Beignet

BEIGNET

[ˈbɛnjeɪ]

-noun

(mainly US & and Canadian) Hot fritter - a square deep-fried pastry served hot and sprinkled with icing sugar

Breakfast beignets

Filled with pastry cream

Make cold days warmer

Scrat

SCRAT 

[skræt]

-verb

(trans.) (obsolete)  to scratch

Too high

To scrat

Too high

To cuddle

Fuzzy grumpy bird

Benitier

BENITIER 

[bɛˈnɪtɪeɪ]

-noun

a basin to hold holy water

Children came in

Bearing gifts of vast shells

Benitiers to drown our tears

Yet we failed to see their wings

Fluttering in the dark

Doxastic

DOXASTIC

-adj.

(logic)

1. of or relating to belief

2. denoting the branch of modal logic that studies the concept of belief

Ancient paintings

Traces of doxastic habits

Smothered in excess gold

Stolen and disappeared

Peter

PETER

-verb

1. (intr.) (followed by “out” or “away”) to fall (off) in volume, intensity, etc., and finally cease 

-verb

1. to play a high card before a low one in a suit, usually a conventional signal of a doubleton holding or of strength in that suit

-noun

2. the act of petering

-noun (slang)

1. a safe, till, or cash box

2. a prison cell

3. the witness box in a courtroom

4. (mainly US) a slang word for penis

When callers started

Petering away

Nobody thought

About mending

The door knock

Freshen

FRESHEN

-verb

1. to make or become fresh or fresher

2. (often followed by ‘up’) . to refresh (oneself), especially by washing

3. (intr.) (of the wind) to increase

4. to lose or cause to lose saltiness

5. (intr.) (mainly US)

a. (of farm animals) to give birth

b. (of cows) to commence giving milk after calving

Stopping by

To freshen up

Away from

A freshening wind

Shambolic

SHAMBOLIC

-adj.

(informal) completely disorganized; chaotic

In the midst

of shambolic designs

Peace 

Epulation

EPULATION

-noun

the act of feasting

The table is set

Read for the rush

Towards epulation

Pernickety

PERNICKETY

-adj.

1. (informal) excessively precise and attentive to detail; fussy

2. (of a task) requiring close attention; exacting

Her Royal Fluffiness

Demands the best

Pernickety from her tail

To the tip of her whiskers

Pouncet

POUNCET

-noun

box with a perforated top used for perfume

Pomander

A portable pouncet

Old fashioned freshener

Crenate

CRENATE

-adj.

having a scalloped margin, as certain leaves

Looking at the galaxy

Looking for crenate patterns

To go with the dining room clouds

Arcuation

ARCUATION

-noun

1. the use of arches or vaults in buildings

2. an arrangement of arches

The art of arcuation

Taken to its extreme

Apricity

APRICITY

-noun

the warmth of the sun in winter

January morning

A skimpily dressed lady

Basking in apricity

Hiemal

HIEMAL

-adj.

of or occurring in winter

Vaporous sea

Hiemal pool

Waiting for a dream boat

Lobster

LOBSTER

-noun

1. any of several large marine decapod crustaceans of the genus Homarus, especially  H. vulgaris, occurring on rocky shores and having the first pair of limbs modified as large pincers

2. any of several similar crustaceans, especially the spiny lobster

3. the flesh of any of these crustaceans, eaten as a delicacy

A side salad

Of lobster and artichoke

Fresh herbs and mandarins

Too small always

Bogart

BOGART

-verb

(trans.) (slang) to monopolize or keep (something) to oneself selfishly

She knows how to whistle

I am being told off

For bogarting my cuddles

Gnomic

GNOMIC

-adj.

1. consisting of, containing, or relating to gnomes or aphorisms

2. of or relating to a writer of such sayings

Looking at it

Any which way I might

I cannot stop searching

For a gnomic sense

To that first definition

Ratiocinate

RATIOCINATE

[ˌrætɪˈɒsɪˌneɪt]

-verb

(intr.) to think or argue logically and methodically; reason

At liberty at last

To ratiocinate about her future

She was able to draw

Her own unpalatable conclusions

Glib

GLIB

-adj.

fluent and easy, often in an insincere or deceptive way

Haphazard puzzle

Glib cut and paste

Baroque restoration

Witter

WITTER

-verb

1. (intr.) often followed by “on” . to chatter or babble pointlessly or at unnecessary length

-noun

2. pointless chat; chatter

They were going to play

But Arnord started to witter

On and on until the girls

Decided to cast him away

With a farewell spell

Desist

DESIST

-verb

(intr.) often followed by “from” . to cease, as from an action; stop or abstain

When fog sets in

And your auto-focus desists

New realities creep in

Leftovers

LEFTOVERS

-plural noun

an unused portion or remnant, as of material or cooked food  

Turned to quiche or lasagne,

Quick pasta sauce or

Heavy breakfast sandwiches

Leftovers will be recycled

Cendre

CENDRE

-adj.

a particular shade of ash-blond

Not yet a full calico

She still teeters

On the brink of cendre

And dirt bag

Garb

GARB

-noun

1. clothes, especially the distinctive attire of an occupation or profession 

2. style of dress; fashion

3. external appearance, covering, or attire

'

Enter into a world

Where gender isn’t as relevant

As the species whose garb you wear

So many tasteful faux-pas

Extend

EXTEND

-verb

1. to draw out or be drawn out; stretch

2. to last for a certain time

3. (intr.) to reach a certain point in time or distance

4. (intr.) to exist or occur

5. (trans.) to increase (a building, etc.) in size or area; add to or enlarge

6. (trans.) to broaden the meaning or scope of

7. (trans.) to put forth, present, or offer

8. to stretch forth (an arm, etc.)

9. (trans.) to lay out (a body) at full length

10. (trans.) to strain or exert (a person or animal) to the maximum

11. (trans.) to prolong (the time originally set) for payment of (a debt, or loan), completion of (a task), etc.

12. (trans.) (accounting)

a. to carry forward

b. to calculate the amount of (a total, balance, etc)

13. (trans.) (law) (formerly in England) to value or assess (land)

Cold and fog

Extending each other

In the approach of night

Light is vanquished

Practice

PRACTICE

-noun

1. a usual or customary action or proceeding

2. repetition or exercise of an activity in order to achieve mastery and fluency

3. the condition of having mastery of a skill or activity through repetition

4. the exercise of a profession

5. the act of doing something

6. the established method of conducting proceedings in a court of law

-verb

7. the US spelling of practise

Years of practice

Made his ravioli skills perfect

Clime

CLIME

-noun

(poetic) a region or its climate

Ghosts and clime

Weaving legends

In vaporous garb

Glee

GLEE

-noun

1. great merriment or delight, often caused by someone else's misfortune

2. a type of song originating in 18th-century England, sung by three or more unaccompanied voices 

All teeth out

Stone glee leers at tourist

Most do not see

Carrot

CARROT

-noun

1. an umbelliferous plant, Daucus carota sativa, with finely divided leaves and flat clusters of small white flowers

2. the long tapering now mostly orange root of this plant, eaten as a vegetable

3. something offered as a lure or incentive

Like jewels

Fragrant carrot morsels

On braised cheek

Blatant

BLATANT

-adj.

1. glaringly conspicuous or obvious

2. offensively noticeable

3. offensively noisy

I ask her to pose

She starts giggling

In her paw

Blatant disregard

For the photographer

Gaffe

GAFFE

-noun

a social blunder, especially a tactless remark

I would whisper 

Happy New Year

But it could be a gaffe