Mausoleum

MAUSOLEUM

-noun

1. a stately and magnificent tomb.

2. a burial place for the bodies or remains of many individuals, often of a single family, usually in the form of a small building.

3. a large, gloomy, depressing building, room, or the like.

4. ( initial capital letter ) the tomb of Mausolus erected at Halicarnassus in Asia Minor circa 350 b.c.

Somewhere along the line
Someone built a farm
On top of the mausoleum
A medevial addition
An era of living with the dead

Mettle

METTLE

-noun

1. courage; spirit

2. inherent character

Old figure
Full of mettle
Broken 

Mole

MOLE

-noun

pathology . a non technical name for naevus

-noun

1. any small burrowing mammal, of the family Talpidae, of Europe, Asia, and North and Central America: order Insectivora (insectivores). They have velvety, typically dark fur and forearms specialized for digging

2. golden mole . any small African burrowing mole-like mammal of the family Chrysochloridae, having copper-coloured fur: order Insectivora (insectivores)

3. informal . a spy who has infiltrated an organization and, often over a long period, become a trusted member of it

-noun

Also mol . the basic SI unit of amount of substance; the amount that contains as many elementary entities as there are atoms in 0.012 kilogram of carbon-12. The entity must be specified and may be an atom, a molecule, an ion, a radical, an electron, a photon, etc.

-noun

1. a breakwater

2. a harbour protected by a breakwater

3. a large tunnel excavator for use in soft rock

-noun

pathology . a fleshy growth in the uterus formed by the degeneration of foetal tissues

-noun

a spicy Mexican sauce made from chili and chocolate

On a mole
A moleless mole
Looking for mole.

Spume

SPUME

-noun

1. foam or surf, especially on the sea; froth

-verb

2. (intr.) to foam or froth

Watching it spume
Looking for a message
In the bubbles
A fragile future.
 

Abreast

ABREAST

- adj. -adv.

1. side by side; beside each other in a line

2. equal to or alongside in progress, attainment, or awareness (usually followed by “of” or "with”)

Feeding time

Abreast

Poke

POKE

-verb (used with object)

1. to prod or push, especially with something narrow or pointed, as a finger, elbow, stick, etc.

2. to make (a hole, one's way, etc.) by or as by prodding or pushing.

3. to thrust or push.

4. to force, drive, or stir by or as by pushing or thrusting.

5. to thrust obtrusively.

-verb (used without object)

6. to make a pushing or thrusting movement with the finger, a stick, etc.

7. to extend or project (often followed by “out”).

8. to thrust oneself obtrusively.

9. to search curiously; pry (often followed by “around” or “about”).

10.to go or proceed in a slow or aimless way (often followed by “along”).

-noun

11.a thrust or push.

12.Informal . a slow or dawdling person;

-noun

1. Chiefly Midland U.S. and Scot. a bag or sack, especially a small one.

2. a wallet or purse.

3. Archaic . a pocket.

-noun

1. a projecting brim at the front of a bonnet, framing the face.

2. Also called poke bonnet. a bonnet or hat with such a brim

-noun

Pokeweed . Also called inkberry .  a tall North American plant, Phytolacca americana,  that has small white flowers, juicy purple berries, and a poisonous purple root used medicinally: family Phytolaccaceae

Not quite a poke
Yet a convenient place to hide.

Concatenate

CONCATENATE

-verb

1. (trans.) to link or join together, especially in a chain or series

-adj.

2. linked or joined together

Bits of ruins concatenate
A mosaic of  lost traces
Forgotten history

Banausic

BANAUSIC

-adj.

serving utilitarian purposes only; mechanical; practical

Banausic horns

Even their colour

Utilitarian

Chary

CHARY

-adj.

1. wary; careful

2. choosy; finicky

3. shy

4. sparing; mean

In the cellar

A few carefully placed heads

Insure the fright of chary visitors

And their compliance

Keck

KECK

-verb

1. to retch or feel nausea

2. to feel or express disgust

-noun

cow parsnip another name for cow parsley . a common Eurasian umbelliferous hedgerow plant, Anthriscus sylvestris,  having umbrella-shaped clusters of white flowers

Along the way

A few kecking figures

Sculpted way before pollution

Became a problem eating at stonework.

Stove

STOVE

-noun

1. a portable or fixed apparatus that furnishes heat for warmth, cooking, etc., commonly using coal, oil, gas, wood, or electricity as a source of power.

2. a heated chamber or box for some special purpose, as a drying room or a kiln for firing pottery.

-verb (used with object)

3. to treat with or subject to heat, as in a stove.

-verb

a simple past tense and past participle of stave.

Morning's first gesture

Load the coffee maker

Place it on the stove

An instance of first aid

For the sleepy soul.

Thrall

THRALL

- noun

1. a person who is in bondage; slave.

2. a person who is morally or mentally enslaved by some power, influence, or the like.

3. slavery

- verb (used with object)

4. Archaic . to put or hold in thraldom; enslave.

- adj.

5. Archaic . subjected to bondage; enslaved.

They bask in the sunshine

Free from thrall

Yet eager for a morsel, a cuddle,

At the end of minions

Scud

SCUD

-verb

1. (intr.) (especially of clouds) to move along swiftly and smoothly

2.( intr.) nautical  to run before a gale

3. (Scot.) (trans.) to hit; slap

-noun

4. the act of scudding

5. meteorology

a. a formation of low fractostratus clouds driven by a strong wind beneath rain-bearing clouds

b. a sudden shower or gust of wind

6. (Scot.) a slap

She scuds along nicely

But comes back for a crumb or two.

Liniment

LINIMENT

-noun

a liquid or semiliquid preparation for rubbing on or applying to the skin, as for sprains or bruises, usually soothing or counter irritating.

I tried and tried again.

Alas.

Despite numerous applications

Truth asserted itself:

This is no liniment

And my head still feels sore.