N-oble
E-xcellent
S-cribe
L-ets
Y-our
N-ame
M-ake
O-ne
N-ice
T-opic
E-mploying
R-ighteous
O-bjective
Topic: Birthday of Neslyn F. Montero (July 03)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
J-oy
O-f
E-mploying
B-eautiful
E-xpressions
L-ets
M-ind
O-pen
N-icely
T-o
E-very
R-ule's
O-rder
Topic: Birthday of Joebel T. Montero (February 21)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
S-ee
H-ow
E-ffulgence
I-n
L-ight
A-llow
J-oy
A-nd
N-ew
E-arly
M-orn
O-f
N-ature
T-o
E-ndorse
R-adiant
O-penness
Topic: Birthday of Sheila Jane T. Montero (September 20)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
N-ice
E-arly
S-unlight
L-ets
Y-our
N-ew
M-orn
O-pen
N-egating
T-he
E-vening
R-ain's
O-bscurity
Topic: Birthday of Neslyn F. Montero (July 03)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
I am a Diehard Cubs fan
Tried and true
I wear cubbies Royal
And I bleed Cubbies Blue
I grew up watching Ernie,Billy and Santo
Ryno, Grace,and Leon
Were all my Heros.
Later it was Sosa, Maddux and Wood
They all lived through the heartbreak
From a team that never could.
Today I watch and smile
Tears run down my face
2016 is the year
My Cubbies are First Place.
Rizzo, Jake and Javi
Kris, and Dexter, Albert
Addy, Ross and Schwarber
Wilson, Edwards, Coghlan
Grimm, Heyward, Lackey
Montero, Mike, Rondon,
Jorge, Pedro, Travis
Aroldis,Zobrist, Maddon
This team have finally done it
Brought the trophy home
For all our family who are gone
They spent their life teaching us
Never to give up, be strong
To Wait till next year
When our magic numbers up
You finally did it guys
The talk of curse is gone
Forever in our hearts you'll be
The team who got it done
World Champion Cubs 2016
Consuela and Sean
Through the nursery glass
Carlos Montero peeks at Consuela,
his twelfth, in the arms of a nurse.
Blood from the uterus
bright in black hair,
Consuela is raw, bawling.
The nurse takes Consuela
away to be washed as Carlos
digs deeps in his denims,
locks elbows, gleams,
turns to me. I feel odd
in a suit and a tie as I
wait to see Sean, our first.
When the nurse brings Sean to the window,
Carlos Montero swings me around,
swipes a bullfighter’s pass,
throws his arms in the air and shouts, “Ole!”
Suddenly I am as happy as he.
Donal Mahoney