I have decided to build my vocabulary a bit. I picked 10 words that I didn't know, got the definitions, and wrote a poem using them.
Vocab Building 1:
Penumbra - an area in which something exists to an uncertain degree.
Incipient - beginning to exist or appear.
Dapple - A small contrasting spot or blotch.
Susurrus - A whispering or rusling sound.
Nescience - Lack of knowledge or awareness.
Spoonerism - The transposition of usually initial sounds in a pair of words.
Exiguity - Scantiness; the quality of being meager.
Chthonic - Dwelling in or under the earth.
Badinage - Light, playful talk.
Lissom - Limber, supple, flexible.
I like to do, it's what I do.
I hate it when I don't.
Despite what you may think,
I rarely ever mumble "won't".
But when I do, say won't that is,
It might be cause I wasn't listening,
But I can bet there is a chance,
You might have just asked me to dance.
(The answer is no)
Pardon the dapple that may put on my resume,
But look, my foot lacks the lissom-ness
I need to go and "sway".
(Or "dance" as you call it)
And even in your badinage I see you still don't see,
There is no penumbra of a dancer anywhere near me.
Can you hear me?
If dancing is uplifting, I'm chthonic, grounded like a stoic tree,
and it's not only me who loves the exiguity
Of my ability to move my feet
In fact I have a facebook link.
"Sometimes we don't feel like dancing"
(JB likes this group)
So now I don't pretend to have incipient knowledge
On how to bend my hips. I can just send
a picture of a man in a tutu and laugh at dancing, the end.
And, I will ignore the susurrus roar
Of bores who think I should be more
Presentable by wiggling on the disco dance floor.
I take pride in my nescience
and won't hide my presence
When a dull beat gives me the chance
To hook my thumbs upon my pants
And loudly shout, "I will not do, the dance."
Please contact me if you would like to use this in a project. We can discuss the details.