Olalaberry Lonesome

Last night I picked up "Ordinary Genius," a book on poetry by Kim Addonizio,  It's been on my bookshelf for a long time, but shortly after I opened it, I realized I was famished … starving … hungry … no more like … lonesome for words.  One word … olalaberry … broke open the memory of that sweet tickle of words on my tongue and in my mind.  Suddenly I longed for words ... ambergris ... aardvark ... adenoids ...alchemy ... antediluvian ...anthropomorphic … annihilate ….  Words like lost lovers began to call to me … come play with me … .

Kim suggested an exercise of making a list of our 50 favorite words and later making a poem from them … so here's the start of my list … please share some of your favorite words … let's feed each other … let's make it a game … I'll start with five and you can add five but they must be different than mine or any others added here.  I've decided to start with 5 "j" words … you might limit yours to one letter also … or just play ... gambol ... romp ... cavort ... revel ... frolic ... fiddle ... trifle ... have fun!

The start of my list:

joy

juxtaposition

jubilation

justice

jump