Crass

CRASS

-adj.

stupid; gross

He comes in for cuddles

The crass creature

Who could resist him

Despite his dirty nose?

Intricate

INTRICATE

-adj.

1. difficult to understand; obscure; complex; puzzling

2. entangled or involved

Under the golden tree

An intricate lace

A struggle for power

And more dying sun 

Friend

FRIEND

-noun

1. a person known well to another and regarded with liking, affection, and loyalty; an intimate

2. an acquaintance or associate

3. an ally in a fight or cause; supporter

4. a fellow member of a party, society, etc.

5. a patron or supporter 

-verb

6. to add (a person) to one's list of contacts on a social networking website

7. an archaic word for befriend

Visiting

A dear friend

Talking until late

Waking up to watch the dawn

Wonderful

WONDERFUL

-adj.

1. exciting a feeling of wonder; marvellous or strange

2. extremely fine; excellent

In dark days

The light wonderful

Warming galaxies

Oversight

OVERSIGHT

-noun

1. an omission or mistake, especially one made through failure to notice something

2. supervision

In an oversight

I forgot my duties

The oversight of tea

Making darkness

Strip

STRIP

-verb

1. to take or pull (the covering, clothes, etc.) off (oneself, another person, or thing)

2. (intr.) to remove all one's clothes

3. (intr.) to perform a striptease

4. (trans.) to denude or empty completely

5. (trans.) to deprive

6. (trans.) to rob or plunder

7. (trans.) to remove (paint, varnish, etc) from (a surface, furniture, etc) by sanding, with a solvent, etc 

8. Also: pluck (trans.) . to pull out the old coat of hair from (dogs of certain long- and wire-haired breeds)

9. to remove the leaves from the stalks of (tobacco, etc.)

10. to separate the two sides of a leaf from the stem of (tobacco, etc)

11. (trans.) (agriculture) . to draw the last milk from each of the teats of (a cow)

12. to dismantle (an engine, mechanism, etc)

13. to tear off or break (the thread) from (a screw, bolt, etc) or (the teeth) from (a gear)

14. (often followed by “down”) . to remove the accessories from (a motor vehicle)

15. to remove (the most volatile constituent) from (a mixture of liquids) by boiling, evaporation, or distillation

16. (printing) (usually followed by “in”) . to combine (pieces of film or paper) to form a composite sheet from which a plate can be made

17. (trans.) (in freight transport) . to unpack (a container) 

-noun

18. the act or an instance of undressing or of performing a striptease

-noun

1. a relatively long, flat, narrow piece of something

2. short for airstrip

3. (philately) a horizontal or vertical row of three or more un-separated postage stamps

4. the clothes worn by the members of a team, especially a football team

5. (business) a triple option on a security or commodity consisting of one call option and two put options at the same price and for the same period

-verb

6. to cut or divide into strips

A strip of stranger

Kept for old time’s sake

Cracked yet burning still

Memories

Quinoa

QUINOA

-noun

a grain high in nutrients traditionally grown as a staple food high in the Andes

Sunday morning treat

Quinoa porridge full of sun

And luscious cream cheese

Poltroon

POLTROON

-noun

1. an abject or contemptible coward

-adj.

2. a rare word for cowardly

Diffident poltroon

Hiding on the roof

Clouds cowed in unison

Resilient

RESILIENT

-adj.

1. (of an object or material) capable of regaining its original shape or position after bending, stretching, compression, or other deformation; elastic

2. (of a person) recovering easily and quickly from shock, illness, hardship, etc.; irrepressible

Climate change

Is not a matter for resilient penguins

The earth is dying

Chav

CHAV

-noun

(British, informal, derogatory) . a young working-class person whose tastes, although sometimes expensive, are considered vulgar by some

It’s obvious from their faces

That they are far from raptus

And consider him a chav

For all his crimson glory

Chawbacon

CHAWBACON

-noun

(pejorative) . an unsophisticated person of low intellect

In the shadows

Lurks the chawbacon

Ready to pounce

In your timeline

Cheap

CHEAP

-adj.

1. costing relatively little; inexpensive; good value

2. charging low prices

3. of poor quality; shoddy

4. worth relatively little

5. not worthy of respect; vulgar

6. ashamed; embarrassed

7. stingy; miserly

8. (informal) mean; despicable 

Bad weather and

Cheap filters

For moody shots of

Nothing much

Insane

INSANE

-adj.

