Thursday 31 October 2013

Peroration

PERORATION

-noun
(rhetoric) . the conclusion of a speech or discourse, in which points made previously are summed up or recapitulated, especially with greater emphasis
























The emphasis is there already
No need for further peroration
But why did it have to be blue?

Wednesday 30 October 2013

Indolence

INDOLENCE

-noun
1. (formal) . a dislike of work or effort; laziness; idleness.
2. (pathology) . the fact or state of causing little pain
3. (pathology) . (especially of a painless ulcer) slowness to heal

















It twists and turns
A mad game of maze
But some vexing form
Of bark and lymph indolence
Is keeping it from soaring

Tuesday 29 October 2013

Quintet



QUINTET

-noun
1. a group of five singers or instrumentalists or a piece of music composed for such a group
2. any group of five






















She plays along
My mind is grouping
The eyelets on her boots
Into shiny quintets
Something about eye-level
Mass distractions

Monday 28 October 2013

Quirk



QUIRK

-noun
1. an individual peculiarity of character; mannerism or foible
2. an unexpected twist or turn
3. a continuous groove in an architectural moulding
4. a flourish, as in handwriting

















We look up at all the quirks
To find pigeons mocking us
A vague bullying presence
Scabby poxy rats with wings

Sunday 27 October 2013

Scallop

SCALLOP

-noun
1. any of various marine bivalves of the family Pectinidae, having a fluted fan-shaped shell: includes free-swimming species (genus Pecten) and species attached to a substratum (genus Chlamys)
2. the edible adductor muscle of certain of these molluscs
3. either of the shell valves of any of these molluscs
4. a scallop shell or similarly shaped dish, in which fish, especially shellfish, is cooked and served
5. one of a series of curves along an edge, especially an edge of cloth
6. the shape of a scallop shell used as the badge of a pilgrim, especially in the Middle Ages (mainly 7. Australian) a potato cake fried in batter
-verb
8. (trans.) to decorate (an edge) with scallops
9. to bake (food) in a scallop shell or similar dish
10. (intr.) to collect scallop






















The sea-ness of it all
Flesh tender yet submissive
Sweet in an almost sexual way
Like eating a mermaid's thigh
Scallop dusted in seaweed



Saturday 26 October 2013

Cacoethes



CACOETHES
[ˌkækəʊˈiːθiːz]

-noun
an uncontrollable urge or desire, especially for something harmful; mania






















He has this thing
This cacoethes for running across roads
And getting ran over
His game leg a badge of dubious honour
Just a stubborn stupid cat

Friday 25 October 2013

Recondite



RECONDITE

-adj.
1. requiring special knowledge to be understood; abstruse
2. dealing with abstruse or profound subjects



















Music
Recondite with resonances
Magic on a page
Though the wind knows it all