tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5352107227790932852012-01-03T11:19:06.093-05:00Vocabulary Building HaikusDarlanoreply@blogger.comBlogger131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535210722779093285.post-1186415161313128832009-07-13T22:50:00.006-04:002009-07-13T23:00:29.903-04:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eipyPGlaCbQ/SlvyxRkzZlI/AAAAAAAAAtE/PM5w3KT8TAA/s1600-h/Witch+Tree.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358143110032614994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 341px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 161px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eipyPGlaCbQ/SlvyxRkzZlI/AAAAAAAAAtE/PM5w3KT8TAA/s400/Witch+Tree.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center">Wind makes waves of green</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">on the <em>gramineous</em> hills</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">all covered with grass</div><div align="center"></div><div align="left"><br />PRONUNCIATION:(gruh-MIN-ee-uhs) <a href="http://wordsmith.org/words/gramineous.mp3"></a><br />adjective: Of or relating to grass.<br />ETYMOLOGY:From Latin gramineus, from gramen (grass). </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/535210722779093285-118641516131312883?l=darlavaughan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Darlanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535210722779093285.post-91689612220836527842008-08-11T15:15:00.004-04:002008-08-11T15:23:58.509-04:00<div align="center">To look through and see</div><br /><div align="center">He's <em>perspicacious,</em> I say!</div><br /><div align="center">Knows my secret soul.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233342562840061794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eipyPGlaCbQ/SKCRVV4Dp2I/AAAAAAAAAVE/kH337uruRes/s400/IMG_3188.JPG" border="0" />Perspicacious is a synonym for perceptive, having the ability to understand things not readily seen on the surface.<br /><div align="center"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/535210722779093285-9168961222083652784?l=darlavaughan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Darlanoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535210722779093285.post-67104219846179127592008-08-08T00:35:00.001-04:002009-07-13T22:58:16.638-04:00<div align="center">work words together</div><br /><div align="center"><em>syllogism</em>, thoughts, statements</div><br /><div align="center">logically one</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="left">Literally words together, SYL - together + LOG word. A form of reasoning which consists of two statements and the conclusion one can draw from them.</div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left">An example of a syllogism: All reptiles are cold blooded; snakes are reptiles; therefore snakes are cold blooded.</div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232005224629591346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eipyPGlaCbQ/SJvRCA0I3TI/AAAAAAAAATs/-5dsJ3ZQKI8/s320/IMG_1662.JPG" border="0" /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/535210722779093285-6710421984617912759?l=darlavaughan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Darlanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535210722779093285.post-52073513093639536362008-08-07T22:30:00.000-04:002008-08-07T22:52:53.138-04:00<div><div align="center"><em>Emolument</em> pay<br /></div><div align="center">Grind out your living wages<br /></div><div align="center">Take some time to play</div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231974212716179730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eipyPGlaCbQ/SJu004bzsRI/AAAAAAAAATk/YaGh0caiEJg/s320/IMG_0223.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><div align="center"></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/535210722779093285-5207351309363953636?l=darlavaughan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Darlanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535210722779093285.post-26806733502411935842008-07-16T22:49:00.000-04:002008-12-09T21:07:21.730-05:00<div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Inconstant; Changing</div><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><em>Mutable </em>environment</div><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">Nothing stays the same</div><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eipyPGlaCbQ/SH607Z0-2mI/AAAAAAAAAOY/_tKQMGqIVx4/s1600-h/IMG_0214.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223811550434744930" style="FLOAT: center; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eipyPGlaCbQ/SH607Z0-2mI/AAAAAAAAAOY/_tKQMGqIVx4/s400/IMG_0214.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/535210722779093285-2680673350241193584?l=darlavaughan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Darlanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535210722779093285.post-13934498046290934782008-07-06T12:40:00.000-04:002008-12-09T21:07:21.893-05:00<div align="center"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><p align="center">Look at the birds flight</p><p align="center"></p><p align="center"><em>Auspicious </em>day for travel</p><p align="center"></p><p align="center">Favorable wind</p><p align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eipyPGlaCbQ/SHD2zp56k4I/AAAAAAAAAN8/UMEB6tNxqXw/s1600-h/IMG_0203.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219943335404934018" style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eipyPGlaCbQ/SHD2zp56k4I/AAAAAAAAAN8/UMEB6tNxqXw/s320/IMG_0203.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">From the ancient practice of watching a birds flight to portend omens. Today it means promising good luck or favorable conditions.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/535210722779093285-1393449804629093478?l=darlavaughan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Darlanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535210722779093285.post-57331762498729002632008-06-07T10:59:00.000-04:002008-12-09T21:07:22.154-05:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eipyPGlaCbQ/SEqnvUiA-4I/AAAAAAAAANg/nZ7sSuvbrHk/s1600-h/IMG_1579.