Transit

TRANSIT

-noun

1. the passage or conveyance of goods or people

2. a change or transition

3. a route

4. (astronomy)

a. the passage of a celestial body or satellite across the face of a relatively larger body as seen from the earth

b. the apparent passage of a celestial body across the meridian, caused by the earth's diurnal rotation

5. (astrology) . the passage of a planet across some special point on the zodiac

-verb

6. to make a transit through or over (something)

7. (astronomy) . to make a transit across (a celestial body or the meridian)

8. to cause (the telescope of a surveying instrument) to turn over or (of such a telescope) to be turned over in a vertical plane so that it points in the opposite direction

Looking up

Searching for transit

But stars are too numerous

To pin point

A moment

Storm

STORM

-noun

1. a violent weather condition of strong winds, rain, hail, thunder, lightning, blowing sand, snow, etc.

2. (meteorology) . a violent gale of force 10 on the Beaufort scale reaching speeds of 55 to 63 mph

3. a strong or violent reaction

4. a direct assault on a stronghold

5. a heavy discharge or rain, as of bullets or missiles

-verb

6. to attack or capture (something) suddenly and violently

7. (intr.) to be vociferously angry

8. (intr.) to move or rush violently or angrily

9. (intr; with “it” as subject) to rain, hail, or snow hard and be very windy, often with thunder or lightning

You must be holding on to the storm.

And the shadow of grass,

This fog of broken pieces, of roses

Should be but a crime

A by-product of distressed hills.

Ground

GROUND

-noun

1. the land surface

2. earth or soil

3. (plural) . the land around a dwelling house or other building

4. (sometimes plural) . an area of land given over to a purpose

5. land having a particular characteristic

6. matter for consideration or debate; field of research or inquiry

7. a position or viewpoint, as in an argument or controversy

8. position or advantage, as in a subject or competition

9. (often plural) . reason; justification

10. arts

a. the prepared surface applied to the support of a painting, such as a wall, canvas, etc., to prevent it reacting with or absorbing the paint

b. the support of a painting

c. the background of a painting or main surface against which the other parts of a work of art appear superimposed

11. the first coat of paint applied to a surface

12. the bottom of a river or the sea

13. (plural) . sediment or dregs, especially from coffee

14. (mainly British) . the floor of a room

15. cricket

a. the area from the popping crease back past the stumps, in which a batsman may legally stand

b. ground staff

16. ground bass . a short melodic bass line that is repeated over and over again

17. a mesh or network supporting the main pattern of a piece of lace

18. (electrical) (US and Canadian)

a. a connection between an electrical circuit or device and the earth, which is at zero potential

b. also called : earth . a terminal to which this connection is made

-verb

19. (trans.) to put or place on the ground

20. (trans.) to instruct in fundamentals

36. (trans.) to provide a basis or foundation for; establish

37. (trans.) to confine (an aircraft, pilot, etc.) to the ground

38. (trans.) (informal) . to confine (a child) to the house as a punishment

39. the usual US word for earth (to connect (a circuit, device, etc.) to earth)

40. (trans.) (nautical) . to run (a vessel) aground

41. (trans.) to cover (a surface) with a preparatory coat of paint

42. (intr.) to hit or reach the ground

 -verb

1.  the past tense and past participle of grind

-adj.

2. having the surface finished, thickness reduced, or an edge sharpened by grinding

3. reduced to fine particles by grinding

I stand at his ground without a hand

Staring at the post-horse shape of our sea,

The suicide's little hood of leaves

That moved the stars, the cold shades of gold

While the sun lays beneath the waters.

Rutaceous

RUTACEOUS

[ruːˈteɪʃəs]

-adj.

of, relating to, or belonging to the Rutaceae, a family of tropical and temperate flowering plants many of which have aromatic leaves. The family includes rue and citrus trees

In the cloister

We encountered

Miraculous grafts

Of a rutaceous ilk

Our ideal marmalade

Still on the tree

Motormouth

MOTORMOUTH

-noun

(slang)  a garrulous person

The season is upon us

Driving the poultry mad

With garrulous desire

Flagrant expectations

And well groomed feathers

Motormouth pigeons

Bergamot

BERGAMOT

-noun

1. Also called : bergamot orange . a small Asian spiny rutaceous tree, Citrus bergamia, having sour fruits

2. essence of bergamot

3. a Mediterranean mint, Mentha citrata, that yields an oil similar to essence of bergamot

4. wild bergamot

a. a North American plant, Monarda fistulosa, with clusters of purple flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates)

b. a garden plant of the same genus, usually M. didyma (bee balm), grown for its scarlet or pink flowers

5. a variety of pear

How tart and sour

But fragrant bergamot makes for

The most delicious marmalade

And almond cakes

Sceptical

SCEPTICAL

-adj.

1. not convinced that something is true; doubtful

2. tending to mistrust people, ideas, etc., in general

3. of or relating to sceptics; sceptic

After so many attempts

At slipping pills into his food

He has become sceptical

Of treats and endearments

Blood

BLOOD

-noun

1. a reddish fluid in vertebrates that is pumped by the heart through the arteries and veins, supplies tissues with nutrients, oxygen, etc, and removes waste products. It consists of a fluid (see blood plasma) containing cells (erythrocytes, leucocytes, and platelets)

2. a similar fluid in such invertebrates as annelids and arthropods

3. bloodshed, especially when resulting in murder

4. the guilt or responsibility for killing or injuring

5. life itself; lifeblood

6. relationship through being of the same family, race, or kind; kinship

7. ethnic or national descent

8. temperament; disposition; temper

9. good or pure breeding; pedigree

10. people viewed as members of a group, especially as an invigorating force

11. (mainly British)(rare) . a dashing young man; dandy; rake

12. the sensual or carnal nature of man

13. (obsolete) one of the four bodily humours

-verb (trans.)

