Thursday, 28 February 2013

Adoxography

ADOXOGRAPHY

-noun
fine writing in praise of trivial or base subjects














 







My office
A monument
To adoxography
In every pile

Wednesday, 27 February 2013

Albicant


ALBICANT

-adj.
Growing or becoming white.























In the bathroom mirror
Images talk of an albicant future
And I think of all the painted gods
We once had, gilded and strong
Now utterly blanched.

Tuesday, 26 February 2013

Tensile


TENSILE

-adj.
1. of or relating to tension
2. sufficiently ductile to be stretched or drawn out























I like to think
My mind as tensile matter
Yet find
It sometimes snaps
With an angry report.




Monday, 25 February 2013

Offing


OFFING

-noun
1. the part of the deep sea seen from the shore
2. the near or foreseeable future























Staring at the offing
With a wish to escape
With a wish to dive
We can but stay on the shore