Category: WOTD – Haiku
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I don’t have an alarm, but my dog will do.
Everyone needs an energetic worker resource department. Need some army ants?Have phylacobiosis,Fill the nasute caste. “Emmet and his pals,Archaic as his name is,Regular army. “
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Wisdom on the walls.
This word will be a favorite of mine. A “reading room” A room filled with books,And notebooks and fountain pens.The phrontistery.
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Heat the essence to warm the soul.
Not the stuff that makes breakfast great. When it is on fire,The essence that makes the flame,Release phlogiston. “When it’s on fire,And your stomach rumbles hard,Release flatulence. “ Anagram challenge, Makes learning history fun, Make a mnemonic
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Is love to coin a phrase, by making something up.
Yep, a word for literally dabblers. A title I’ve earned,This hobby to numb my mind,Philologaster. “A pseudo scholar,Taking the road less traveled,Smart as a whip. “
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Like a flip pad but round and fewer images.
The deceiver of the eye. Where movies began,Drawings on a slotted disc,Phenakistoscope. “You spin me right round,Moving pictures to the max,Don’t temp me with fun. “
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Some actually size and shape sand and pebbles.
Playing in sand as a kid, then following your dreams. Sort by shape and strength,Know where hydrocarbons hide,Do petrology. “When I was a kid,I liked to pet my pet rock,I didn’t have friends. “
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The complete opposite of homeopathy.
The dosage that makes the magic. Unwanted ailment,Erase a malefactor,Apply pharmaka. “Could be that the cure,Is actually a poison,One should choose wisely. “
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Lots of tiny details that have ducks to row up.
If it ain’t just so then it just can’t go. So proper and neat,Or overthinking again,Got your perjink on “The blue nebula just discovered in 2011 so it’s a newer cataloged object. It is very very faint and only shows in Oxygen filters. “ “A place for all things,And everything in its place,All as it…
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Cute little wings on his shoes too.
Can you name this Grecian fashion icon? He is the first flash, Professor smart, god of tricks, Sports a petasus. “All the me’s are hers,She sports a hat that can fly,And fleet-footed too. “
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Not really A tautology of redundancy. Just wrong.
What your silent thoughts are after hearing “your PIN number” Yikes, the hoi polloi,Avoid perissology,It’s just the polloi.
