Word of the Day: Pulchritude

[Aunt Marg]

Thank you for listing and I did check as I always do if the word had been used before.

Thanks, Ruthanne, and yes, so do I.

 

[Ruthanne]

Infinite Pulchritude:

Cold morning kiss
Of the landward winds;
How zephyr’s misty pout
Along a smile brings.

The long white line
Goes farther than I see
Shows the incessant flow
And tireless industry

Of the vast ocean
With timeless presence
Basked in mellifluous music
Of the waves’ cadence.

I fall for instantly
This infinite pulchritude
Which gently belittles
My existence’s platitude.

Very nice.

 

[Aunt Marg]

Infinite Pulchritude:

Cold morning kiss
Of the landward winds;
How zephyr’s misty pout
Along a smile brings.

The long white line
Goes farther than I see
Shows the incessant flow
And tireless industry

Of the vast ocean
With timeless presence
Basked in mellifluous music
Of the waves’ cadence.

I fall for instantly
This infinite pulchritude
Which gently belittles
My existence’s platitude.

Very nice, Horseless.

Do you write poetry?

 

[horseless carriage]

Very nice, Horseless.

Do you write poetry?

I do, when I am inspired but I saw that on a forum ages ago and kept it. The forum member didn't credit the author and although I have been meaning to, I have never actually researched the scribe.

 

[Aunt Marg]

I do, when I am inspired but I saw that on a forum ages ago and kept it. The forum member didn't credit the author and although I have been meaning to, I have never actually researched the scribe.

A lovely entry it was for this Friday morning, Horseless.

 

[Lara]

It was written by
Shailesh Otari Pune, India

 

[Buckeye]

My daddy told me that pulchritude is only skin deep, but ugly goes all the way to the bone.

 

[Aunt Marg]

My daddy told me that pulchritude is only skin deep, but ugly goes all the way to the bone.

Sorry, Buckeye, but I'm going to deliver OhioBoy's, saying once again... "that goes without saying".

 

[horseless carriage]

My daddy told me that pulchritude is only skin deep, but ugly goes all the way to the bone.

Do you know why beauty is only skin deep? Because 95% of it can be removed with a Kleenex.

 

[RubyK]

Upon viewing photos of myself at 20 and 30, I realize I had some pulchritude, but I didn't realize it. Why is Mother Nature so stingy? She should have let me hang onto a bit of that pulchritude in my old age.

 

[Kaila]

I wasn't sure, when I read the original post in this thread,
how one could ever use the word pulchritude in a sentence,
but you posters have shown me!
And that is one of the points of having these WOTD threads!