Open the cookie. Let your fortune foretell.
Of a life full of money or a lover’s spell.
My mind raced from fantasy to the utterly absurd,
But all my fortune said was, “You are a lover of words.”
I craved it would reveal a vicissitude so grand,
I’d live the most insouciant life in all the land.
I thirsted for passion, beauty and profound sagacity.
Instead I will be blessed with nugatory vocabulary?!
I presume my greed exceeded the New Year’s allotment.
So I’ll have to unearth and generate my own excitement.
I’ll traipse about, seeing all that God’s bestowed.
From an empyreal beach to an antiquated railroad.
My journey will uncover magnificent escapades,
with some turning out to be mere masquerades.
Overall though, my life can still be marvelous.
Even if I speak quite superfluous.
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For Dversepoets’ ~ As the Cookie Crumbles.
Cookie picture was found with a random image search and came back to another WordPress blogger:)
Chasing Life and Finding Dreams 
aw…that lover of words you are is so true…lovely rhythm and rhyme…
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Thank you. I find it hard to not rhyme in poems. I read others non-rhyme prose with envy at times. It just doesn’t sound right when I write it though. Maybe in time I can expand.
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You had fun with this! Love how you are disappointed with the fortune, but then prove it to be true ☺
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Thank you. I think that is how life is. You are given a base to start with, a canvas per say, and what you do with it is up to you. Of course there are obstacles and such, but if it were all perfect…I guess we would not appreciate the good as much. So my theory is, if you want fortune and dreams, you better work hard to get it. Few of us are ever given silver spoons.
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Few of us chose this theme, although we all obviously love to use words. Well done.
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True. I think most bloggers/poets/writers must HAVE to love words. thanks!
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Lover of words
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Loves.. so for one.. loNg..
i can’t go wroNg.. wiTh tWo..:)
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Oh how wonderful to traipse from beach to railroad, speaking the lyrical superfluous!
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I do like a good traipse:)
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” I’ll have to unearth and generate my own excitement.”
This resonates with me so much!!
Great words in this!
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Thank you. I too had to find my own excitement for awhile. And just now, I finished a paddle board yoga class. Super fun…and hard!
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Oh wow!! That sounds fun…I’ve only tried that once…it is hard – a full body work out for sure…especially core. I like to find fun in belly-dancing these days. 🙂
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I’d love to try belly dancing! I’ll have to see if one is close by me.
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How marvelous to be a lover of words ~ I say play with words for fun and see where it will take you ~
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It was fun to dig up words and try to use them, and hopefully properly too.
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I think in reality the lover of words might be the best fortune ever… it can bring everything else, but yet we hope that we will get the fortunes and gold from that simple cookie.
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So very true. With the right words, we could write best-selling novels, romance a lover and calm angry people. But some gold is still nice too-ha ha.
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There could be worse fortunes than being a lover of words. Smiles! I like the light-hearted spirit that your poem had! It was fun to read.
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Oh, I agree as I like to write. The more words I learn the better. And if I can continually improve on ways to string them together: that is a awesome! Thanks:) I don’t always get time to do dVerse prompts, but love the fun they create when I do.
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Like you, I love playing with new words and do have to double-check to make sure I’m using them correctly. That’s how we grow as writers, isn’t it?
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I agree! I would find a word I liked, look it up and then try to craft my sentences around it. It was like a puzzle:) And I am like geek-excited about dictionary.com’s word of the day sometimes.
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Such a fantastic read 😀
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Thank you. It was fun creating it.
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Heehee. I’ve often wished for more than all these words, myself. Loved this.
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My lottery dreams certainly include an island of horses and no work, so I hear ya!
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Your expectations were grand but the reality is that your love for words does come shining through!
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Why thank you. I can’t lie, I had to double check the definitions of some of those words to make sure I was using them correctly! But it was fun indeed. 🙂
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You’re welcome!
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