This is one of my favorite videos!

• Opalescent
• Luminescent
• Ornery
• Transcendent
• Yearn
• Quench
• Slick

Do you delight in words as much as I do?

What words come to you today as you make a list of words you love? Or even just words that intrigue you in this moment?

My journaling exploration leads to a couple of poems, one that ends with my sliding down a rock and stopping just before an opalescent oil slick.

In the second, I also climb, this time along a jetty.

I search the clear waters

Filled with blooming seaweeds–

Flat, round, brownredgreenyellow

Looking for the octopus

I spotted last winter

…a gift to see her that once.

Your Turn to Share

If you haven’t shared yet, here’s an easy one. Just share a few of the words you listed.

Feeling bolder? Share an excerpt of your writing. Did your favorite words evoke a certain mood in your writing?

Did some of the words seem to go together, like my opalescent and translucent?

Any time you feel a little stuck, you can make a list of words you love and go from there.