Lifehack

LIFEHACK

-noun

1. any procedure or action that solves a problem, simplifies a task, reduces frustration, etc., in one's everyday life

-verb

2. to live one's life in a way such as to simplify tasks and minimize problems

A toy car

Pure lifehack

For police enforcement

In narrow streets

Ferronière

FERRONIÈRE 

[ˌfɛrɒnˈjɛə]

-noun

a jewel on a chain, worn on the forehead

A simple head ornament

Stopping short of a ferronière

To leave the forehead vast and free

In a time where men

Didn’t think this was a threat

Of intelligence in women

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

Soubise

SOUBISE

-noun

a purée of onions mixed into a thick white sauce and served over eggs, fish, etc.

On my way to a soubise

I get distracted by weather

And redirect to gazpacho

Longanimity

LONGANIMITY

-noun

(rare) patience or forbearance

A rare quality

Longanimity

Pencil

PENCIL

-noun

1. a thin cylindrical instrument used for writing, drawing, etc., consisting of a rod of graphite or other marking substance, usually either encased in wood and sharpened or held in a mechanical metal device

2. something similar in shape or function

3. a narrow set of lines or rays, such as light rays, diverging from or converging to a point

4. (archaic) an artist's fine paintbrush

5. (rare) an artist's individual style or technique in drawing

-verb (trans.)

6. to draw, colour, or write with a pencil

7. to mark with a pencil

Playing around

Pencils and crayons

A child’s drawing

Serotine

SEROTINE

-adj.

1. Also: serotinal, serotinous (biology) . produced, flowering, or developing late in the season

-noun

2. either of two insectivorous bats, Eptesicus serotinus or Vespertilio serotinus: family Vespertilionidae

Late blooming

Serotine boxes

Nature saving

Bungle

BUNGLE

-verb

1. (trans.) .to spoil (an operation) through clumsiness, incompetence, etc; botch

-noun

2. a clumsy or unsuccessful performance or piece of work; mistake; botch

Trying to get the art in

Bungling shadows

The sun runs too fast

Adroit

ADROIT

[əˈdrɔɪt]

-adj.

1. skilful or dexterous

2. quick in thought or reaction

Morning shade

Allows for adroit mind

And quick solution to crosswords

Not permitted by later hours

And blistering heat

Commute

COMMUTE

-verb

1. (intr.) to travel some distance regularly between one's home and one's place of work

2. (trans.) to substitute; exchange

3. (trans.) (law) to reduce (a sentence) to one less severe

4. to pay (an annuity) at one time, especially with a discount, instead of in instalments

5. (trans.) to transform; change 

6. (intr.) to act as or be a substitute

7. (intr.) to make a substitution; change

-noun

8. a journey made by commuting

Morning commute:

Hills hit by rain
The earth sighs

Lard

LARD

-noun

1. the rendered fat from a pig, especially from the abdomen, used in cooking

2. (informal) excess fat on a person's body

-verb (trans.)

3. to prepare (lean meat, poultry, etc.) by inserting small strips of bacon or fat before cooking

4. to cover or smear (foods) with lard

5. to add extra material to (speech or writing); embellish

Not lard as per the English sense

Yet perfectly suitable for larding

Excitement

EXCITEMENT

-noun

1. the state of being excited

2. a person or thing that excites; stimulation or thrill

In the current heat

My return home is

No source for excitement

Pastor

PASTOR

-noun

1. a clergyman or priest in charge of a congregation

2. a person who exercises spiritual guidance over a number of people

3. an archaic word for shepherd

4. Also called: rosy pastor. a S Asian starling, Sturnus roseus, having glossy black head and wings and a pale pink body

In the shadow of a church

A pastor and his flock

Of grotesque monsters

Papyrus

PAPYRUS

-noun

1. a tall aquatic cyperaceous plant, Cyperus papyrus, of S Europe and N and central Africa with small green-stalked flowers arranged like umbrella spokes around the stem top

2. a kind of paper made from the stem pith of this plant, used by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans

3. an ancient document written on this paper

Medieval papyrus

Barely decipherable

Eaten by moths

Or years

Wave

WAVE

-verb

1. to move or cause to move freely to and fro

2. (intr.) to move the hand to and fro as a greeting

3. to signal or signify by or as if by waving something

4. (trans.) to direct to move by or as if by waving something

5. to form or be formed into curves, undulations, etc.

6. (trans.) to give a wavy or watered appearance to (silk, etc.)

7. (trans.) to set waves in (the hair)

-noun

8. one of a sequence of ridges or undulations that moves across the surface of a body of a liquid - especially the sea - created by the wind or a moving object and gravity

9. any undulation on or at the edge of a surface reminiscent of such a wave

10. anything that suggests the movement of a wave, as by a sudden rise

11. a widespread movement that advances in a body

12. the act or an instance of waving

13. (physics) an oscillation propagated through a medium or space such that energy is periodically interchanged between two kinds of disturbance.

