Absolutely starting with absquatulate. Seems to me that is an amazing way to start this month!
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‘A’ Word Poems
Absquatulate
A is for Absquatulate
Absquatulate, you see,
is when I decide I want to be
some place else that’s not here,
some place else both far and near.
Absquatulate, you see,
is something quietly sneaky.
But I guess you could use it
with a little bit of a twist.
Like so: “The news of late
makes me want to absquatulate
to the planet Erid, though
the sky there’s dark and weird, you know.”
But then again, on second thought,
while Rocky might become your bae,
home is, after all, where your heart
decides to be–to stay.
~ Vidya Tiru @ LadyInReadWrites
A Tanka Trio Too
Today’s NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo prompt challenges us “to write our yown tanka – or multi-tanka poem. Theme and tone are up to us, but try to maintain the five-line stanza and syllable count.“
Tanka for today?
Let us try it, shall we, brain?
Nope, says she, am weary.
Let us though absquatulate
To where clouds float with dream thoughts!
Tanka for today?
I absquatulate inside
Into my mind-space
Where all else shrinks, world recedes
Stillness hums within my skin
Tanka for today?
Oh no! ginger-tea in hand
I absquatulate
To where escapes are offered
Books and words and more await
~ Vidya Tiru @ LadyInReadWrites
The ‘A’ Books
Amber & Clay by Laura Amy Schlitz. (Verse Novels; 10- 14 years and up).
Description: Blending verse, prose, and illustrated archeological “artifacts,” this is a tale that vividly transcends time, an indelible reminder of the power of language to illuminate the over- and underworlds of human history.
At the top of my TBR now! I loved Schlitz’s Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!
And We Rise: The Civil Rights Movement in Poems by Erica Martin (Poetry; 12 years and up)
Description: A poignant, powerful, all-too-timely collection that is both a vital history lesson and much-needed conversation starter in our modern world. Complete with historical photographs, author’s note, chronology of events, research, and sources.
This book is a powerful blend of history and verse – perfect for thoughtful discussions, and also the reason I devoured it.
And Now, the End of This Post
Dear reader, I hope you enjoyed this playful “absquatulate” into poetry and books! Do share any amazing “A” words and books you love in the comments, and let me know which of these you’re adding to your TBR.
I am linking up to A-Z, Blogchatter, UBC, NaPoWriMo.
And you can find all my A-Z posts (this year and previous years’ as well) here:
I didn’t know there is a national Poetry Writing Month, assuming that’s what NaPoWriMo means. I’m not sure I could do it but someday I’d like to try. Your poems are amazing!
Thank you! 👍🏻, it is poetry writing month.. I have been trying to do it for the past few years now. This year might be challenging with lots going on for me at the same time but I will try
This was a great post. I had to look up absquatulate because, for sure, that was not in my vocabulary. That’s a big word, but not as big as Mary Poppins’ word, “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious,” which has no meaning, despite the fact that it’s 34 letters long.
Anyway, words are my friends, even if they make no sense.
Today’s tanka is about my cat!
Early in the day
Trinity kisses my face
with her small rough tongue
My heart bursts open with love
for that sweet little fur ball
Oh love that tanka Alice.. I meant to put the meaning up to somewhere in my post. Your comment reminded me of that 🙂 And i love supercalifragilisticexpialidocious too..
Love the word and poem on absquatulate .
I can see my vocabulary will be increasing this month 🙂
That’s a big word that I don’t even remember hearing or being able to pronounce! LOL But loved your poems and so happy to see you back for another fun filled UBC!
Loved your poem!
Glad I learnt a new word today, so thank you.
Natasha from the AtoZ
https://natashamusing.com/2026/04/a-is-for-animal-nature-communication-atozchallenge/
Heard this word for the first time.
Oh, I had completely forgotten about A-Z for April, and I really wanted to participate this year. I shall console myself by visiting your blog and others participating this month! Thank you for sharing this new word with me today.
Such wonderful poems, and such an amazing word! Thank you for sharing it.
Kai
Visiting from Kaiberie.com
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