Espouse (Synonym Roles)

a poem for the sake of wordplay

I would support

A lot of things

And I'd stand

For many too

And I'm pretty sure

I might even

Endorse a few

But the only thing

That I'd espouse

Would be you

Jim Lonsdale Poetry 2026

Author's Note

For a friend

Reviews

[Thomas W Case]

There’s a clean, confident tenderness in this—no slogans, just a straight shot to the heart.
You make devotion feel chosen, not shouted, and that’s where its strength lives.

[Desert Knave]

Thank you so much. ~Jim

[Michael Sun Bear]

Witty title. Espouse is not in my vocabulary. It strikes me as such an odd word. For me the very sound of it does not match up with its meaning. If I weren’t so lazy I would look up its derivation.

[Desert Knave]

Thanks LOL. It has an odd set of definitions which includes just essentially a form of "spouse", otherwise it is just me having fun. ~Jim