Poems from my Merriam-Webster Word of the Day project. For more information, look here.
frenetic : marked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : FRENZIED, FRANTIC
liquid kinetic
bubbles tuned up frenetic
roiling boiling hot
see-through sparkle in the pot
ready for tea H2O
tanka 345 : 10/16/22
putative : commonly accepted or supposed
Envy me
but you don’t dare to
Instead you
make much of
the putative loneliness
of being alone
shadorma 485 : 12/16/22
laudable : worthy of praise : COMMENDABLE
small fingers
grip the fat pencil
uncertain
determined
a laudable letter “L”
appears on paper
shadorma 510 : 3/7/23
Attributions:
“Frenetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frenetic. Accessed 16 Oct. 2022.
“Putative.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/putative. Accessed 16 Dec. 2022.
“Laudable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laudable. Accessed 7 Mar. 2023.
Claudia McGill Writes Poetry, Did You Know That? 
I like the rhymes of kinetic and frenetic. They belong together. (K)
As soon as I saw frenetic kinetic came into my head and the next thought was boiling water. This poem wrote itself.
The one with “putative” is so brilliant (actually all the poems are brilliant but I particularly like that putative one!
Thank you. I like being alone a lot of the time and I am interested in how others think of it, for others and for themselves.
As I’ve grown older I’ve started to really appreciate solitary time.
I’ve always liked being alone but the older I get, the more I like it.