Open a dictionary. Pick out an unusual word. Let your poem define that word without ever using the word itself (except perhaps, as the final word in the poem.) You may choose to use the word as your title if that works for you.
Credit for this prompt goes to Donna Meyer,
does it have to be a single word or it can be a couple of them?
Pot-valor
The timid man, he comes alive
when alcohol he does imbibe
he acts in haste and quickly mocks
becomes a growling, yelling cock
whatever is bugging him
bursts out like bees from hive within
if you’re his enemy, beware
the spit-stained words you’ll surely bear
if once, he ever bought a lemon
those skids be clearly seen from
Heaven
and if a job he clearly hated
the boss evermore be under rated
the girls who nixed him hastily
will wish they called him back, times three
but then, when this guy sober is
he thanks the Lord he didn’t fizz.
-Sandra Johnson, 6/22/2019
That left some images I hadn’t thought of!
Halcyon
Hour when my heart elated
As we enter in the phase
Liked by every human race
Cooing with cymbals and keys
Yet not every one get blessed with it
Over the sequel of events that build
Never wanting to give up the tranquility donned.