#20
Prompt: write a poem that uses at least five of the following words:
Owl, generator, abscond, upwind, squander, clove, miraculous, dunderhead, cyclops, willowy, mercurial, seaweed, gutter, non-pareil, artillery, salt, curl, ego, rodomontade, elusive, twice, ghost, cheese, cowbird, truffle, svelte, quahog, bilious
Watching the cowbird
Preening her sveltness,
I wondered,
Did she squander her eggs
On the elusive hope
That they might abscond
With the mothering instincts of another?
Carol McMillan
April 20, 2013
