looking
lean, long, lanky
acting
awkwardly acned
dressing
down dramatically
feeling
fatigued fashionably
ogling
opposites obsessively
expressing
existence excitedly
managing
muddles messily
seeking
social stratus status
realizing
religious rumblings
tripping
teenaged tumblings
Melissa hosts “turning a phrase” poetics at dVerse Poets today.
a poem in my pocket 
Mar 05, 2026 @ 06:01:58
Managing muddles messily seems to describe certain news events recently. Thankfully, it’s only in an inconsequential third world country. 😉Lovely and alliterative, Lynne 👏
Mar 05, 2026 @ 08:31:00
It will be consequential for the oppressed people of that country :). Thanks for reading and commenting, Shaun!
Mar 05, 2026 @ 20:14:32
Canada will take them 👍 Haha!
Mar 04, 2026 @ 19:26:01
Nicely done.
Mar 04, 2026 @ 17:59:12
well done! BIG SMILES.
Mar 04, 2026 @ 16:51:14
Fabulously done. Spot-on, too!
Mar 04, 2026 @ 16:55:37
Thanks for reading and commenting, Jennifer 😀
Mar 04, 2026 @ 16:13:52
Very nice, Lynn!
Mar 04, 2026 @ 03:17:46
Alliterative, phrasal, and nicely paced, Lynn! You’ve captured ‘teenaged tumblings’ well.
Mar 04, 2026 @ 16:30:16
Thanks for your observations, Kim 😊
Mar 05, 2026 @ 06:34:18
My pleasure, Lynn.
Mar 04, 2026 @ 02:51:45
Great example of the form Lynn and the alliteration is very effective
Mar 03, 2026 @ 22:35:13
So many great phrases here. I don’t miss the teenage years, and at the same time I get ready to enter them again with my own children!
Mar 04, 2026 @ 02:30:08
These might be proper phrases as is required but I was never lost without a complete sentence. So good Lynn. This isfun Thanks dearly. .
Mar 04, 2026 @ 16:31:32
I appreciate your comments, Selma!
Mar 05, 2026 @ 04:44:11
Thanks. I appreciate you. Xo
Mar 04, 2026 @ 16:34:58
Brace yourself! It’s worth the challenge 😜