Homily

HOMILY

-noun
1. a sermon, usually on a Biblical topic and usually of a non doctrinal nature.
2. an admonitory or moralizing discourse.
3. an inspirational saying or cliché.























They come through the mail
Pretty homilies with sunsets
Forwarded in return for happiness
Discarded unopened

Fustian

FUSTIAN

-noun
1. a stout fabric of cotton and flax.
2. a fabric of stout twilled cotton or of cotton and low-quality wool, with a short nap or pile.
3. pompous or pretentious talk or writing
—adj.
4. cheap; worthless
5. pompous; bombastic























Fustian epistles
Flapping in the wind
Gathering rust

Screed

SCREED

-noun
1. a long discourse or essay, especially a diatribe.
2. an informal letter, account, or other piece of writing.
3. Building Trades .
a. a strip of plaster or wood applied to a surface to be plastered to serve as a guide for making a true surface.
b. a wooden strip serving as a guide for making a true level surface on a concrete pavement or the like.
c. a board or metal strip dragged across a freshly poured concrete slab to give it its proper level.
4. British Dialect . a fragment or shred, as of cloth.
5. Scot.
a. a tear or rip, especially in cloth.
b. a drinking bout.



In the depth of our screed
We encounter torn universes
Fraying legends scented with must
Unravelling screeds

Otiose

OTIOSE
[oh-shee-ohs, oh-tee-ohs]

-adj.
1. being at leisure; idle; indolent.
2. ineffective or futile.
3. superfluous or useless.

























Otiose white
Against otiose struggles
Nature wins over cars

Admit

ADMIT

-verb (used with object)
1. to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to.
2. to give right or means of entrance to.
3. to permit to exercise a certain function or privilege.
4. to permit; allow.
5. to allow or concede as valid.
6. to acknowledge; confess..: The fact is admitted.
8. to have capacity for:
-verb (used without object)
9. to permit entrance; give access.
10.to grant opportunity or permission (usually followed by "of")























We admit winter in our midst
Clenching teeth and lips
Hoping for a quick release
And spring

Indulgence

INDULGENCE

-noun
1. the act of indulging or state of being indulgent
2. a pleasure, habit, etc, indulged in; extravagance.
3. liberal or tolerant treatment
4. something granted as a favour or privilege
5. Roman Catholic Church a remission of the temporal punishment for sin after its guilt has been forgiven
6. commerce an extension of time granted as a favour for payment of a debt or as fulfilment of some other obligation
7. Also called: Declaration of Indulgence a royal grant during the reigns of Charles II and James II of England giving Nonconformists and Roman Catholics a measure of religious freedom
8. Commerce . an extension, through favour, of time for payment or performance.
-verb (used with object)
9. Roman Catholic Church . to provide with an indulgence.

























Sunday indulgence
Need not involve a priest,
Although Bacchus is invited

Sciamachy

SCIAMACHY
[sahy-am-uh-kee]

-noun
an act or instance of fighting a shadow or an imaginary enemy.

























The art of sciamachy
Is what cats are all about
In their dreams
And in their lives
Chasing tails and tales.

Wastrel

WASTREL

-noun
1. a wasteful person; spendthrift.
2. Chiefly British .
a. refuse; waste.
b. a waif; abandoned child.
c. an idler or vagabond

























Over the weekend,
The street filled with wastrels
Looking for a little attention
A ray of sunshine

Transpicuous

TRANSPICUOUS

-adj.
a less common word for transparent



My world is prisoner
Of a transpicuous life form
Cold and unyielding

Neoterism

NEOTERISM

-noun
1. An innovation in language, as a new word, term, or expression.
2. The use of new words, terms, or expressions.



How dearly I love an author
Who constructs clever neoterism
New toys to play with

Dybbuk

DYBBUCK

-noun
Judaism (in the folklore of the cabala) the soul of a dead sinner that has transmigrated into the body of a living person

























I ran over an ex lover
(on purpose)
But he turned dybbuck and
Cried iced tears all over my car.
Mister Frost.

Sibyl

SIBYL

-noun
1. (in ancient Greece and Rome) any of a number of women believed to be oracles or prophetesses, one of the most famous being the sibyl of Cumae, who guided Aeneas through the underworld
2. a witch, fortune-teller, or sorceress

























When Christianity took over this land
The old sibyls turned into olive trees
Forecasting winter at Candlemas

Educe

EDUCE

-verb (used with object)
1. to draw forth or bring out, as something potential or latent; elicit; develop.
2. to infer or deduce.



One could educe
From the amount of food picture
In my portfolio
That I like food.
Elementary.
Alimentary.

Argosy

ARGOSY

-noun
1. A large ship, or a fleet of ships, especially one carrying valuable cargo.
2. A rich source or supply.

























An argosy unto herself
She shelters a cargo of kittens
Or it is just fat?