14. (physics) a graphical representation of a wave obtained by plotting the magnitude of the disturbance against time at a particular point in the medium or space; waveform

15. a prolonged spell of some weather condition

16. an undulating curve or series of curves or loose curls in the hair

17. an undulating pattern or finish on a fabric

The sea is long gone

Leaving waves of sand behind

For dry storms

Sheep

SHEEP

-noun

1. any of various bovid mammals of the genus Ovis and related genera, especially O. aries (domestic sheep), having transversely ribbed horns and a narrow face. Related adjective: ovine

2. a meek or timid person, especially one without initiative

As a lover of comics

Dedicated to sheep

I delight in the encounter

Of un-sheepish individuals

Shepherd

SHEPHERD

-noun

1. a person employed to tend sheep. Female equivalent: shepherdess.

2. a person, such as a clergyman, who watches over or guides a group of people

-verb (trans.)

3. to guide or watch over in the manner of a shepherd

4. (Australian Rules football) to prevent opponents from tackling (a member of one's own team) by blocking their path

Kicking up cans and bottles

Out of his flock’s way

The shepherd lets out strings of grumbles

Aimed at litterers’ ancestors

Coriander

CORIANDER

-noun

a European umbelliferous plant, Coriandrum sativum, widely cultivated for its aromatic seeds and leaves, used in flavouring food, etc. 

Not an Italian favourite

Disliked by many

Adored by a select few

Coriander can be hard to find

But well worth the hunt

Enervated

ENERVATED

-adj.

(literary) having been deprived of strength or vitality  

Caught in mid move

Collapsing, enervated

Always ready for a nap

Scheming

SCHEMING

-adj.

1. given to making plots; cunning

-noun

2. intrigues

Dirty look shot

From behind moss

Scheming foe

Caught in marble

Flock

FLOCK

-noun (sometimes functioning as plural)

1. a group of animals of one kind, especially sheep or birds

2. a large number of people; crowd

3. a body of Christians regarded as the pastoral charge of a priest, a bishop, the pope, etc.

4. (rare) a band of people; group

-verb (intr.)

5. to gather together or move in a flock

6. to go in large numbers 

-noun

1. a tuft, as of wool, hair, cotton, etc.

2. waste from fabrics such as cotton, wool, or other cloth used for stuffing mattresses, upholstered chairs, etc.

3. very small tufts of wool applied to fabrics, wallpaper, etc., to give a raised pattern

4. another word for floccule

-verb

5. (trans.) to fill, cover, or ornament with flock

Walking the flock

Flocking the ground

Shocked

SHOCKED

-adj.

1. very upset; in a state of shock

2. surprised and scandalized 

What did the fountain see

That it should look so shocked?

Randy cardinal 

Phantasime

PHANTASIME

[ˈfæntəˌsiːm]

-noun

a person who is extremely imaginative and fanciful

What phantasime

Invented those snakes?

Temptation of apples

Coiled in one body

Scared

SCARED

-adj.

frightened or nervous

Hiding in the shade

Scared stone cries

And vomits in anguish

Cod

COD

-noun

1. any of the gadoid food fishes of the genus Gadus, especially G. morhua (or G. callarias), which occurs in the North Atlantic and has a long body with three rounded dorsal fins: family Gadidae. They are also a source of cod-liver oil

2. any other fish of the family Gadidae

3. (Australian) any of various unrelated Australian fish, such as the Murray cod

-noun

1. (British & US, dialect) a pod or husk

2. an obsolete word for scrotum

3. (obsolete) a bag or envelope

-verb  (trans.)

1. (British & Irish, slang) to make fun of; tease

2. (British & Irish, slang) to play a trick on; fool

-noun

3. (British & Irish, slang) a hoax or trick

4. (Irish, slang) a fraud; hoaxer

-adj.(prenominal)

5. (British, slang) mock; sham 

-noun

1. (Northern England, dialect) a fellow; chap

Roast cod palette

Good but unnecessary

Addition to a busy dish

“Too many notes”

Personification

PERSONIFICATION

-noun

1. the attribution of human characteristics to things, abstract ideas, etc., as for literary or artistic effect

2. the representation of an abstract quality or idea in the form of a person, creature, etc., as in art and literature

3. a person or thing that personifies

4. a person or thing regarded as an embodiment of a quality

Any cat

Personification of cool

Aloofness and style

This one

Silliness too

Portray

PORTRAY

-verb (trans.)

1. to represent in a painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.; make a portrait of

2. to make a verbal picture of; depict in words

3. to play the part of (a character) in a play or film

Pickportrait

Stolen moment

Sly portray

Of strangers

Mundane

MUNDANE

-adj.

1. everyday, ordinary, or banal

2. relating to the world or worldly matters

Expression

From the mundane

As the cost of a tilt

Personification

Ruction

RUCTION

-noun (informal)

1. an uproar; noisy or quarrelsome disturbance

2. (plural) a violent and unpleasant row; trouble 

Violent splashes

A ruction of colours

Street art on bricks