Ruffle

RUFFLE

–verb (used with object)
1. to destroy the smoothness or evenness of.
2. to erect (the feathers), as a bird in anger.
3. to disturb, vex, or irritate.
4. to turn (the pages of a book) rapidly.
5. to pass (cards) through the fingers rapidly in shuffling.
6. to draw up (cloth, lace, etc.) into a ruffle by gathering along one edge.
–verb (used without object)
7. to be or become ruffled; undulate; flutter.
8. to be or become vexed or irritated.
9. to put on airs; swagger.
–noun
10. a break in the smoothness or evenness of some surface; undulation.
11. a strip of cloth, lace, etc., drawn up by gathering along one edge and used as a trimming on a dress, blouse, etc.
12. some object resembling this, as the ruff of a bird.
13. disturbance or vexation; annoyance; irritation.
14. a disturbed state of mind; perturbation.





I let the wind ruffle my wings
And your flippancy, my heart,
Dreaming of ironing boards.

Volatile

VOLATILE

–adj.
1. evaporating rapidly; passing off readily in the form of vapour.
2. tending or threatening to break out into open violence; explosive.
3. changeable; mercurial; flighty.
4. (of prices, values, etc.) tending to fluctuate sharply and regularly.
5. fleeting; transient.
6. Computers. of or pertaining to storage that does not retain data when electrical power is turned off or fails.
7. able to fly or flying.
–noun
8. a volatile substance, as a gas or solvent























One,
Two:
A gang.
Volatile
Furtive aggression
Stains on this gentile marble
Despite the warding off gesture, feathery foe wins

Gurgle

GURGLE

-verb intr.
1. To flow in a broken irregular current with a bubbling sound.
2. To make a sound similar to this.
- verb tr.
To express or pronounce with a broken, irregular, bubbling sound.






















Hear dragons lament
In the echoes of lost paths.
A frozen fountain
CRIMSON GURGLE
A frozen fountain
In the echoes of lost paths:
Hear dragons lament.

Diptych

DIPTYCH

noun
A work of art on two hinged panels, such as a painting or carving.



You and I were a diptych,
Jointed in many ways
When Death came to plunder,
Carrying you away for its collection,
My hinges started to rust.

Festal

FESTAL

-adj.
Of, relating to, or of the nature of a feast or festival.






















Festal occurrence
In the vesting of new shoots
Swallows returning

Saunter

SAUNTER

–verb (used without object)
1. to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll: sauntering through the woods.
–noun
2. a leisurely walk or ramble; stroll.
3. a leisurely gait.























Looking for faeries
Saunter across the meadow.
Just a touch of frost.

Bleak

BLEAK

–adj.
1. bare, desolate, and often windswept.
2. cold and piercing; raw.
3. without hope or encouragement; depressing; dreary



The word felt rather bleak
Howling in my ears, tearing at the sense
My fingers went cold, then my lips.
OUT

Feign

FEIGN

verb
1. pretend something: to make a show or pretence of something
2. invent something: to make up or fabricate something
3. copy somebody or something: to imitate or copy somebody or something






















On a whim,
Night might feign great adventures for you
Or lull you into bleak comfort.

Jussulent

JUSSULENT

-adj.
Full of broth or soup






















The jussulent cup promised to warm and nourish.
It never said anything about the cyanide.

Catalogue

CATALOGUE

-noun
1. A list or itemized display, as of titles, course offerings, or articles for exhibition or sale, usually including descriptive information or illustrations.
2. A publication, such as a book or pamphlet, containing such a list or display.
3. A list or enumeration.
4. A card catalogue.
-verb trans.
5. To make an itemized list of.
a.To list or include in a catalogue.
b.To classify (a book or publication, for example) according to a categorical system.
-verb intr.
6. To make a catalogue.
7. To be listed in a catalogue.



Nine things I remember about Earth:

Wisps of mists stuck in the grass
The purple colour inside irises
The smell of hot boulders
Fields undulating in the wind like a summer dress
The clashing of clouds in a storm
Determined trees clawing at the sky
Rain on almond blossoms
The perfect light

And a taste of freedom

Roseate

ROSEATE

–adj.
1. tinged with rose; rosy.
2. bright or promising.
3. incautiously optimistic






















In the roseate shell of your ear I dropped a pearl, hoping to see it bloom, but found only the sea calling back from the deep, a mermaid song.

Roblet

ROBLET

-verb
To lead astray























He was a dashing fellow all right,
And known to for a few unfortunate occurrences
Of his robletting incautious girls.

Anacardic

ANACARDIC

-adj.
Pertaining to, or derived from, the cashew nut; as, anacardic acid.






















Confused,
The guy liked to think of himself as mildly anacardic.
Everyone else thought he was nuts.

Imprimatur

IMPRIMATUR

–noun
1. an official license to print or publish a book, pamphlet, etc., esp. a license issued by a censor of the Roman Catholic Church.
2. sanction or approval; support






















As much as I love being published in all forms
Nothing like tangible imprimatur
To flatter the inner paper fetishist.

SAND Magazine is on sale there.

Tergiversate

TERGIVERSATE

-verb
To evade, to equivocate using subterfuge; to deliberately obfuscate.
To change sides or affiliation; to apostatize.























The weather appears to tergiversate,
Half way through rain and – possibly - sunshine
Balancing act on the tip of a wing
A single breath of wind lost to the world.

Flounder

FLOUNDER

–verb (used without object)
1. to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.).
2. to struggle clumsily or helplessly.
–noun
1. a European, marine flatfish, Platichthys flesus, used for food.
2. any of numerous similar or closely related non-European flatfishes.
3. any flatfish other than soles.



My work was floundering so much
That I felt tempted to dip it in batter and fry it.

Enthral

ENTHRAL •

-verb
1 : to hold in or reduce to slavery
2 : to hold spellbound : charm






















Dream
Staring
From the broken plane
Of a shattered curse,
Free to roam and enthral
Once more.

Thural

THURAL

-adj.
Of or pertaining to incense




My thoughts rose to you
A thural spiral of love
Slowly burning

Leach

LEACH

-verb
Permeate or penetrate gradually.




She would sink into the cushion
Until it was entirely leached with her scent,
A keepsake he would sniff at, forlorn, when she was away.

Edacious

EDACIOUS

–adj.
devouring; voracious; consuming.






















Tender morsels
Were but a tease
To our edacious mood.