This month Women Writing for (a) Change-Bloomington poets are participating in National Poetry Writing Month.  Every day we will offer up a new  poem by a writer in our community.  Check back after 6:00pm for the Prompt of the Day and the selected resulting poem.

Day 19. Write an abecedarian poem – a poem in which the word choice follows the words/order of the alphabet. You could write a very strict abecedarian poem, in which there are twenty-six words in alphabetical order, or you could write one in which each line begins with a word that follows the order of the alphabet.

Abecedarian: What are we?  by Bev Slattery Hartford

Argyle
Bobbie
Cuffed
Darned
Elastic
Footed
Girly
Heeled
Instepped
Jocky
Knee-
Length
Mohair
Navy
Orlon
Plaid
Quaint
Rumpled
Slouchy
Tennis
Ugly
Venerable
White
X-rated
Yarn
Zany