Top Spots (Unpub)

Spot
Tops
Spots
Stops
Spot on
Top spot
In a spot
A ranking
To lend to
On the spot
Hits the spot
A small drink
To cover thinly
Spotty Muldoon
A patch or blotch
X marks the spot
A place or location
To recognize talent
Short for ‘spotlight’
A specific banknote
Dick and Jane’s dog
An anagram for ‘stop’
Place for a show item
A pip on a card or dice
‘Tops’ spelled backwards
Earth flax and also amianthus
A very small amount of anything
An anagram for ‘opts,’ and for ‘post’ 
A verb meaning ’to see,’ ‘to catch a glimpse ’
‘Spaat’: a kind of spar or a boom in Dutch tongue
A trading system in one or another of the stock markets
To help a gymnastics performer avoid injuring him- or herself
“you hurry to a spot that’s just a dot on the map”: “The Tender Trap” lyrics
In association football, point within penalty area from which goal kicks are taken

 

 

'Sun' & Nonsense (Past)

Suns also rise, rise sunabash’d --
sunbutton’d as your sunburn.
Your Suncle Sam’s suncurious.
(That sundials are is spurious --
turn, kick, turn, turn, turn, kick turn!)
     SunEnergy’s suneducated.
Sunfish sink…? 'Sunfair!
Sunglasses often come sunglued.
Son House…? Sunhealthy: Son's sunhued.*
(Me suninvited…? Rare.)

     * From the Old French meaning to shout
     

     Sunjay Kapur’s sunjust.
Sunken treasure’s most sunkind.
Sunlearnéd is the sunlight –
sunmanageable, sunbright.
Meanwhile, Sun Myung Moon’s gone blind.

     Moon's sunny disposition --

sunnat’ral, sunobserved –
young Son o' Sam, sunpopular,
from smile to frown suncurved.
     Sunquestioning his sunquest,
after sunrise folks, sunread
thus quite sunsympathetic,
his sunspots leave sunfled.
     “His suntan’s proved suntruthful,
suntrustworthy,” sunone said.
She, sunupstanding, after sun up,
join’d Sun Valley’s dead.
     “Thus truth remains sunvarnish’d,”
sunworshippers declared.
“Sunworthy. So: sunwanted.”
(Their sunconscious minds they shared.)
     Of a sudden, Sun Xiang, 

chair of SUNY’s Institute of Bung,
runs sunyieldingly, his pants sunzipp’d,
across the quad, whereon he (s)tripp’d…
(This song: best left sunsung...?)

Roots (Unpub)

Cousins, uncles, dads and brothers;
sisters (sev’ral), great-grandmothers;
sons-in-law, one aunt, some others:
Shun the Family May! It smothers.
 
Auntie weaves with metal fibers:
she’s call'd Gold La May.
Her husband scats such jazzy tunes:
he’s Uncle Mel (“Tor”) May.
 
Mel's mum's into music, too:

she’s bill’d E. (“Dee”) Gore-May.
Her son (alas, away at war)
she christen’d L’Omar May.
 
L’Om’s brother Cumm’s the ne’er-do-well:
he’s known as Cumm (“Watt”) May.
His sister’s argumentative:
she’s Beatha D'Hazzitt-May.

 
     (to be continued)

Scout's Horor (11)

America's kids learn
how Boy Scouts should be
always trustworthy, loyal
and helpful (for three),
   also friendly and courteous,
kind and obedient,
cheerful and thrifty –
plus brave, clean and reverent.
   POTUS, you'll notice,
is none of those…nu…?
Drumpf is lying and faithless --
injurious, too.
     Drumpf is backbiting, ill-manner’d,
obstinate, cruel,
pessimistic and cheap.
(Face it: Drumpf isn't cool.)
     Drumpf is cowardly, filthy,
and ever so rude.
(Shall I mention the number
of women he’s screw’d...?)
     Drumpf’s the AntiScout,
sporting his knapsack of tricks.
Drumpf’s the scoutmaster,
AntiScout Troop 666.

-Sanities: an ABC (11)

     (ABC)   
 
There's Anaïs Ninsanity,
Anne Boleynsanity,
East Berlinsanity,*
Black and Tansanity,

Blue Vein Blintzanity,

Louvain Blitzanity...
and ('xcuse me French) always 
Coq au Vinsanity.**
 
     * Some mss show 'Bowlin'
Grinsanity' here. 
     ** Not to be confused with
NBA shooting guard Vince Carter's
signature Vinsanity.
 