1. mentally deranged; crazy; of unsound mind

2. characteristic of a person of unsound mind

3. irresponsible; very foolish; stupid

Like a ghost

Scrapping nails on a blackboard,

The cough inside my head

Is driving me insane

Skim

SKIM

-verb

1. (trans.) to remove floating material from the surface of (a liquid), as with a spoon

2. to glide smoothly or lightly over (a surface)

3. (trans.) to throw (something) in a path over a surface, so as to bounce or ricochet over water

4. (when intr., usually followed by “through”) . to read (a book) in a superficial or cursory manner

5. to cover (a liquid) with a thin layer or (of liquid) to become coated in this way, as with ice, scum, etc.

-noun

6. the act or process of skimming

7. material skimmed off a liquid, especially off milk

8. the liquid left after skimming

9. any thin layer covering a surface

First skim some broth

Then add squash and

A piece of preserved lemon

Serve with cream

Glaikit

GLAIKIT

-adj.

(Scottish) foolish; silly; thoughtless 

Meet the local goof

Glaikit pole dancer

Fierce union leader

And cushion barnacle

Harridan

HARRIDAN

-noun

a scolding old woman; nag

The feedback is clear

When stressed

I turn to a harridan

No surprise

Plaudit

PLAUDIT

-noun (usually plural)

1. an expression of enthusiastic approval or approbation

2. a round of applause

An old puppet

Going for plaudits

Neapolitan comedy 

Kinesics

KINESICS

-noun

(functioning as singular) . the study of the role of body movements, such as winking, shrugging, etc., in communication

Cardboard kinesics

Sculptural élan

Ghosts at the window

Éclat

ÉCLAT

-noun

1. brilliant or conspicuous success, effect, etc.

2. showy display; ostentation

3. social distinction

4. approval; acclaim; applause

Winter comes in

Softly yet with éclat

Hulk

HULK

-noun

1. the body of an abandoned vessel

2. (derogatory) . a large or unwieldy vessel

3. (derogatory) . a large ungainly person or thing

4. (often plural) . the frame or hull of a ship, used as a storehouse, etc., or (especially in 19th-century Britain) as a prison

-verb

5. (intr.) (British, informal) . to move clumsily

6. (intr.)(often followed by “up”) . to rise massively

In the dry dock

Morose hulks

Stare at visitors

Goose

GOOSE

-noun

1. any of various web-footed long-necked birds of the family Anatidae: order Anseriformes. Typically larger animal than ducks and are gregarious and migratory.

2. the female of such a bird, as opposed to the male (gander)

3. (informal) . a silly person

4. When plural “gooses” . a pressing iron with a long curving handle, used especially by tailors

5. the flesh of the goose, used as food

verb

1. (trans.) to prod (a person) playfully in the behind

Goose liver and rhubarb

Such tragic delicacy

Suave

SUAVE

-adj.

(especially of a man) displaying smoothness and sophistication in manner or attitude; urbane

He coughs,

My suave master:

Asthma

Resonance

RESONANCE

-noun

1. the condition or quality of being resonant (i.e. resounding or re-echoing)

2. sound produced by a body vibrating in sympathy with a neighbouring source of sound

3. the condition of a body or system when it is subjected to a periodic disturbance of the same frequency as the natural frequency of the body or system. At this frequency the system displays an enhanced oscillation or vibration

amplification of speech sounds by sympathetic vibration in the bone structure of the head and chest, resounding in the cavities of the nose, mouth, and pharynx

4. (electronics) . the condition of an electrical circuit when the frequency is such that the capacitive and inductive reactances are equal in magnitude. In a series circuit there is then maximum alternating current whilst in a parallel circuit there is minimum alternating current

5. (medicine) . the sound heard when percussing a hollow bodily structure, especially the chest or abdomen. Change in the quality of the sound often indicates an underlying disease or disorder

6. (chemistry) . the phenomenon in which the electronic structure of a molecule can be represented by two or more hypothetical structures involving single, double, and triple chemical bonds. The true structure is considered to be an average of these theoretical structures

7. (physics)

a. the condition of a system in which there is a sharp maximum probability for the absorption of electromagnetic radiation or capture of particles

b. a type of elementary particle of extremely short lifetime. Resonances are regarded as excited states of more stable particles

c. a highly transient atomic state formed during a collision process

Grief dull in my veins

A resonance haunting

Heart percussions

Stylus

STYLUS

-noun

1. a pointed instrument for engraving, drawing, or writing

2. a tool used in ancient times for writing on wax tablets, which was pointed at one end and blunt at the other for erasing mistakes

3. a device attached to the cartridge in the pick-up arm of a record player that rests in the groove in the record, transmitting the vibrations to the sensing device in the cartridge.

