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Monday, January 27, 2014
Silly me. Time gets away from you, y'know? In case you have inordinate amounts of time on your hands (like our fellow poet friend Peter, who shared this with me), here's a list of the 117 "most beautiful words". These should make for interesting poems.
Acquiesce Submit or comply silently or without protest.
Ailurophile A cat-lover.
Ameliorate To make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory
Assemblage A gathering.
Becoming Attractive.
Beleaguer To exhaust with attacks.
Brood To think alone.
Bucolic In a lovely rural setting.
Bungalow A small, cozy cottage.
Callipygous Having beautifully proportioned buttocks.
Cathartic Inducing catharsis; purgative.
Chatoyant Like a cat’s eye.
Comely Attractive.
Conflate To blend together.
Crestfallen Dejected; dispirited; discouraged
Cynosure A focal point of admiration.
Dalliance A brief love affair.
Demesne Dominion, territory.
Demure Shy and reserved.
Denouement The resolution of a mystery.
Desuetude Disuse.
Desultory Slow, sluggish.
Diaphanous Filmy.
Dissemble Deceive.
Dulcet Sweet, sugary.
Ebullience Bubbling enthusiasm.
Effervescent Bubbly.
Efflorescence Flowering, blooming.
Effluence The act or an instance of flowing out.
Elision Dropping a sound or syllable in a word.
Elixir A good potion.
Eloquence Beauty and persuasion in speech.
Embrocation Rubbing on a lotion.
Emollient A softener.
Ephemeral Short-lived.
Epiphany A sudden revelation.
Erstwhile At one time, for a time.
Ethereal Gaseous, invisible but detectable.
Evanescent Vanishing quickly, lasting a very short time.
Evocative Suggestive.
Fetching Pretty.
Felicity Pleasantness.
Forbearance Withholding response to provocation.
Fugacious Fleeting.
Frisson A moment of intense excitement.
Furtive Shifty, sneaky.
Gambol To skip or leap about joyfully.
Glamour Beauty.
Gossamer The finest piece of thread, a spider’s silk.
Halcyon Happy, sunny, care-free.
Harbinger Messenger with news of the future.
Imbrication Overlapping and forming a regular pattern.
Imbroglio An altercation or complicated situation.
Imbue To infuse, instill.
Incipient Beginning, in an early stage.
Ineffable Unutterable, inexpressible.
Ingénue A naïve young woman.
Inglenook A cozy nook by the hearth.
Insouciance Blithe nonchalance.
Inure To become jaded.
Labyrinthine Twisting and turning.
Lachrymose Given to tears or weeping.
Lagniappe A special kind of gift.
Lagoon A small gulf or inlet.
Languor Listlessness, inactivity.
Lassitude Weariness, listlessness.
Leisure Free time.
Lilt To move musically or lively.
Lissome Slender and graceful.
Lithe Slender and flexible.
Love Deep affection.
Loquacious Talking or tending to talk much or freely.
Mellifluous Sweet sounding.
Moiety One of two equal parts.
Mondegreen A slip of the ear.
Murmurous Murmuring.
Nemesis An unconquerable archenemy.
Offing The sea between the horizon and the offshore.
Onomatopoeia A word that sounds like its meaning.
Opulent Lush, luxuriant.
Palimpsest A manuscript written over earlier ones.
Panacea A solution for all problems.
Panoply A complete set.
Pastiche An art work combining materials from various sources.
Penumbra A half-shadow.
Petrichor The smell of earth after rain.
Plethora A large quantity.
Propinquity Proximity; Nearness
Pyrrhic Successful with heavy losses.
Quintessential Most essential.
Ratatouille A spicy French stew.
Ravel To knit or unknit.
Redolent Fragrant.
Resplendence Splendid or dazzling in appearance.
Riparian By the bank of a stream.
Ripple A very small wave.
Saccharine Overly or sickishly sweet.
Scintilla A spark or very small thing.
Sempiternal Eternal.
Seraglio Rich, luxurious oriental palace or harem.
Serendipity Finding something nice while looking for something else.
Soliloquy The act of talking to oneself
Summery Light, delicate or warm and sunny.
Sumptuous Lush, luxurious.
Surreptitious Secretive, sneaky.
Susquehanna A river in Pennsylvania.
Susurrous Whispering, hissing.
Talisman A good luck charm.
Tintinnabulation Tinkling.
Umbrella Protection from sun or rain.
Untoward Unseemly, inappropriate.
Vespertine Relating to, or occurring in the evening.
Vestigial In trace amounts.
Wafture Waving.
Wherewithal The means.
Woebegone Sorrowful, downcast.
Zephyr A gentle breeze.
Bonus Words
Juxtaposition The state of being close together or side by side.
Velvet A very pleasant, luxurious, desirable situation.
Wafture The act of waving or a wavelike motion.
Callipygous Having shapely buttocks.
Malevolence Wishing evil or harm to another or others.
Quixotic Impulsive and often rashly unpredictable.
Desideratum Something wanted or needed.
Abeyance Temporary inactivity, cessation, or suspension.
Sovereign Having supreme rank, power, or authority.
