Pelf

PELF

-noun

derogatory . money or wealth, especially if dishonestly acquired; lucre

Winter is slowly

Robbing the vines

Of their mottled pelf

Delitescent

DELITESCENT

-adj.

concealed; hidden; latent.

You pass by, still,

Ignoring the delitescent

A detail gone un-noticed

Rusting in the shade

Tantamount

TANTAMOUNT

–adj.
equivalent, as in value, force, effect, or signification

A little whitewash in an empty place

A few scratches applied to the surface

All tantamount to sketching, etching

An intensity born of legal vandalism

 

Ensign

ENSIGN

-noun

1. a flag flown by a ship, branch of the armed forces, etc., to indicate nationality, allegiance, etc.

2. any flag, standard, or banner

3. a standard-bearer

4. a symbol, token, or emblem; sign

5. (in the US Navy) a commissioned officer of the lowest rank

6. (in the British infantry) a colours bearer

7. (formerly in the British infantry) a commissioned officer of the lowest rank

On the horizon

An array of ensigns

Cypresses marking a path

Epiphany

EPIPHANY

-noun

1. the manifestation of a supernatural or divine reality

2. any moment of great or sudden revelation

-noun

written with a capital E . a Christian festival held on Jan 6, commemorating, in the Western Church, the manifestation of Christ to the Magi and, in the Eastern Church, the baptism of Christ 

Pareidolia

Nothing short of epiphany

Teddy-bears coming out of the shadows

Or is it aliens?

Celeriac

CELERIAC

-noun

a variety of celery, Apium graveolens rapaceum, with a large turnip-like root, used as a vegetable

I might not have recognised

The humble celeriac in such a guise

But for its pungent scent and taste

Vagrant

VAGRANT

-noun

1. a person of no settled abode, income, or job; tramp

2. a migratory animal that is off course

-adj.

3. wandering about; nomadic

4. of, relating to, or characteristic of a vagrant or vagabond

5. moving in an erratic fashion, without aim or purpose; wayward

6. (of plants) showing uncontrolled or straggling growth

She prefers this

The vagrant life

The sting of hunger

Over comfort

And lip service

To human minions

Wintry

WINTRY

-adj.

1. (esp of weather) of or characteristic of winter
2. lacking cheer or warmth; bleak
also: wintery or winterly

Wintry weather

Still lurks in the air

But for the optimism

Of almond flowers

Lipogram

LIPOGRAM

-noun

a piece of writing from which all words containing a particular letter have been deliberately omitted

To lazy for brave vowel-based lipograms

I stay clear of a few unsightly consonants

Misoneism

MISONEISM

-noun

hatred or dislike of what is new or represents change.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just a few hours old

The new year already shows

Ominous signs of misoneism