Cramp

CRAMP

-noun

1. a painful involuntary contraction of a muscle, typically caused by overexertion, heat, or chill

2. temporary partial paralysis of a muscle group

3. (usually plural in the US and Canada) severe abdominal pain

-verb

4. (trans.) to affect with or as if with a cramp

-noun

1. Also called: cramp iron. a strip of metal with its ends bent at right angles, used to bind masonry

2. a device for holding pieces of wood while they are glued; clamp

3. something that confines or restricts

4. a confined state or position

-verb (trans.)

5. to secure or hold with a cramp

6. to confine, hamper, or restrict

Cramped skies

Cramped dreams

Yet green grass still

Appeals

Steric

STERIC

-adj.

(chemistry) of, concerned with, or caused by the spatial arrangement of atoms in a molecule

We look up at fake stars

Fascinated by steric-like arrangements

Breathing in and out the light

Out of sorts atoms

Fin

FIN

-noun

1. any of the firm appendages that are the organs of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals. Most fishes have paired and unpaired fins, the former corresponding to the limbs of higher vertebrates

2. a part or appendage that resembles a fin

3. (British) a vertical surface to which the rudder is attached, usually placed at the rear of an aeroplane to give stability about the vertical axis US name: vertical stabilizer

4. a tail surface fixed to a rocket or missile to give stability

5. (nautical) a fixed or adjustable blade projecting under water from the hull of a vessel to give it stability or control

6. a projecting rib to dissipate heat from the surface of an engine cylinder, motor casing, or radiator

7. (often plural) either of a pair of rubber paddle-like devices worn on the feet as an aid in swimming, especially underwater

-verb

8. (trans.) to provide with fins

9. (trans.) to remove the fins from (a dead fish)

10. (intr.) (especially of a whale) to agitate the fins violently in the water

In dusk

The lone fin

Of unfinished works

A ruin

Clam

CLAM

-noun

1. any of various burrowing bivalve molluscs of the genera Mya, Venus, etc. Many species, such as the quahog and soft-shell clam, are edible and Tridacna gigas is the largest known bivalve, nearly 1.5 metres long

2. the edible flesh of such a mollusc

3. (informal) a reticent person

-verb

4. (intr.) (mainly US) to gather clams

-verb

1. (when trans., usually passive) (English, dialect) to be hungry or cause to be hungry. Also: clem

Seaside delight:

Spaghetti with clams

Parsley and pepper flakes

Magic

MAGIC

-noun

1. the art that, by use of spells, supposedly invokes supernatural powers to influence events; sorcery

2. the practice of this art

3. the practice of illusory tricks to entertain other people; conjuring

4. any mysterious or extraordinary quality or power

-adj.

5. of or relating to magic

6. possessing or considered to possess mysterious powers

7. unaccountably enchanting

8. (informal) wonderful; marvellous; exciting

-verb

9. to transform or produce by or as if by magic

10. (followed by “away”) to cause to disappear by or as if by magic

A miracle happened to save him

And Magic became his name

For unexpected friendship

And salvation