Vision

VISION

–noun
1. the act or power of sensing with the eyes; sight.
2. the act or power of anticipating that which will or may come to be.
3. an experience in which a personage, thing, or event appears vividly or credibly to the mind, although not actually present, often under the influence of a divine or other agency: a heavenly messenger appearing in a vision.
4. something seen or otherwise perceived during such an experience.
5. a vivid, imaginative conception or anticipation: visions of wealth and glory.
6. something seen; an object of sight.
7. a scene, person, etc., of extraordinary beauty.
8.Computer vision:
a.a robot analogue of human vision in which information about the environment is received by one or more video cameras and processed by computer: used in navigation by robots, in the control of automated production lines, etc.
b.a similar system for the blind that converts optical information into tactile signals.
–verb (used with object)
9. to envision






















Silver movements
Quick vision too soon denied.
Storm dragon lurking.

Flitter

FLITTER

-intr. verb
1. To move about rapidly and nimbly.
2. To move quickly from one condition or location to another.
-noun
1. A fluttering or darting movement.
2. Informal An empty-headed, silly, often erratic person.



Traces of you flitter at the border of my vision
Silence pregnant with frozen words
Crocus surprised by early snow.

Acnetis

ACNETIS

-noun
The part of the body where one cannot reach to scratch.























Cats invented mankind for company
As much as
To find a solution to their problem of acnetis

Paramount

PARAMOUNT

–adj.
1. chief in importance or impact; supreme; pre-eminent.
2. above others in rank or authority; superior in power or jurisdiction.
–noun
3. a supreme ruler; overlord.




Love
Paramount ruler
Jester supreme
Knows how to be magnanimous.

Desire

DESIRE

–verb (used with object)
1. to wish or long for; crave; want.
2. to express a wish to obtain; ask for; request.
–noun
3. a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment.
4. an expressed wish; request.
5. something desired.
6. sexual appetite or a sexual urge.




Such
As
Fire:
Desire.
A measureless creature
And pernicious common traitor.

Manichean

MANICHEAN

-adj.
Of or relating to a dualistic view of the world, dividing things into either good or evil, light or dark, black or white, involving no shades of gray.






















Manichean world
Pushing the contrast function
On my camera.
Leaves turn to intricate lace
Against a sky made of milk.

Liminal

LIMINAL

-adj.
1. At an intermediate state.
2. At the threshold of consciousness.






















Liminal slumber:
A twitching ear and whiskers.
The stove purrs away.

Carp

CARP

–verb (used without object)
1. to find fault or complain querulously or unreasonably; be niggling in criticizing; cavil.
–noun
2. a peevish complaint.

–noun
1. a large freshwater cyprinid fish, Cyprinus carpio, native to Asia but widely introduced in tropical and temperate waters: an important food fish in many countries.
2. any of various other fishes of the family Cyprinidae.



Carps are know to carp viciously
And yet...
We never hear them!


Vintage lady appearance courtesy of inspyretash_stock at DeviantArt

Dolt

DOLT

–noun
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.



Keep
At
That thing,
Sore carcass,
Fellow lunatic.
Live to the foul, prodigal dolt,
Corrupt your brain on this hollow endless play, vain slave.

Attrition

ATTRITION

–noun
1. a reduction or decrease in numbers, size, or strength.
2. a wearing down or weakening of resistance, esp. as a result of continuous pressure or harassment.
3. a gradual reduction in work force without firing of personnel, as when workers resign or retire and are not replaced.
4. the act of rubbing against something; friction.
5. a wearing down or away by friction; abrasion.
6. Theology. imperfect contrition.























Autumn’s attrition
In every single leaf.
Forests getting bald.

Shift

SHIFT

–verb (used with object)
1. to put (something) aside and replace it by another or others; change or exchange.
2. to transfer from one place, position, person, etc., to another.
3. Automotive. to change (gears) from one ratio or arrangement to another.
4. Linguistics. to change in a systematic way, especially phonetically.
–verb (used without object)
5. to move from one place, position, direction, etc., to another.
6. to manage to get along or succeed by oneself.
7. to get along by indirect methods; use any expediency, trick, or evasion to get along or succeed.
8. to change gears in driving a vehicle.
9. Linguistics. to undergo a systematic, especially phonetic, change.
10.to press a shift key, as on a typewriter keyboard.
11.Archaic. to change one's clothes.
–noun
12.a change or transfer from one place, position, direction, person, etc., to another.
13.a person's scheduled period of work, especially the portion of the day scheduled as a day's work when a shop, service, office, or industry operates continuously during both the day and night.
14.a group of workers scheduled to work during such a period.
15.Baseball. a notable repositioning by several fielders to the left or the right of their normal playing position, an occasional strategy against batters who usually hit the ball to the same side of the field.
16.Automotive. a gearshift.
17.Clothing.
a. a straight, loose-fitting dress worn with or without a belt.
b. a woman's chemise or slip.
18.Football. a lateral or backward movement from one position to another, usually by two or more offensive players just before the ball is put into play.
19.Mining. a dislocation of a seam or stratum; fault.
20.Music. a change in the position of the left hand on the fingerboard in playing a stringed instrument.
21.Linguistics.
a. a change or system of parallel changes that affects the sound structure of a language, as the series of related changes in the English vowel system from Middle English to Modern English.
b. a change in the meaning or use of a word.
22.an expedient; ingenious device.
23.an evasion, artifice, or trick.
24.change or substitution.
25.Bridge. shift bid: a bid in a suit different from the suit just bid by one's partner. .
26.Agriculture. (in crop rotation)
a. any of successive crops.
b. the tract of land used.
27.an act or instance of using the shift key, as on a typewriter keyboard.























