Saturday 29 September 2012

A B C OF LIFE:



A- Anxiously anticipated, astounded autumn arrival and I appeared,
B- Birthed, born, blotchy, baptised bonny babe, beloved & be-teared,
C- Crampy, colicky, cushioned cots, crawling & cringingly caterwauling,
D- Doddering, daring, deafening drummed gifts & daddy´s little darling,
E- Elves, Eeyore, exercise, evening ever-afters and happy endearing endings,
F- Flappy fishies, floppy ears, first failings, first fancies and frosty friendings,
G- Going to school, gongs, gingham, grandparents and golden gingerbread,
H- Haircuts, hairy-hemlines, happy halcyon hilly-hikes and hot heated heads,
I- Illnesses, Indians, ironic irritations, itches, irises and ice-cream licking lollies,
J- Jelly-beans, joyful Jack and Jill, jumpings and jittering jitter-bugging jollies,
K- Kites, kittens, kindergartens, kin & knowledge, then kinky kurls and kisses,
L- Loves lingering, loves lost, links and letters full of needs, pleas & near misses,
M- Maidenhood, marriage, motherhood, mad moods & many mystery moons,
N- Nursing, nannies, nursery rhymes, nativity plays, naivety & nattering noons,
O- Opera and organza, oregano & olive oil, orchids and orange scented orchards,
P- Peony posies, and peppermints, palms and prayers on pretty painted porches,
Q- Quinces and quails eggs on quaint quiet quilled quilts & quarrelling quartets,
R- Runcible-rhymings, riveting readings, rubies and raged running ringing rivulets,
S- Sweet summer sighings, sexy soul sisters and steamy scintillating Spanish siestas,
T- Tickled touching, tears trickling, titivating tiara-tides & tantalizing tabloid fiestas,
U- Undeniable unity in unrivalled utopia under unconventional urbane umbrellas,
V- Virtue violated Valentines by violent men and a varied variety of vulgar vain fellas,
W- Wet winter wool weddings, wendings through winding willing watered waterfalls,
X- Xhosa Xmases taken from Xeroxed catalogues & seeking the ever elusive Xoanon,
Y- Yellow suns, Yule-logs, yoga, yummy yeses, you and yesterdays that have long gone,
Z- Zesty zeal, Zen, zircons, zithered opus leading to zilch & the zenith of zephyred Zion.

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