Ornament

ORNAMENT

-noun [ˈɔːnəmənt ]
1. anything that enhances the appearance of a person or thing
2. decorations collectively
3. a small decorative object
4. something regarded as a source of pride or beauty
5. (music) . any of several decorations, such as the trill, mordent, etc, occurring chiefly as improvised embellishments in baroque music
-verb [ˈɔːnəˌmɛnt ] (trans.)
6. to decorate with or as if with ornaments
7. to serve as an ornament to

A lounger in the sun

Living ornament

Dry

DRY

-adj.
1. lacking moisture; not damp or wet
2. having little or no rainfall
3. not in or under water
4. having the water drained away or evaporated
5. not providing milk
6. (of the eyes) free from tears
7. (informal)
a. in need of a drink; thirsty
b. causing thirst
8. eaten without butter, jam, etc.
9. (of a wine, cider, etc.) not sweet
10. (pathology) . not accompanied by or producing a mucous or watery discharge
11. consisting of solid as opposed to liquid substances or commodities
12. without adornment; plain
13. lacking interest or stimulation
14. lacking warmth or emotion; cold
15. (of wit or humour) shrewd and keen in an impersonal, sarcastic, or laconic way
16. opposed to or prohibiting the sale of alcoholic liquor for human consumption
17. (New Zealand) (of a ewe) without a lamb after the mating season
18. (electronics) . (of a soldered electrical joint) imperfect because the solder has not adhered to the metal, thus reducing conductance
-verb
19. (when intr., often followed by “off”) to make or become dry or free from moisture
20. (trans.) to preserve (meat, vegetables, fruit, etc.) by removing the moisture
-noun
21. (British) (informal) a Conservative politician who is considered to be a hard-liner

Our past can be dried up
Flat and sweet
Red and white flowers still
Holding memories
A fluttering heart dancing
In a stream of light
Yet dead all the same

Nevertheless

NEVERTHELESS

-sentence connector
in spite of that; however; yet

Where music will swim

The mind is swallowed out

Nevertheless, triumphant

Former

FORMER

-adj. (prenominal)

1. belonging to or occurring in an earlier time

2. having been at a previous time

3. denoting the first or first mentioned of two

4. near the beginning

-noun

1. a person or thing that forms or shapes

2. (electrical engineering) . a tool for giving a coil or winding the required shape, sometimes consisting of a frame on which the wire can be wound, the frame then being removed

In an oblique story

A former body still green

Waits for the stars

A mere white line on the ground 

Mordent

MORDENT

-noun
(music) . a melodic ornament consisting of the rapid alternation of a note with a note one degree lower than it

Light
A mordent riff
Setting visual
Melodies
Ablaze

Oblique

OBLIQUE

-adj.
1. at an angle; slanting; sloping
2. (geometry)
a. (of lines, planes, etc) neither perpendicular nor parallel to one another or to another line, plane, etc
b. not related to or containing a right angle
3. indirect or evasive
4. (grammar) . denoting any case of nouns, pronouns, etc, other than the nominative and vocative
5. (biology) . having asymmetrical sides or planes
6. (of a map projection) constituting a type of zenithal projection in which the plane of projection is tangential to the earth's surface at some point between the equator and the poles
-noun
7. something oblique, in particular a line
8. (nautical) . the act of changing course by less than 90°
9. an aerial photograph taken at an oblique angle
-verb (intr.)
10. to take or have an oblique direction
11. (of a military formation) to move forward at an angle

Where music will swim
Waiting for the stars
The mind is swallowed out

In an oblique story
The body still green
stands over the door

Askance

ASKANCE

-adv.
1. with an oblique glance
2. with doubt or mistrust

A witch

And her cats

Looking askance

At the gingerbread door

Wondering where

A trap may be

Pollen

POLLEN

-noun

a fine powdery substance produced by the anthers of seed-bearing plants, consisting of numerous fine grains containing the male gametes

Risotto for the non-allergic

Loaded with pollen and smoked paprika

Dairy-based too.

Hesitate

HESITATE

-verb (intr.)

1. to hold back or be slow in acting; be uncertain

2. to be unwilling or reluctant (to do something)

3. to stammer or pause in speaking

She looks askance

Hesitating to trust a stranger

With her wellbeing

Snicket

SNICKET

-noun

(Northern England dialect) a passageway between walls or fences

Mock window

Open onto a snicket

Invites an escape

Conduit

CONDUIT

-noun

1. a pipe or channel for carrying a fluid

2. a rigid tube or duct for carrying and protecting electrical wires or cables

3. an agency or means of access, communication, etc.

4. (botany) . a water-transporting element in a plant; a xylem vessel or a tracheid

5.  a rare word for fountain

As a recurring theme

This humorous conduit

Seems to hint at history

Or at least a story

Disparage

DISPARAGE

-verb (trans.)

1. to speak contemptuously of; belittle

2. to damage the reputation of

Rust acting up

All to disparage

Nobel metal artwork

Lucent

LUCENT

-adj.

brilliant, shining, or translucent

Up north

Lucent dusks

Shimmering nights

Tender premature dawns

Crustaceous

CRUSTACEOUS

-adj.

1. forming, resembling, or possessing a surrounding crust or shell

2. (zoology) another word for crustacean

We cannot help

But marvel

At medieval beauty

Crustaceous lions

And stone lace

Plenteous

PLENTEOUS

-adj.

