Monday 31 March 2014

Sirocco



SIROCCO

-noun
1. a hot oppressive and often dusty wind usually occurring in spring, beginning in Northern Africa and reaching Southern Europe
2. any hot southerly wind, especially one moving to a low pressure centre























We’ve boarded all windows
It’s us alone in months of sirocco
Shadow our saviour
Thick walls our sanity

Sunday 30 March 2014

Umami



UMAMI

-noun
one of the five basic tastes, the savoury flavour of glutamates


























Lightly poached oysters
Bring a subtle touch of umami
To counterbalance cauliflower

Saturday 29 March 2014

Obstreperous



OBSTREPEROUS

-adj.
noisy or rough, especially in resisting restraint or control



























She bitterly complains
[Ever the obstreperous one]
About lack of fundamental rights
 

Friday 28 March 2014

Lax



LAX

-adj.
1. lacking firmness; not strict
2. lacking precision or definition
3. not taut
4. (phonetics) (of a speech sound) pronounced with little muscular effort and consequently having relatively imprecise accuracy of articulation and little temporal duration. In English the vowel i in bit is lax
5. (of flower clusters) having loosely arranged parts


























A week later
They droop about
Lax and languid
Blood drops