Category Archives: Flotsam / Jetsam

An acrostic poem about Thanksgiving dinner

An acrostic poem is one where the first word of every line spells something. Like this:

11/28/13
this is just to say: i stuffed a lot of butter
underneath that turkey’s skin, and I’m
really hoping it’s a delicious dish. the
kids will probably just eat mac ‘n’ cheese.
even though that turkey’s the butteriest.
you know that’s right.

And that, friends, is the last poem I’ll be writing for the foreseeable future.

A good & lazy day

Today I slept until 10. Then I watched the season 4 premiere of “My Little Pony.” It was both tense and exciting.

Other things I did today:

  • Finished “To Say Nothing of the Dog” by Connie Willis. It was like a time-travel Jeeves & Wooster mashup. It was a little slow-going at first, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.
  • So I went to the library and picked up three more Connie Willis books (“The Doomsday Book,” “Blackout” and “All Clear.”).
  • We watched the “Doctor Who” 50th anniversary special, and it made me feel so many feelings.
  • Ate a lot of cashew brittle.
  • And now I’m watching the Mizzou game. M-I-Z …