Vaticide

VATICIDE

-noun

(rare)

1. the murder of a prophet

2. a person guilty of this

Monuments to vaticide

Left to sing the praise of a victim

Offering cool shadow to the indifferent

 

Increment

INCREMENT

-noun

1. an increase or addition, especially one of a series

2. the act of increasing; augmentation

3. (mathematics) a small positive or negative change in a variable or function. Symbol: Δ, as in Δx or Δ f

It blooms slowly

Increments unfolding

The more to tempt shy bees

Galimatias

GALIMATIAS

[ˌɡælɪˈmeɪʃɪəs]

-noun

(rare) confused talk; gibberish

I struggle along with paint

Green galimatias

Soon daubing the canvas

Perilous

PERILOUS

-adj.

very hazardous or dangerous

What started with flowers

Turned out to be a perilous journey

Into oil painting and stains

Gaunt

GAUNT

-adj.

1. bony and emaciated in appearance

2. (of places) bleak or desolate

Always a gaunt fellow

He disappeared into stone one day

We found him displayed

In some fancy mosaic