Alphabet Exercise

Lithograph by Ernest Lister, illustrator unknown

             Instead of posting only finished poems, I will now occasionally post writing exercises, drafts, and randomly selected pieces, so that my writing is represented in a sort of a workroom fashion. A blog isn't a book, and I haven't an editor, so I want to take advantage of the lack of judgmental chaperoning. I want to be more editorializing, too, in a way, in my comments and introductions. 

The alphabet.

Tasha Tudor

A

Apples in late-August are ample

B

Bear the fruits of imagination

C

Creases in the psyche are recommended

D

Dogs teach us how to play

E

Eligible bachelors are a societal construct

F

Friends can be a distraction

G

Glib speech is unnecessary; thought-out responses are optional

H

Hope is a fancy name for what you fear won’t happen

I

I can’t see myself except for in pieces

J

Justice as vocation

K

Killers in heaven

L

Love is the right thing

M

Marionettes strung high act

N

Nonsense the truth

O

Oh my

P

Pax

Q

Quench your eyesight with flame

R

Restrain nothing, only release

S

Summer music

T

Tease the heart

U

Us versus I

V

Vaunted beauty or none at all

Y

?yhW

Z

Z