Abecedarian

Definition, from a Google search:

adjective: abecedarian

1. 1.arranged alphabetically.”in abecedarian sequence”
2. 2.rudimentary; elementary.”abecedarian technology”

noun: abecedarian; plural noun: abecedarians

1. 1.a person who is just learning; a novice.

Yesterday, I learned about the abecedarian form of poetry when I read a wonderful poem written in alphabetized form. It inspired to try my hand at writing one in my head while I lay in bed this morning. I’m definitely still an abecedarian at abecedarians. Here’s what I was able to remember of it, reconstructing backwards from z:

All

beings

care about

doing

everything

for

going

home

instead of

joking about

kings and

llamas

making

newly

opening

packaged

queen

rescuing

some

tenderness

underneath

vitriol

xylem and phloem

wondering how

you

zero in our common vasculature.

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I definitely forgot some of the linking words, but there you have it.

Now here is a more experienced abecedarian:

Hummingbird Abecedarian
by Aimee Nezhukumatathil (b.1974)