14. (hunting) . to cause (young hounds) to taste the blood of a freshly killed quarry and so become keen to hunt

15. (hunting) . to smear the cheeks or forehead of (a person) with the blood of the kill as an initiation in hunting

16. to initiate (a person) to an activity or organization, especially by real-life experience

Off-winter hour, a lonely fence

Something went wrong with

The ones who stopped and stared

There was a sound of blood and panic

The dreaded calm of mortal species.

Homogeneous

HOMOGENEOUS

-adj.

1. composed of similar or identical parts or elements

2. of uniform nature

3. similar in kind or nature

4. having a constant property, such as density, throughout

5. (mathematics)

a. (of a polynomial) . containing terms of the same degree with respect to all the variables, as in x2 + 2xy + y2

b. (of a function) . containing a set of variables such that when each is multiplied by a constant, this constant can be eliminated without altering the value of the function, as in cos x/y + x/y

c. (of an equation) . containing a homogeneous function made equal to 0

6. (chemistry) . of, composed of, or concerned with a single phase

A story unaccounted for

The disarray of millions

Broken by homogenous apathy

Lies and razor barbed fences

Between them and their new life.

Our story.

Lid

LID

-noun

1. a cover, usually removable or hinged, for a receptacle

2. short for eyelid

3. botany another name for operculum (the covering of the spore-bearing capsule of a moss)

When the storm stops me,

I see the smell of leaves,

The pressure of the sky

Still and tied at my window

At the lid of my soul

Garrulous

GARRULOUS

-adj.

1. given to constant and frivolous chatter; loquacious; talkative

2. wordy or diffuse; prolix

As a woman of war,

The only possible present

Is a soul to sink into water,

Garrulous silence, and a man.

Conniption

CONNIPTION

-noun

(often plural) (US and Canadian) (slang) . a fit of rage or tantrums

Fickle spring

Goes into conniptions

Then smiles

Carousal

CAROUSAL

[kəˈraʊzəl]

-noun

a merry drinking party

We all scramble

Over the ghosts

Of past carousal

For spoils, souvenirs

Cork pin cushions

Nudge

NUDGE

-verb (trans.)

1. to push or poke (someone) gently, especially with the elbow, to get attention; jog

2. to push slowly or lightly

3. to give (someone) a gentle reminder or encouragement

-noun

4. a gentle poke or push

5. a gentle reminder

He resents the nudge

Of caresses from strangers

Yet can’t be bothered

To budge or protest

Treble

TREBLE

-adj.

1. threefold; triple

2. of, relating to, or denoting a soprano voice or part or a high-pitched instrument

-noun

3. three times the amount, size, etc.

4. a soprano voice or part or a high-pitched instrument

5. the highest register of a musical instrument

6.

a. the high-frequency response of an audio amplifier, especially in a record player or tape recorder

b. a control knob on such an instrument by means of which the high-frequency gain can be increased or decreased

7. (bell-ringing) . the lightest and highest bell in a ring

8.

a. the narrow inner ring on a dartboard

b. a hit on this ring

-verb

9. to make or become three times as much

Windy voice

Treble hint

Call for compassion

Minatory

MINATORY

-adj.

threatening or menacing

Playful spring

Minatory skies

Hail and sun

Shunt

SHUNT

-verb

1. to turn or cause to turn to one side; move or be moved aside

2. (railways) . to transfer (rolling stock) from track to track

3. (electronics) . to divert or be diverted through a shunt

4. (trans.) to evade by putting off onto someone else

5. (trans.) (motor racing) (slang) . to crash (a car)

-noun

6. the act or an instance of shunting

7. a railway point

8. (electronics) . a low-resistance conductor connected in parallel across a device, circuit, or part of a circuit to provide an alternative path for a known fraction of the current

9. (medicine) . a channel that bypasses the normal circulation of the blood: a congenital abnormality or surgically induced

10. (British) (informal) . a collision which occurs when a vehicle runs into the back of the vehicle in front

A hoard to statues

Here now, somewhere else yesterday,

Shunted about through centuries

Looking for a home 

Lethiferous

LETHIFEROUS

[liːˈθɪfərəs]

-adj.

(archaic) lethal or deadly

In these walls lurk

Fossilized miasma

Lethiferous memories

Washed away by

Global warming

Immanent

IMMANENT

-adj.

1. existing, operating, or remaining within; inherent

2. of or relating to the pantheistic conception of God, as being present throughout the universe

A stroll

Taken

(Stolen)

Through

Dusk

Immanent

Beauty

Vintage

VINTAGE

-noun

1. the wine obtained from a harvest of grapes, especially in an outstandingly good year, referred to by the year involved, the district, or the vineyard

2. the harvest from which such a wine is obtained

3.

a. the harvesting of wine grapes

b. the season of harvesting these grapes or for making wine

4. a time of origin

5. (informal) . a group of people or objects of the same period

-adj.

6. (of wine) of an outstandingly good year

7. representative of the best and most typical

8. of lasting interest and importance; venerable; classic

9. old-fashioned; dated

-verb

10. (trans.) . to gather (grapes) or make (wine)

For the time

Of a brief epic

Vintages tasting