Monday Melting, Week 2

16 Jan 2012 38 Comments

by Shawna in poetry, prompt Tags: Monday Melting

“Like a piece of ice
on a hot stove, the
poem must ride
on its own melting.” 
~Robert Frost

I confess that I have gone overboard in selecting today’s words. After completing the list, I began to fear no one would attempt a poem because the words might be too difficult to work with. So I made a second list. Feel free to use either list, mix and match, use all 20, write one poem or five, post today or anytime this week, and/or link to an older poem.

The only criterion for linking is to use at least one of the words listed below. (It is also fine to alter words as necessary, changing tenses, parts of speech, etc.)

List 1
1. timbre
2. de rigueur
3. percolate
4. marsh
5. char
6. damp
7. frail
8. dearth
9. wax
10. anima

List 2
1. acid
2. air
3. tepid
4. lace
5. ire
6. zest
7. docile
8. bend
9. uncoil
10. august

Have fun! And I’d love to get some feedback on the words I’ve chosen, even if you don’t plan to participate.