No stylus ever

Engraved those wings

Grisaille chimeras

Quonk

QUONK

-noun

1. an accidental noise picked up on a microphone while broadcasting

-verb

2. (intr.) to make an accidental noise while broadcasting

Abstract dirt

Visual quonk

Of time gone by

Turmoil

TURMOIL

-noun

1. violent or confused movement; agitation; tumult

-verb

2. (archaic) to make or become turbulent

In times of turmoil

Love will see us through

Violence must never prevail

Xeric

XERIC

-adj.

(ecology) of, relating to, or growing in dry conditions

Such a lovely refreshing salad

Who would have guessed

That arugola was a xeric plant

Blue cheese

BLUE CHEESE

-noun

cheese containing a blue mould, like Stilton, Roquefort, or Gorgonzola. 

Roses are red

Cheeses are blue

Even when they’re orange

If that confuses you

Picara

PICARA

-noun

1. a female rogue or adventurer

2. (literature) the main female character in a picaresque novel

She stands at the window

A shy picara looking for luck

Inquiring about food

And a chance of cuddles

Blithesome

BLITHESOME

-adj.

(literary) cheery; merry

A fallen pirouetter

Arching over

Blithesome still

Shag

SHAG

-noun

1. a matted tangle, especially of hair, wool, etc.

2. a napped fabric, usually a rough wool

3. shredded coarse tobacco

verb

4. (trans.) to make shaggy

-noun

1. a cormorant, especially the green cormorant (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)

-verb

1. (British slang) . to have sexual intercourse with (a person)

2. (trans.) (British slang) (often followed by “out”; usually passive) . to exhaust; tire

-noun

3. (British slang) . an act of sexual intercourse

A shag of clouds

Refusing to move

Sun’s comb gives up

Haze

HAZE

-noun

1. (meteorology)

a. reduced visibility in the air as a result of condensed water vapour, dust, etc., in the atmosphere

b. the moisture or dust causing this

2. obscurity of perception, feeling, etc.

-verb

3. when intr., often followed by “over” . to make or become hazy

-verb (trans.)

1. (nautical) to harass with humiliating tasks

2. (mainly US & and Canadian) to subject (fellow students) to ridicule or abuse

Hazy minds

Lost children

Debris everywhere

Beseech

BESEECH

-verb

(trans.) to ask (someone) earnestly (to do something or for something); beg

Certain blooms

Beseech and pimp

Eager for a shot

Turm

TURM

-noun

(archaic, poetic). a troop of horsemen

Lone rider

Escaped from the turm

Turned to stone

By anger and sun

Cheesecake

CHEESECAKE

-noun

1. a rich tart (baked or not) with a biscuit base, filled with a mixture of cream cheese, cream, sugar, sometimes having a fruit, nut, or chocolate topping. Savoury versions are sometimes produced

2. (slang) women displayed for their sex appeal, as in photographs in magazines, newspapers, or films

Debate is open

As to whether this qualifies

As cheesecake or not

He says not white

I say cheese based

We both eat it

Revenant

REVENANT

-noun

something, especially a ghost, that returns

Youth mischief forgotten

Fond

Fuzzy

Revenants

Memories

Fond

Love

Grown

Gone

Fond

Mischief [youth forgotten]

Funereal

FUNEREAL

-adj.

suggestive of a funeral; gloomy or mournful

Flocculent clouds

Looming in a funereal guise

Shagged dog pelt

Congruent

CONGRUENT

-adj.

1. agreeing; corresponding; congruous

2. having identical shapes so that all parts correspond

3. of or concerning two integers related by a congruence

A congruent building

Out of scale from everything

But for the dreams

Of a megalomaniac

Novel

NOVEL

-noun

1. an extended work in prose, either fictitious or partly so, dealing with character, action, thought, etc., especially in the form of a story

2. (usually plural) (obsolete) . a short story or novella, as one of those in the “Decameron” of Boccaccio

-adj.

1. of a kind not seen before; fresh; new; original

-noun

1. (Roman law) . a new decree or an amendment to an existing statute

A novel in marble

Haunting de Chirico’s dreams

With broken statues

Produce

PRODUCE

-verb

[prəˈdjuːs]

1. to bring (something) into existence; yield

2. to bring forth (a product) by mental or physical effort; make

3. (trans.) to give birth to

4. (trans.) to manufacture (a commodity)

5. (trans.) to give rise to

6. (trans.) to present to view

7. to bring before the public

8. to conceive and create the overall sound of (a record) and supervise its arrangement, recording, and mixing

9. (trans.) (geometry) to extend (a line)

-noun

[ˈprɒdjuːs]