Syllogism An extremely subtle, sophisticated, or deceptive argument.
Friday, November 15, 2013
My apologies for being a bit absent on this blog lately! There's been plenty going on, of course. Last Friday we had our second successful Word Mob! Thanks to all who participated, as well as those who helped make it all possible. You know who you are ;)
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Just some announcements and information:
1. Everyone should check out Poetics Corvallis, a local poetry group that meets the first Fridays of the month at Interzone cafe. Follow that link to their Facebook page and learn all about them!
2. I am looking for submissions! From anyone, about anything! Thanks to one of our fellow poets Kent, we now have a connection at the Commuter. What I would like is to receive emailed poem submissions every week to put in the Commuter. Sometimes we have a theme, other times we do not. When I start receiving emails I can let people know the specifics, but it's a pretty laid-back process! My only requirement is that I receive poems by Thursday of the week.
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3. The next Word MOB will be Friday, January 31st!
And now, a video for your utter enjoyment:
Akua Naru - How Does It Feel Now?
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Dear all,
This
is a hearty invitation to join us on Thursday, October 17 @ 1:00 - 2:20
NSH206 for a poetry reading by Danny Earl Simmons. Dan is a local
poet, a friend of the LBCC Poetry Club, and an active member of the
Albany Civic Theater. His poems have been published in a variety of
presses including Big River Poetry Review, Grey Sparrow, Northwind, and Strong Verse. This reading in part celebrates his new collection: Dancing the Allergic Swim.
Join us! And please invite your students (if you'd like more info please contact me).
Here's one of Dan's poems from Dancing:
Poet
He was always the kid who stayed up late
after marshmallows and scary stories.
He'd sit there for hours, entranced
by the deepest red of the campfire,
soaking-in the heat. He'd watch sparks
escape and turn into stars against the black
mountain sky like red-hot secrets taking flight.
Before long, he'd find himself huddled
against the edge, eyes burning,
overcome by the heat of the moment,
focused on nothing but the wiggle of the flames
and the wavy hot glow of the smolder.
Monday, October 7, 2013
Thanks to our very own Jeff F., I have some news on a currently running submission!
The Lyric College Poetry Contest
http://www.thelyricmagazine.com/colleage_all.html
Directed toward undergraduate enrolled full time in an American or
Canadian college or university
$500 First Prize
$100 Second Prize
Poems must be original and unpublished, 39 lines or less, written in
English in traditional forms, preferably with regular scansion and
rhyme. Please send up to 6 poems per student.
Winners will be announced and published in the Winter issue of The Lyric.
Entries may be sent by email to tanyacim@aol.com or by postal service to:
The Lyric College Contest
c/o Tanya Cimonetti
1393 Spear Street
South Burlington, VT 05403
Submissions must be postmarked or emailed by December 1, 2013. The
following information must appear on each poem:
Student' s name and complete address
College' s name and complete address
Contestants should retain copies of all poems.
The Lyric College Poetry Contest
http://www.thelyricmagazine.com/colleage_all.html
Directed toward undergraduate enrolled full time in an American or
Canadian college or university
$500 First Prize
$100 Second Prize
Poems must be original and unpublished, 39 lines or less, written in
English in traditional forms, preferably with regular scansion and
rhyme. Please send up to 6 poems per student.
Winners will be announced and published in the Winter issue of The Lyric.
Entries may be sent by email to tanyacim@aol.com or by postal service to:
The Lyric College Contest
c/o Tanya Cimonetti
1393 Spear Street
South Burlington, VT 05403
Submissions must be postmarked or emailed by December 1, 2013. The
following information must appear on each poem:
Student' s name and complete address
College' s name and complete address
Contestants should retain copies of all poems.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Events are coming your way!
This Friday, April 19th at 7:30 p.m. join the LBCC English Department in their annual fundraiser for the English Endowment. There's going to be readings, music, food, no-host bar... ;)
NEXT Friday, April 26th at 7:00 p.m. come riot your words with LBCC Student Leadership Council, LBCC Benton Center, and LBCC Poetry Club at WordMOB! There's going to be silly amounts of fabulous local poets and artists, and an open mic for you, too!
Wednesday, May 1st at 7:00 p.m. Oregon State University's Kathleen Dean Moore and Rachelle McCabe will dazzle you with words and music and music and words and music and
it's
bound
to be
spectacular!
CLICK HERE for more details!
Hope to see you there!
Monday, February 4, 2013
In Your Eyes
I shine on your stomach
where I removed your entrails
I swell your tongue in my grip
spread frozen across your skin
I sold your heart for feathers
liquefied your joints with pain
I set your whiskers a-quiver
and grew bulbs in your viscera
If you hide me in shame
I grow forever more
Yet if you name me
you prove I am not yours
Friday, January 4, 2013
If distance is
measurement of space-
And I am your
between, what then,
If I should come to
you.
If your snakes head
blossomed against my leg,
And I could catch the
blue-violet of your attention,
As you climbed the
clouds with handfuls of ocean pressed to your arms.
If you in your
loveliness and maddening ineptitude would slow to listen,
And I would stop just
long enough to see that water fill the great above.
How it would rain,
How I would love you,
without pause.
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