1. ample; abundant

2. producing or yielding abundantly

Summer creeps in

Our Georgian fare

Plenteous in colours,

Scents, and heat

Shill

SHILL

-noun
(slang) a confidence trickster's assistant, in particular a person who poses as an ordinary customer, gambler, etc., in order to entice others to participate

She sleeps now

The sweet shill

Dreaming of tricking you

Into feeding her scraps

In order to start a trend

So that she has not

To beg anymore

Infinite

INFINITE

-adj.

1. having no limits or boundaries in time, space, extent, or magnitude

2. extremely or immeasurably great or numerous

3. all-embracing, absolute, or total

4. (mathematics)

a. having an unlimited number of digits, factors, terms, members, etc.

b. (of a set) able to be put in a one-to-one correspondence with part of itself

c. (of an integral) having infinity as one or both limits of integration

One

Strand

Untied

At a time

A fisherman’s job

Infinite patience paramount

Twitten

TWITTEN

-noun

(Southeast England dialect) a narrow alleyway

Spring time

In the twitten

Listening to

Birdies tweet

Ample

AMPLE

-adj.

1. more than sufficient; abundant

2. large in size, extent, or amount

They come up to breathe

Ample land beasts

Ready to go back down

With every rise

Of the sea level

Pluvious

PLUVIOUS

-adj.

of or relating to rain; rainy

Where are your emotions?

Pluvious street art

Crying in the street

Alley

ALLEY

-noun
1. a narrow lane or passage, in particular one between or behind buildings.
2. (tennis, mainly US) the space between the singles and doubles sidelines
3. a walk in a park or garden, in particular one lined with trees or bushes

-noun
1. a large playing marble

Morning scuttles

Down the alley

On its way to the market

Waking up spiders

And lazy larks

Strain

STRAIN

-verb

1. to draw or be drawn taut; stretch tight

2. to exert, tax, or use (resources) to the utmost extent

3. to injure or damage or be injured or damaged by overexertion

4. to deform or be deformed as a result of a stress

5. (intr.) to make intense or violent efforts; strive

6. to subject or be subjected to mental tension or stress

7. to pour or pass (a substance) or (of a substance) to be poured or passed through a sieve, filter, or strainer

8. (trans.) to draw off or remove (one part of a substance or mixture from another) by or as if by filtering

9. (trans.) to clasp tightly; hug

10. (trans.) (obsolete) to force or constrain

11. (intr.; followed by “at”)

a. to push, pull, or work with violent exertion (upon)

b. to strive (for)

c. to balk or scruple (from)

-noun

12. the act or an instance of straining

13. the damage resulting from excessive exertion

14. an intense physical or mental effort

15. (music) (often plural) . a theme, melody, or tune

16. a great demand on the emotions, resources, etc.

17. a feeling of tension and tiredness resulting from overwork, worry, etc.; stress

18. a particular style or recurring theme in speech or writing

19. (physics) . the change in dimension of a body under load expressed as the ratio of the total deflection or change in dimension to the original unloaded dimension. It may be a ratio of lengths, areas, or volumes

-noun

1. the main body of descendants from one ancestor

2. a group of organisms within a species or variety, distinguished by one or more minor characteristics

3. a variety of bacterium or fungus, in particular when used for a culture

4. a streak; trace

5. (archaic) a kind, type, or sort

Fresh cheese

Enriched with cream

Strained for a night

Nuzzle

NUZZLE

-verb

1. to push or rub gently against the nose or snout

2. (intr.) to nestle; lie close

3. (trans.) to dig out with the snout

The magnificent

Fluff would nuzzle

Next to us

Snoring happily

Blither

BLITHER

-verb 
(intr.) to talk nonsense

Another dream; another blither
This time of old world building methods.
The smell of stewed birch brings back
Memories of drowned words

Derogatory

DEROGATORY

-adj.
tending or intended to detract, disparage, or belittle; intentionally offensive

Accused of

Derogatory comments

They cry out

For fake news

Benison

BENISON

-noun

(archaic) . a blessing, in particular a spoken one

Lifting their heart

In a song

Chanted benison

Wishing for rain

To fertilise

Their dreams

Dilettante

DILETTANTE

-noun
1. a person whose interest in a subject is superficial rather than professional
2. a person who loves the arts
-adj.
3. of or characteristic of a dilettante

I never could understand
How one who loves the arts
Could be called a dilettante
In such derogatory manner

Hurtle

HURTLE

-verb

1. to project or be projected very quickly, noisily, or violently

2. (intr.) (rare) . to collide or crash

By the harbour

Old and modern

Hurtle by

And somehow stick

Together

Vinification

VINIFICATION

-noun

the fermentation of the juice of grapes into wine

Glorious vinification

Turning sweetness into warmth

Inveigle

INVEIGLE

-verb
(trans; often followed by “into” or by an infinitive)
to lead (someone into a situation) or persuade (to do something) by cleverness or trickery; cajole

There she tries

To inveigle customers

Into giving her food

She gets cuddles

For being so cute

And gives me a

Rather indignant look

Delate

DELATE

-verb (trans.)
1. (formerly) to bring a charge against; denounce; impeach
2. (rare) to report (an offence, etc.)
3. (obsolete) to make known or public

A tell-tale fog

Delates the drinker

Of white wine

So chill