Above All
Be Benevolent
Cherish Children
Deny Decadence
Express Eloquence
Favour Family
Gather Goodness
Highlight Happiness
Impede Injustice
Journey Joyfully
Know Kindness
Liberate Love
Maintain Morality
Nurture Nature
Observe Objectivity
Perpetuate Peace
Quench Quarrels
Remain Romantic
Show Sincerity
Teach Truthfulness
Understand Unconditionally
Value Vision
Willingly Work
Xenophile Xenodochia
Yield Yourself
Zoom Zestfully
A- Appreciate the love between you
B- Believe in their inner beauty
C- Console them when needed
D- Delight in their presence!
E- Encourage their works and dreams
F- Faithful-not a sometimes friend
G- Give to them, more than you receive
H- Hug them with joy and gratefulness
I- Integrity with them in a must in all matters
J- Jump at every chance to celebrate their success
L- Love them not only as they are, but for the blessing, they are to you
M- Merriment must be shared, as often as you can,
N- Nirvvana~let the peace of Nirvana bless you
O- Optimism be your shared outlook
P- Play your hearts out!
R- Respect each other's point of view
S- Sunshine! Do be this to one another!
T- Treat each other’s hearts with kindness
U- Uplift them...when they are lonely or down
V- Vim, provide plenty to each of them
W- Well-being in you both is a must
X- Xenophile you must love all nationalities
Y- Yearn for each others happiness
Z- Zest, be the spirit residing in each of you
1/25/2024
A sanctuary waits for me
Beside a woodland stream;
Creatures chatter, beast and bird,
Dithering among the trees,
Engaged in nature’s repartee.
Fungi, moss, and flower
Gather in this shady, holy space,
Habitat of happy innocence,
Idyllic, secret forest glade.
Just let me linger in the quiet,
Kneel beneath the trees,
Listen to the lessons
Majestic nature speaks to me.
Noble trunks stretch upward,
Outward toward the sky,
Praising arms, uplifted, robed in
Queenly dress of leafy light.
Restorative peacefulness
Sweeps in sweet release,
Time’s tenacious grip relaxing,
Undisturbed, worldly discords cease.
Visitant I am within this wood,
Wistful, earthbound worshipper,
Xenophile, lover of heaven,
Yearning to go home.
Zion calls from where I bow.
May 22, 2022
A- Appreciate the love between you
B- Believe in their inner beauty
C- Console them when needed
D - Delight in their presence
E- Encourage their works and dreams
F- Faithful not a sometimes friend
G- Give to them, more than you receive
H- Honesty with them always
I- Integrity with them in a must in all matters
J- Jump at every chance to celebrate their success
L- Love them not only as they are, but the blessing they are to you
M- Merriment must be shared,
N- Nirvana~let the peace of Nirvana bless you
O- Optimism be your shared outlook
P- Play your hearts out
R- Respect each other's point of view
S- Sunshine! Do be this to one another
T- Treat each other very often
U- Uplift them...when they are down
V- Vim, provide plenty to them
W- Well-being in you both is a must
X- Xenophile- you must love all nationalities
Y- Yearn for each others happiness
Z- Zest, be the spirit between you
10/19/2020
Opus# 1
Again, alone awake accidental?
barely by blunt brain burdens
curtains... cut crooked carefully
draped dangerously during dusk,
every emotion enhanced euphoric
from finger, face & freckle....
gingerly grasping gestures growing gracefully.
hesitant hands hold his heart's hastily.
I imagine important
jitters, jetting, jumping,
knocking knees knowing....
luscious , lustful lips longing…
makes more magic memories...
nighttime necessity never neglects...
open obsessions of our objectives
prevail... pleasure, pure puzzle piece poison.
Quiet questions quench quarries...
random, rare, rational realities,
suggestions so stimulating senses savoring sex,
smooth skin...
timeless tales, the tactic touch.
Ultimately unclothed unknown & unavoidable
valuable venom varies vindictively.
We wait within wind whirls, wondering
xenophile in xanadu xeroxing
your youthful years yearning
zestful, zany & zone free
When xenophilous young zealots
argue basic convictions,
determined, expectant
faith grabs hold.
Interceding judiciously,
kneeling, loving
mothers naturally offer prayers -
questioning, reasoning,
steadfastly teaching
unwavering values,
when xenophilous young zealots
argue basic convictions.
"An abecedarian poem honoring all first-time mothers of the empty nest. Your child goes away to college and comes home a stranger, debating everything you represent. In addition to a poetic form, an abecedarian is a beginner in any field of learning, a very appropriate description for such a mom.
a xenophile is a person who is attracted to foreign peoples, cultures, or customs
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