Coda

CODA

-noun

1. (music) . the final, sometimes inessential, part of a musical structure

2. a concluding part of a literary work

As a ten years period concludes

The works drag into a coda

And I am free once again

To let words go on their journey



My gratitude and thanks to the readers. 

Wuther

WUTHER

-verb

(intr.) (English dialect) . (of wind) to blow forcefully with a roaring sound

A wuthering end is coming

Mostly ignored by the public at large

Spreading crumbs into oblivion

mezzaluna

MEZZALUNA

[ˌmɛtsəˈluːnə]

-noun

a kitchen chopper shaped like a half-moon and having a handle at each end

The moon, a metal rifle and faint

Sharp mezzaluna sunk in its wooden sky

Burning the kitchen with green fire,

The acrid sense of martyred herbs

Kawaii

KAWAII

-adj.

1. denoting a Japanese artistic and cultural style that emphasizes the quality of cuteness, using bright colours and characters with a childlike appearance

-noun

2. (in Japanese art and culture) the quality of being lovable or cute

Rain on the top of its brain

Like a ragged mouse-hole

Scruffy kawaii love

Hunted by the ghosts

Of lost cuddles

At the edge of a dream

Contabescence

CONTABESCENCE

[ˌkɒntəˈbɛsəns]

-noun

1. (botany) . (of an anther) the condition of being unable to produce pollen

2. (obsolete) . the act of decaying

He sits on a bench
Contemplating his contabescence
Forgetting who he is
And which colour were
His one love's eyes 

Deteriorate

DETERIORATE

-verb

1. to make or become worse or lower in quality, value, character, etc.; depreciate

2. (intr.) to wear away or disintegrate

There we are

Standing around the mental parts of sight.

At the background of fate,

The fall of windows each marked by some old sky

Deteriorating as a flame leaves

Each street sunk and gritty around the edges

Of a common storm 

Future

FUTURE

-noun

1. the time yet to come

2. undetermined events that will occur in that time

3. the condition of a person or thing at a later date

4. likelihood of later improvement or advancement

5. (grammar)

a. a tense of verbs used when the action or event described is to occur after the time of utterance

b. a verb in this tense

-adj.

6. that is yet to come or be

7. of or expressing time yet to come

8. (prenominal) destined to become

9. (grammar) . in or denoting the future as a tense of verbs

Three dots floating

Over water, future

Uncertain and questions

Open or unasked

Income

INCOME

-noun

1. the amount of monetary or other returns, either earned or unearned, accruing over a given period of time

2. receipts; revenue

3. (rare) . an inflow or influx

Fishing for an income

In the rainy morning

Hoping for a hot drink

Title

TITLE

-noun

1. the distinctive name of a work of art, musical, or literary composition, etc.

2. a descriptive name, caption, or heading of a section of a book, speech, etc.

3. a name or epithet signifying rank, office, or function

4. a formal designation, such as Mr, Mrs, or Miss

5. an appellation designating nobility

6. (cinema)

a.  short for subtitle

b. written material giving credits in a film or television programme

7. (sport) . a championship

8. (property law)

a. the legal right to possession of property in particular real property

b. the basis of such right

c. the documentary evidence of such right

9. (law)

a. the heading or a division of a statute, book of law, etc.

b. the heading of a suit or action at law

10. any customary or established right

11. a claim based on a customary or established right

12. a definite spiritual charge or office in the church, without appointment to which a candidate for holy orders cannot lawfully be ordained

13. (Roman Catholic Church) . a titular church

-verb

14. (trans.) to give a title to

The story ends
In a little while
Leaving titles standing
Awaiting decay

Jacknife

 JACKKNIFE

-noun

1. a knife with the blade pivoted to fold into a recess in the handle

2. a former name for a type of dive in which the diver bends at the waist in mid-air, with the legs straight and the hands touching the feet, finally straightening out and entering the water headfirst: forward pike dive

-verb (intr.)

3. (of an articulated lorry) to go out of control in such a way that the trailer swings round at an angle to the cab

4. to make a jackknife dive

Cutting through summer
Honey with a jackknife
Dreams staining its blade

Fuss

FUSS

-noun

1. nervous activity or agitation, in particular if disproportionate or unnecessary

2. complaint or objection

3. an exhibition of affection or admiration, especilaly if excessive

4. a quarrel; dispute

-verb

5. (intr.) to worry unnecessarily

6. (intr.) to be excessively concerned over trifles

7. (when intr., usually followed by “over”) to show great or excessive concern, affection, etc. (for)

8. (intr.; followed by “with”) (Jamaican) . to quarrel violently

9. (trans.) to bother (a person)

Refusing to be ignored
She demands a fuss
And will not be denied

Menology

MENOLOGY

-noun
1. an ecclesiastical calendar of the months
2. (Eastern Churches) . a liturgical book containing the lives of the saints arranged by months

Seek the dreams
Of torn menology
Across the walls
Of urban fog


Street art by ExVotoFecit

Keck

KECK

-verb (intr.) (mainly US)
1. to retch or feel nausea
2. to feel or express disgust

-noun
another name for cow parsnip, cow parsley

White pages
Made her keck
And write quicker
To fill a void
In her mind

Ritual

RITUAL

-noun

1. the prescribed or established form of a religious or other ceremony

2. such prescribed forms in general or collectively

3. stereotyped activity or behaviour

4. (psychology) . any repetitive behaviour, such as hand-washing, performed by a person with a compulsive personality disorder

5. any formal act, institution, or procedure that is followed consistently

-adj.

6. of, relating to, or characteristic of religious, social, or other rituals

A tribute
Ritual blood
Painted over walls
To curry favours

Extol

EXTOL

-verb

(trans.) to praise lavishly; exalt

Fire
Extols night
As its best friend
And accomplice