Hours after minutes after seconds
Every single blinking moment
A subtle shift
No more than a sleight of hands
From the clock
Stealing time from under our feet.

We turn around
And tomorrow isn't quite
That other day any more
Too busy becoming yesterday.

Halloween

HALLOWEEN

-noun
October 31, celebrated in the United States, Canada, and the British Isles by children going door to door while wearing costumes and begging treats and playing pranks.



A viral presence,
Halloween creeps in, with glee.
Chocolate pumpkins.

Bliss

BLISS

–noun
1. supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment.
2. Theology. the joy of heaven.
3. heaven; paradise.
4. Archaic. a cause of great joy or happiness.






















Bliss.
Bliss,
My Love,
Gives me wings,
Robs me of my breath.
And this is how I lost my shoes.

Rain

RAIN

–noun
1. water that is condensed from the aqueous vapour in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 in. (0.5 mm) in diameter.
2. a rainfall, rainstorm, or shower.
3. Rains - the rainy season; seasonal rainfall, as in India.
4. weather marked by steady or frequent rainfall.
5. a heavy and continuous descent or inflicting of anything.
–verb (used without object)
6. (of rain) to fall (usually used impersonally with it as subject).
7. to fall like rain.
8. to send down rain.
–verb (used with object)
9. to send down in great quantities, as small pieces or objects.
10.to offer, bestow, or give in great quantity.
11.to deal, hurl, fire, etc., repeatedly



Rain, sweet promises
Kissing the earth with dear life.
Take an umbrella.

Love

LOVE

–noun
1. a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
2. a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend.
3. sexual passion or desire.
4. a person toward whom love is felt; beloved person; sweetheart.
5. (used in direct address) a term of endearment, affection, or the like
6. a love affair; an intensely amorous incident; amour.
7. sexual intercourse; copulation.
8. (initial capital letter ) a personification of sexual affection, as Eros or Cupid.
9. affectionate concern for the well-being of others.
10.strong predilection, enthusiasm, or liking for anything.
11.the object or thing so liked.
12.Chiefly Tennis. a score of zero; nothing.
13.a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter L.
–verb (used with object)
14.to have love or affection for.
15.to have a profoundly tender, passionate affection for (another person).
16.to have a strong liking for; take great pleasure in.
17.to need or require; benefit greatly from.
18.to embrace and kiss (someone), as a lover.
19.to have sexual intercourse with.
–verb (used without object)
20.to have love or affection for another person; be in love.






















You smiled
That was the problem:
Love was to strong
That it lifted my heart right out
And I clung for dear life
As it started to float away.
Now I watch you from afar.
Such a love trip!

Olive

OLIVE

–noun
1. an evergreen tree, Olea europaea, of Mediterranean and other warm regions, cultivated chiefly for its fruit.
2. the fruit of this tree, a small oval drupe, eaten as a relish and used as a source of oil.
3. Also called olive wood. the wood of this tree, valued for ornamental work.
4. the foliage of this tree.
5. a wreath of it.
6. any of various related or similar trees.
7. the ochre green or dull yellow green of the unripe olive fruit.
–adj.
9. of, pertaining to, or made of olives, their foliage, or their fruit.
10.of the colour olive.
11.tinged with this colour






















Olive, ô olive
Why aren’t you olive colour?
Confused blushing trees.

Limn

LIMN

-verb
Literary. depict or describe in painting or words.



Limning words,
Day after day
For better and for worse
Looking for gems.

Elusive

ELUSIVE

–adj.
1. eluding clear perception or complete mental grasp; hard to express or define.
2. cleverly or skilfully evasive



Elusive story
Refusing to come to light
Taunting my pen and white page.

Fuscous

FUSCOUS

-adj.
Of a brownish-gray colour; dusky.



Fuscous wood
Fading wood
Hard driven by weather
Washing away colours
Washing away the years
Pushing at memories
Inserting them in the wood
Foggy patina.

Presence

PRESENCE

–noun
1. the state or fact of being present, as with others or in a place.
2. attendance or company..
3. immediate vicinity; proximity.
4. the military or economic power of a country as reflected abroad by the stationing of its troops, sale of its goods, etc..
5. Chiefly British. the immediate personal vicinity of a great personage giving audience or reception.
6. the ability to project a sense of ease, poise, or self-assurance, esp. the quality or manner of a person's bearing before an audience.
7. personal appearance or bearing, especially of a dignified or imposing kind.
8. a person, especially of noteworthy appearance or compelling personality.
9. a divine or supernatural spirit felt to be present.
10.British. Obsolete. presence chamber: the special room in which a great personage, as a sovereign, receives guests, holds audiences, etc..



The audience
Appreciated
His presence.
The feeling was – most likely - reciprocal.


Jason Webley