alidates
E-lection
Topic: INC 105th Anniversary (July 27,2019)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
F-inish
E-xcellent
D-uty's
E-xceptional
R-ole
I-n
C-hosen
O-nes'
D-ivine
E-lection
L-etting
A-ppropriate
T-ime
O-f
R-est
R-ule
E-veryone
Topic: In memory of Bro. Federico G. Dela Torre (August 2,1936-June 04,2019)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
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