Inspiration

Seeing a good friend can be a reminder to notice our surroundings. To feel love for a friend, and to feel loved by a friend, is one of the best feelings in the world. It reminds me that many things are not important that seem to be — like reading emails — and that some things are important — like being yourself, following your heart, being kind, and being awesome. At letting the natural awesomeness of yourself loving unfold. For example, after I had talked and walked with a good friend for several hours, and was by myself again, I felt that I could not bear to look at my phone. I could not bear to read anything vapid. All I could do was to sit for a while, and feel. I felt that walking outside with a friend is one of the most important things you can possibly do. I felt that I wanted my friend to know if anything was needed, ever, to let me know in case there was something I could provide.

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)