Mind On Drift - Poem

Mind On Drift...

Time in the yard.
Cooling down from Summer, and I can feel it in the air.
Eager leaves are already dancing to the ground, life's boldness is waning.
The stillness of the coming season settles into my mind.
iPod on shuffle.
Mind on drift.

Word Wednesday - IQ and You

There are certain words, that if you are going to use them, you should really know what they mean. Today’s example includes three words with related, but quantifiable, different meanings. Read on, dear reader and just feel the brain matter expanding.

Our words are: Moron, Imbecile and Idiot. According to a very old and not necessarily contemporary dictionary of mine, these words reflect classifications of mental aptitude related to a person’s IQ.

Idiot = < 25 IQ
Imbecile = 25-50 IQ
Moron = 50-75 IQ

Therefore, while it may make sense to proclaim, “Don’t be an idiot, you moron!” Stating, “You’re a moron, you idiot,” would be a compliment – of sorts. Which begs the question, which is worse, a moronic idiot, or an imbecilic moron?

Aren’t you glad you stopped by?

Word Wednesday - Dowager

dowager \ DOU-uh-jer \  , noun;
1.An elderly woman of stately dignity, especially one of elevated social position.
2.A woman who holds some title or property from her deceased husband, especially the widow of a king, duke, etc.

dowager - Everything about the new teacher - her southern accent, stilted attitude, fine clothing and proud dignity - screamed a single word that is as rarely used as her kind seen: dowager.

Antonym - see image

Anti-Dowager

Word Wednesday - Bleb

bleb  \ bleb \  , noun;
1. A bubble.
2. Medicine/Medical.  A blister or vesicle.

Bleb : Was it Don Ho that sang about those tiny blebs?

In From The Sea - Poetry Repost

When the wind blows in from the sea you can hear the

crackle of palm fronds breaking free from the heat
hiss of sea oats defiantly bowing inland
whisper of sand celebrating its lofty release from gravity
sputter of foam cascading skyward cut from wave caps
chimes of delicate shells dancing across dunes

When the wind blows in from the sea you can hear the
prayers of ancient mariners reaching home.

Word Wednesday - Fetial

Fetial (FEE-shuhl)

Definition - concerned with declarations of war and treaties of peace. -adjective

Fetial - Any hope of success will require universal fetial intent bent on peace.

Word Wednesday - Fusty

fusty
 \ FUHS-tee \  , adjective;
1.Having a stale smell; moldy; musty.
2.Old-fashioned or out-of-date, as architecture, furnishings, or the like.
3.Stubbornly conservative or old-fashioned; fogyish.

Fusty - Age had formed him into a fusty creature, broken of body and spirit, totally unwilling to entertain even a hint of novelty or humor.

Word Wednesday - Syzygy

syz·y·gy   [siz-i-jee]
noun, plural -gies.
1.Astronomy . an alignment of three celestial objects, as the sun, the earth, and either the moon or a planet: Syzygy in the sun-earth-moon system occurs at the time of full moon and new moon.
2.Classical Prosody . a group or combination of two feet, sometimes restricted to a combination of two feet of different kinds.
3.any two related things, either alike or opposite.

Syzygy - The timing for this past week's syzygy made it hard to view the lunar eclipse from an east coast America location.

NOTE: Sorry for the delay in this week's post. I set the time/date for the schedule in correctly. It happens!

Poetry Re-Post: Entanglement

By the last micro thread of the spider’s web
Hanging
In a delicate balancing between desire to be free
From the casket of this cocoon
And to be safe from the fall to the ground

How came I upon this entanglement
But by little things, single threads of erroneous
Actions
Quiet discontentment resting feather-light
Clinging unassumingly to the sleeve of my façade

Until

Movement through my own self
Became hindered and slowly, progressed to
Halting proportions lost in one immobile
Case
Suspended by the last filament of my attachment

To you

(originally posted 1/9/09)

Word Wednesday - Suspension

sus·pen·sion   [suh-spen-shuhn]
1.the act of suspending.
2.the state of being suspended.
3.temporary abrogation or withholding, as of a law, privilege, decision, belief, etc.

Suspension: Enjoying the day while on suspension required Teddy to suspend the knowledge of the consequences of attempting suspended animation with a live frog and plastic.