     (DEF)    
 
There's Dark Wood Tintsanity,
Eastwood, Clintsanity,
Errol's (and kid sister Beryl's)
Flynnsanity --
who, it turns out, 
proves Flynn's Evil Twinsanity.
Freddie Prinzanity's
Floral Chintzanity.
 
     (GH)    
 
There's Gunga Dinsanity,
Gilbey's Ginsanity, 
Household Hintsanity,
Harlequinsanity,
Ho Chi Minhsanity, 
Hester Prynnesanity.
(Question: who's not question'd
Hannity's sanity…?)
 
     (HI)    
 
There's Hail to the
(Washington, D.C.) 'Skinsanity,
Watson's Jim’s, Papp’s and
Huck'berry’s Finnsanity,
Rumi the Dervish's
In-a-spinsanity...
and -- all too often –
Idi Aminsanity.
 
     (IJ)   
 
There's Ivan Pninsanity,
Junior Mintsanity,
Jim DeMintsanity.
(Jim’s…? Mint insanity!)  
Basil and Sib's Fawlty Towers,
the Bates Motel,
Saracen's Head and Jamaica
Innsanity.
  
     (KL)    
 
There's Ed "Have you met my son 
Keenan…?" Wynnsanity,
too little Lena
or Ken Olinsanity;
Senator Levin notes
no Levinsanity,
still...there's Loretta
(and Mooney!) Lynnsanity.
 
     (MN)   
 
There's Merrill Lynchanity. 
(No Nell Gwynnesanity…?)*
"Not by the hair of my
chinny-chin"-sanity.
(Here, out of order, is 
Prince Repninsanity,
father to Ivan.**
(It’s next-of-Kinsanity.)
 
     * Nor is there observed much
Geisel's Grinchanity -- except,
of course, seasonally.
     ** Ivan Pnin -- cf verse five 

above.
 
     (OPQR)   
 
There's Osamma binsaahneti,
Qui-Gon Jinnsanity,
Tony Quinnsanity,
Pisner Quintsanity,
Rollingpinsanity,
Rin-Tin-Tinsanity,
Rembrandt van Rijn-
(mispronounc'd like "Rin") -sanity.
 
     (STU)  
 
There's Surat-al-Jinnsanity, 
Lau's Shaolinsanity,
seven-fold (more, surely!)
deadly Sinsanity,
Belgian cartoonist Hergé's
Tintinsanity.
And (with a stretch) there is
Ulstermansanity. 
 
     (VWXYZ)   
 
There’s Vitaminsanity,
Violinsanity,
Triple Winsanity,
Xanthosinesanity,
Yang and Yinsanity,
Howard Zinn sanity.*
Hey...let's head home 
in my Zeppelinsanity!
 
     * Historian Zinn authored
an essential text, "The People's
History of the United States,"
a must-read.

Physics Schmysics! (11)

Once the whole world was
fire or earth, water or air.
That’s when God was head honcho.
Dissenters were rare.
     Then a diff’rent reality
Herr Einstein bared:
it seems e equal’d m
times the speed of light squared.
 
Cast your mind back to Al,
him of mad-as-March hair.
To eschew Albert’s “view of the u”…?
Who dared dare…?
     Yet some did disagree:
I, for one, bellow’d, “Merde!
Are you kiddin’ me…?
Energy’s m times c squared…?”
 
What else…? Dark matter, black holes,
charm'd quarks everywhere!
Leapin’ leptons, bad bosons,
far fruitier fare…?
     My Old Testament cosmos
can ne’er be repair’d –
not when energy’s mass
times the speed of light squared.
 
Are there cosmoi in parallel…?
Damn’d if I care!
Does my clock slow
the faster I go…? C’est la guerre!
     I’d prefer Al’d not shared.
I’d much rather be spared
each new round that compounds
“E be (zounds!) mc².”

See Ya! (A Round) (11)

      A-
dieu, au revoir,
bat and budgerigar.
     But don’t
lease no sub-compacts
from Hearse Rend-A-Car.
 
     Bye-
bye, bon voyage,
fox and folles sans la cage.
     Who ar-
rives in my Rolls
may depart in Drumpf's Dodge.
 
     Cha
wil’awib, ciao,
mink and manatee cow.
     Take an
A train to Haarlem!
(Take our LEM…? Nohow!)
 
     Dwell
“sweetly at home,”
rays and raths known as ‘mome.’
     We know
fellas who’ll sell y’as
some sleds Get to know’m!
 
