Appropriation

APPROPRIATION

-noun

1. the act of setting apart or taking for one's own use

2. a sum of money set apart for a specific purpose, especially by a legislature

French saint for

An Italian church

Holy appropriation

Wrapped in tricolore

Spaghetti

SPAGHETTI

-plural noun

long, thin, cylindrical, and solid pasta

Spaghetti with clams

(Smoked in this case)

An Italian summer classic

Brusque

BRUSQUE

[bruːsk]

-adj.

blunt or curt in manner or speech

He is a professional

Brusque and swift in manners

Straight to the point:

Have you food or have you not?

Locus

LOCUS

-noun

1. (in many legal phrases) a place or area, especially the place where something occurred

2. (mathematics) . a set of points whose location satisfies or is determined by one or more specified conditions

3. (genetics) . the position of a particular gene on a chromosome

Running a visual survey

Over the locus

San Benedetto del Tronto

Adhibit

ADHIBIT

-verb (trans.) (rare)

1. to administer or apply

2. to affix; attach

The town hall employees have been by

To adhibit cultural manifestos

And commercial ads under the bridge

Anagnorisis

ANAGNORISIS

-noun

(in Greek tragedy) the recognition or discovery by the protagonist of the identity of some character or the nature of his own predicament, which leads to the resolution of the plot; denouement

The third panel unfolds it all

The anagnorisis and key

A mad dash for sense and story

Suppositious

SUPPOSITIOUS

-adj.

deduced from supposition; hypothetical

Closed shutters allowing

Suppositious verdicts

They could be home still

Supposititious

SUPPOSITITIOUS

-adj.

substituted with intent to mislead or deceive

Just a zooming lens

Supposititious trick

Leading us astray

Sorosis

SOROSIS

-noun

a fleshy multiple fruit, such as that of the pineapple and mulberry, formed from flowers that are crowded together on a fleshy stem

Sorosis love and

Roses so fragrant

Such luscious match

Ailurophile

AILUROPHILE

-noun

a person who likes cats

Only an ailurophile

Could save and love

This poor creature yet

Love is not measured in legs

Fascicle

FASCICLE

-noun

1. a bundle or cluster of branches, leaves, etc.

2. also: fasciculus (anatomy) . a small bundle of fibres, especially nerve fibres

3. (printing) . another name for fascicule

4. any small bundle or cluster

Laced in rubber

Glass fascicles

Parading as snakes

Swelt

SWELT

-verb

1. (intr.) to perish

2. (trans.) to scorch

Even for a short period

So much light swelts film

Or sensitive cells on my phone

Soon

SOON

-adv.

in or after a short time; in a little while; before long   

Here repose

Locks of love

Soon forgotten

Left to corrode

In the sea breeze

While Penelope

Watches on

Distend

DISTEND

-verb

1. to expand or be expanded by or as if by pressure from within; swell; inflate

2. (trans.) to stretch out or extend

3. (trans.) to magnify in importance; exaggerate

Do not be fooled

Hot air distends its smile

Not amusement

Tourbillon

TOURBILLON

-noun

a device in a mechanical watch which prevents errors due to changes in gravity

After too many glasses

My tourbillon turns to maelstrom

And I forget where is up

Or down 

Turbid

TURBID

-adj.

1. muddy or opaque, as a liquid clouded with a suspension of particles

2. dense, thick, or cloudy

3. in turmoil or confusion

Ice flakes and syrups

Turbid concoction

Summer delight

Malengine

MALENGINE
[mælˈɛndʒɪn]

-noun

(archaic, poetic) . a wicked plan or deceit

Her plans are poetic

Archaic and wicked

Malengine dreams

Morbidezza

MORBIDEZZA

-noun

1. a delicate representation of flesh tones in painting

2. a musical term denoting a soft or delicate performance of a piece

Delicate hues

Shimmering morbidezza

Dawn rippling over the sea

Pyrophoric

PYROPHORIC

-adj.

1. (of a chemical) igniting spontaneously on contact with air

2. (of an alloy) producing sparks when struck or scraped 

Heating up beach sand

A low pyrophoric light

Everyday news

Sothic

SOTHIC

-adj.

relating to the star Sirius or to the rising of this star

Looking at dusk

With sothic hopes

Wishing for a star

To lighten the night

Gainsay

GAINSAY

-verb

(trans.) (archaic or literary) . to deny (an allegation, a statement, etc.); contradict

A difficult point of balance

Dancing in the wind

Gainsaying gravity and logic

Strive

STRIVE

-verb

1. (may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to make a great and tenacious effort

2. (intr.) to fight; contend

Strive did the angel of death

But could not beat the old ship

Resurrected once again

Ready for a new coat of paint