10. anything that is produced; product

11. agricultural products regarded collectively

Crossing over some applications

Just

To

Breathe

Out

Just

To

Produce

Something

Just

Crossing some over applications

Mood

MOOD

-noun

1. a temporary state of mind or temper

2. a sullen or gloomy state of mind, especially when temporary

3. a prevailing atmosphere or feeling

-noun

1. (grammar) . a category of the verb or verbal inflections that expresses semantic and grammatical differences, including such forms as the indicative, subjunctive, and imperative

2. (logic) . one of the possible arrangements of the syllogism, classified solely by whether the component propositions are universal or particular and affirmative or negative

Uncertain weather semantics

Playing on my mood

The swimming of cormorants

Ray

RAY

-noun

1. a narrow beam of light; gleam

2. a slight indication, especially of something anticipated or hoped for

3. (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point

4. a thin beam of electromagnetic radiation or particles

5. any of the bony or cartilaginous spines of the fin of a fish that form the support for the soft part of the fin

6. any of the arms or branches of a starfish or other radiate animal

7. (astronomy) any of a number of bright streaks that radiate from the youngest lunar craters, such as Tycho; they are composed of crater ejecta not yet darkened, and extend considerable distances

8. (botany) any strand of tissue that runs radially through the vascular tissue of some higher plants.

-verb

9. (of an object) to emit (light) in rays or (of light) to issue in the form of rays

10. (intr.) (of lines, etc.) to extend in rays or on radiating paths

11. (trans.) to adorn (an ornament, etc.) with rays or radiating lines

-noun

1. any of various marine selachian fishes typically having a flattened body, greatly enlarged wing-like pectoral fins, gills on the under surface of the fins, and a long whip-like tail. They constitute the orders Torpediniformes (electric rays) and Rajiformes

A most comforting dish

Of ray on buttery champs

Brings a ray of light to Dublin

Energumen

ENERGUMEN

-noun

1. a person thought to be possessed by an evil spirit

2. a fanatic or zealot

Some sort of energumen

You are, human, with this camera

And a definite bore

Disperse

DISPERSE

-verb

1. to scatter; distribute over a wide area

2. to dissipate or cause to dissipate

3. to leave or cause to leave a gathering, often in a random manner

4. to separate or be separated by dispersion

5. (trans.) to diffuse or spread (news, information, etc.)

6. to separate (particles) throughout a solid, liquid, or gas, as in the formation of a suspension or colloid

-adj.

7. of or consisting of the particles in a colloid or suspension 

From a dispersed tribe

Gone to ground in Rome

Not lost to an opportunity

Patent

PATENT

[ˈpætənt]  or  [ˈpeɪtənt]

-noun

1. a government grant to an inventor assuring him the sole right to make, use, and sell his invention for a limited period

2. a document conveying such a grant

3. an invention, privilege, etc., protected by a patent

4. an official document granting a right

5. any right granted by such a document

6 (in the US)

a.  a grant by the government of title to public lands

b.   the instrument by which such title is granted

c.   the land so granted

7. a sign that one possesses a certain quality

-adj.

8. open or available for inspection

9. [ˈpeɪtənt] obvious 

10. concerning protection, appointment, etc., of or by a patent or patents

11. proprietary

12. (especially of a bodily passage or duct) being open or unobstructed

13. (biology) spreading out widely

14. (of plate glass) ground and polished on both sides

-verb (trans.)

15. to obtain a patent for

16. (in the US) to grant (public land or mineral rights) by a patent

17. (metallurgy) . to heat (a metal) above a transformation temperature and cool it at a rate that allows cold working

Shooting against the light

In a patent effort to be novel

Gallinaceous

GALLINACEOUS

-adj.

1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Galliformes, an order of birds, including domestic fowl, pheasants, grouse, etc., having a heavy rounded body, short bill, and strong legs

2. of, relating to, or resembling the domestic fowl

Etruscan monsters

Looking at you from history

Trying to break the veil

Gallinaceous nightmares

Piepowder

PIEPOWDER

-noun

(English history) . a travelling market trader, merchant or similar traveller

He used to be a piepowder

Sleeping rough in ditches

Now he’s settled for city’s limelight

And a hard concrete slab

Circadian

CIRCADIAN

-adj.

of or relating to biological processes that occur regularly at about 24-hour intervals, even in the absence of periodicity in the environment .

Building a schedule

Around and for

Circadian demands

Hake

HAKE

-noun

1. any gadoid food fish of the genus Merluccius, such as M. merluccius (European hake), of the northern hemisphere, having an elongated body with a large head and two dorsal fins

2. any North American fish of the genus Urophycis, similar and related to Merluccius species

3. (Australian) another name for barracouta

-noun

1. a wooden frame for drying cheese or fish

Pan seared hake

Creamy and crunchy

Flower risotto

With marine insects