     Ego-
gahans, exeunt,
dalmatian and dachshund.
     Get
gas as you pass
The Hind Quarter in Dortmund.
 
     Far-
vael, fare thee well.
tit and Thompson’s Gazelle.
     If y’all
fail to go ‘way,
then (we pray), “Go to hell!”
 
     Goru-
saedaek, godspeed,
cat and centipede. We’d
     rather
loudly “ya-wo’d” ye.
(What mo’ d’you yobs need…?)
 
     Hasta
pronto, ha’uu,
gila monster and gnu.
     Put to
sea, mes amis!
(Use our racing canoe.)
 
     Ite,
te! Missa est,
roc and robin red breast.
     Rockin’
Robin’s your tour guide.
Rob’s bromide…? “Go west!”
 
     Je vou-
drais – oui! -- aller,
boar and Bichon Frise.
     “De-“ no
“-tour” till we’re sure
you’re both far, far away.
 
     Kiss my
kisser goodbye,
toad and tsetse fly. Hie
     thyselves
hence, b’yond yon fence
till you’re where tongues speak Thai.
 
     Lla y-
hennik und lebewohl,
bee and B. Oriole.
     Gondola’s coming,
Start humming that barcarole.
 
     Manga-
dem, miss you, too,
salamander and shrew.
     Drive our
Daewoo Lacetti.
It’s ready: are you…?
 
     N-
daga and nighty-night,
wombat and white-tail’d kite.
     Your ship has sailed…? Hail the
mail stage; it’s dynamite!
 
     Onward and ou’ward,
cabrilla and cowbird.
     Please
pick our jihrik’sha;
it’s not under-power’d.
 
     Pothu
barp,’ pax vobisc,’
bear and brown basilisk.
     Book post
haste our post chaise!
(View this short compact disc.)
 
     Qaukpat-
tauk, q’ipurkama,
leipoa and llama!
     “Good
day!” (We’ve a way
with the inverted comma.)
 
     Rono-
nai, ‘rivederch,
Pygmy Pig, Yellow Perch.
     Run and
hide! We’re not snide:
we’ll be [wink] sure to search.
 
     So
long, sayonara,
canard, capybara.
     They’ve
barred your canard…?
Hire our Proton Tiara.
 
     Ta-
ta, tootle-oo,
chimp and cocka-…yeah: you!
     We’ll start
counting to ten:
an’ a one, an’ a two…
 
     Up,
up and away,
crow and Canada Jay.
     Climb a-
board our used Ford.
We’re not waiting all day.
 
     Vaar-
wel, viva vale,
canary and collie.
     By
bus…? Aye, you mus.’
Pro hac vice, by golly.
 
     Wog
maho, you’re outta here,
walrus and white-tail’d deer.
     Should you malinger,
this finger’s your souvenir.
 
     Xu! Xulap knewel,
sifaka and spoonbill.
     Not
worn out your welcome yet…?
Fret not: you soon will.
 
     Yanta
kar, yanna, yanna,
pouch’d rat and piranha.
     Don’t
sit! Instead, split!
(Not banana. Manana!)
 
     Zayt
gesunt, ziech lu,
kakapo, kangaroo.
     Bonne jour-
nnee! Go away!
Catch ya later! Adieu!
 
(Two by two, toodle-oo!)

Self Refs (11)

       The self-referencing...

     ...Old Testament theologian: 

Isaiah (“Lot”) of Babel 
 
     ...black-ink artist law-suit defendant: 

So Su Me E   
 
     ...pop culture one-hit wonder: 

Flash N. DePann   
 
     ...Civil War reenactment Rhett Butler impersonator: 

Frank Lee Meigh-Deere    
 
     ...mafia enforcer: 

Arthur E. Cantry-Fewse 
 
     ...New York waterfront longshoreman: 

Ike Hoode-O'Haddklasse  
 
     ...Greta Garbo fan-club recording secretary: 

Ivan "Toobie" Hull-Owen 
 
     ...religious theorist: 

Theo Lodge-Hickle  
 
     ...French national "Monsieur Congeniality" contest runner-up: 

Merce E. Beaucoup  
 
     ...petty thief: 

Upton O'Goode  
 
     ...amateur psychologist: 

Itzak ("Ray") Zeevoyld 
 
     ...novelty floor lamp manufacturer's rep: 

Maj. O. Ward  
 
     ...grounded eighteen-wheeler operator: 

Asa Lee ("Pat") deWiel
 
     …sub-Saharan real-estate developer: 

Barron Wace Lande