Order of Operations

Parentheses, exponents, multiplication,
     division, addition, subtraction;
Passivity, exclusion, mentation,
     discussion, accord, satisfaction;
Power, extremism, mastery,
     diplomacy, amity, safety;
Poetry, expression, mystery,
     discovery, ascension, samadhi.

A Slant Rhyme Rainbow

Red
    rent
    wrench
    lozenge
Orange
    scrounge
    sounds
    salvo
Yellow
    aloe
    alone
    again
Green
    grown
    grew
    blow
Blue
    below
    elbow
    burble
Purple

The Dragon, the Lady, the Knight

To be enjoyed as: 

1. Choose Your Own Adventure 
2. Mad Libs 
3. Poetry 

1. The Dragon 
2. The Lady 
3. The Knight 

1. did flame 
2. did flee 
3. did fight 

1. upon 
2. unto 
3. before 

1. the castle 
2. the lair 
3. the moor 

1. but when 
2. until 
3. unless 

1. despair
2. defeat
3. distress

1. enshrouded
2. exposed
3. dispersed

1. the fortune
2. the armor
3. the curse

1. the white knight
2. the woman
3. the wyrm

1. discovered
2. forgot
3. confirmed

1. its tail
2. her dress
3. his steed

1. was burnt
2. was torn
3. was freed

1. forever
2. but never
3. and so

1. the fearless
2. the fair
3. the foe

1. was vanquished
2. was honored
3. was praised

1. in glory
2. in shame
3. always

Orchard Nocturne

Easing down, we feel the earth, its heartbeat close
within us, whispering why it willed us from our beds,
and beckoning branches dance above our doubting heads,
raising our gazes until we notice, as time slows,
celestial lights adorning the roofs of hidden chapels,
and we reach up, astronomers picking stars like apples.

Heaven in a Handbasket

This ride is a ricochet of chaos—

the more we cling,
the more we’re battered,
scattered, scared and scarred—

the more we fight,
the more we’re fought,
and caught, caged and barred—

until we see the Man
behind the curtain grinning,
an empty tomb, the heavens starred—

oh, then we See! and all our cares repay us.