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209160350414470018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eipyPGlaCbQ/SEqnvUiA-4I/AAAAAAAAANg/nZ7sSuvbrHk/s320/IMG_1579.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><em>Polyphyletic</em></div><div align="center"><em></em></div><div align="center">Our country, the melting pot</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Made of many tribes.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/535210722779093285-5733176249872900263?l=darlavaughan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Darlanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535210722779093285.post-10761765591229398502008-06-05T17:10:00.000-04:002008-12-09T21:07:22.331-05:00<div align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eipyPGlaCbQ/SEhW5tv64kI/AAAAAAAAAL4/48c4uY4Fe2E/s1600-h/IMG_3282.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208508518587097666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eipyPGlaCbQ/SEhW5tv64kI/AAAAAAAAAL4/48c4uY4Fe2E/s200/IMG_3282.JPG" border="0" /></a> Oceans deep and dark</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><em>~Bathypelagic </em>creatures~</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Never see the light </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/535210722779093285-1076176559122939850?l=darlavaughan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Darlanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535210722779093285.post-9626629635041870152008-06-04T14:57:00.001-04:002008-12-09T21:07:22.533-05:00<div align="center">~Swing from tree to tree~</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">A<em> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">brachiating</span></em> monkey</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">~arms, rhythmic movement~</div><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eipyPGlaCbQ/SEbnyC4aXEI/AAAAAAAAALw/PP5KMX4DJC8/s1600-h/IMG_1669.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208104866053512258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eipyPGlaCbQ/SEbnyC4aXEI/AAAAAAAAALw/PP5KMX4DJC8/s200/IMG_1669.JPG" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/535210722779093285-962662963504187015?l=darlavaughan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Darlanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535210722779093285.post-47338047702574225362008-06-04T14:46:00.000-04:002008-12-09T21:07:22.698-05:00<div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eipyPGlaCbQ/SEbjls3l--I/AAAAAAAAALo/ZGgE1bmIJpI/s1600-h/IMG_3168.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208100255939558370" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eipyPGlaCbQ/SEbjls3l--I/AAAAAAAAALo/ZGgE1bmIJpI/s200/IMG_3168.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Speaking <em>Sub Rosa</em></div><div align="center"><em></em></div><div align="center">under the rose; confidante</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">secrets flow freely~</div><ul><li><div align="center"> </div></li></ul><div align="center">(from the ancient practice of hanging a rose from the council table to indicate all people present are sworn to secrecy)</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/535210722779093285-4733804770257422536?l=darlavaughan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Darlanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535210722779093285.post-19799457523179404722008-05-31T10:52:00.000-04:002008-12-09T21:07:22.860-05:00<div align="center"><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eipyPGlaCbQ/SEFnjRwwuOI/AAAAAAAAALg/tlNbHtKsJpE/s1600-h/IMG_0113.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206556499978008802" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eipyPGlaCbQ/SEFnjRwwuOI/AAAAAAAAALg/tlNbHtKsJpE/s200/IMG_0113.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">To drink together?</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">I'll call my next house party</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">A <em>symposium</em></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/535210722779093285-1979945752317940472?l=darlavaughan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Darlanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535210722779093285.post-50046914183905116822008-05-30T09:21:00.000-04:002008-12-09T21:07:22.985-05:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eipyPGlaCbQ/SEAE9hwwuJI/AAAAAAAAAKw/uSAPjtKGFI8/s1600-h/Equinox.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206166624321714322" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eipyPGlaCbQ/SEAE9hwwuJI/AAAAAAAAAKw/uSAPjtKGFI8/s200/Equinox.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">Vernal <em>equinox</em></div><br /><div align="center">day equals night~Spring arrives</div><br /><div align="center">Winter's Banishment.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/535210722779093285-5004691418390511682?l=darlavaughan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Darlanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535210722779093285.post-55374200380331784592008-05-30T00:49:00.000-04:002008-12-09T21:07:23.077-05:00<div align="center">Oceans between us</div><br /><div align="center">Sail our instant laptop ships</div><br /><div align="center">Surf the net, we meet</div><br /><div align="center"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206033585268881682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eipyPGlaCbQ/SD-L9oq0eRI/AAAAAAAAAJk/sedTwe_Kx-k/s200/Heart+of+the+Sea.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="center"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/535210722779093285-5537420038033178459?l=darlavaughan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Darlanoreply@blogger.com0