Babble

BABBLE

-verb

1. to utter (words, sounds, etc.) in an incoherent or indistinct jumble

2. (intr.) to talk foolishly, incessantly, or irrelevantly

3. (trans.) to disclose (secrets, confidences, etc.) carelessly or impulsively

4. (intr.) (of streams, birds, etc.) to make a low murmuring or bubbling sound

-noun

5. incoherent or foolish speech; chatter

6. a murmuring or bubbling sound

You can’t hear the birds sing

Above the babble of water

And children’s laughter

Ravioli

RAVIOLI

-noun

small squares of pasta containing a usually savoury mixture of meat, or cheese, etc.

Traditional fun fare

Playing with dough

For Sunday ravioli

 

Gang

GANG

-noun

1. a group of people who associate together or act as an organized body, especially for criminal or illegal purposes

an organized group of workmen

2. a herd of buffaloes or elks or a pack of wild dogs

3. (New Zealand) a group of shearers who travel to different shearing sheds, shearing, classing, and baling wool

4. a series of similar tools arranged to work simultaneously in parallel

-verb

5. to form into, become part of, or act as a gang

6. (trans.) (electronics) . to mount (two or more components, such as variable capacitors) on the same shaft, permitting adjustment by a single control

-verb

1. (Scottish) to go

-noun

1. valueless and undesirable material, such as quartz in small quantities, in an ore. Also: gangue

A precious gang

Ever ready for mischief

Looking for homes

 

Reunion

REUNION

-noun

1. the act or process of coming together again

2. the state or condition of having been brought together again

3. a gathering of relatives, friends, or former associates

Years after the play

A reunion was planned

But for her death

In memoriam Valentina D'Arrigo