Narrow

NARROW

-adj.
1. small in breadth, in comparison to length
2. limited in range or extent
3. limited in outlook; lacking breadth of vision
4. limited in means or resources; meagre
5. barely adequate or successful
6. painstakingly thorough; minute
7. (finance) . denoting an assessment of liquidity as including notes and coin in circulation with the public, banks' till money, and banks' balances
8. (dialect) over careful with money; parsimonious
9. (phonetics)
a. (of a speech sound) pronounced with considerable muscular effort and having relatively precise accuracy of articulation and considerable duration (also called tense)
b. relating to or denoting a transcription used to represent phonetic rather than phonemic distinctions
c. denoting a vowel pronounced with the lips relatively close together (also called close)
10. (of agricultural feeds) especially rich in protein
-verb
11. to make or become narrow; limit; restrict
- noun
12. a narrow place, in particular for a pass or strait

In your dreams of lies

Floats a waterlily, the colour of air

Among polluted narrows

Shards of discarded truths

An inconvenient burden of hope

Especially

ESPECIALLY

-adv.
1. in particular; specifically
2. very much

The sun is falling
Over the silence in the country
The plain of flowers a turbulent child
Fading in the light of shadows.
A horror of the world
Especially watching winter lie dry.
Its mass of blue light and water
Turning to a stream of cold green flowers.

Dull

DULL

-adj.
1. slow to think or understand; stupid
2. lacking in interest
3. lacking in perception or the ability to respond; insensitive
4. lacking sharpness; blunt
5. not acute, intense, or piercing
6. (of weather) not bright or clear; cloudy
7. not active, busy, or brisk
8. lacking in spirit or animation; listless
9. (of colour) lacking brilliance or brightness; sombre
10. not loud or clear; muffled
11. (medicine) . (of sound elicited by percussion, not resonant
-verb
12. to make or become dull

Paper rats flutter on a wall

Dull days taking flight on dove wings

Tulips welcoming spring

Laurel

LAUREL

-noun

1. Also called: bay, true laurel. any lauraceous tree of the genus Laurus, such as the bay tree (see bay4) and L. canariensis, of the Canary Islands and Azores

2. any lauraceous plant

3. (plural) a wreath of true laurel, worn on the head as an emblem of victory or honour in classical times

4. (plural) honour, distinction, or fame

-verb

5. (trans.) to crown with laurels

The grace of spring
Laurel buds awaiting bloom
Amongst temples and ruins
And in delicate infusion

Dawdle

DAWDLE

-verb
1. (intr.) to be slow or lag behind
2. (when trans,, often followed by “away”) to waste (time); trifle

Rain goes

And the days dawdle by

In long wet naps

Dreaming of summer

Inner

INNER

-adj. (prenominal)
1. being or located further inside
2. happening or occurring inside
3. relating to the soul, mind, spirit, etc.
4. more profound or obscure; less apparent
5. exclusive or private
6. (chemistry) . (of a compound) having a cyclic structure formed or apparently formed by reaction of one functional group in a molecule with another group in the same molecule
-noun
7. (archery) . also called: red archery
a. the red innermost ring on a target
b. a shot which hits this ring

Dust settling inside the premises

The monuments here dissolve

Their inner grace dimmed

People whisper by, eyes on their phone

Facet

FACET

-noun

1. any of the surfaces of a cut gemstone

2. an aspect or phase, as of a subject or personality

3. (architecture) . the raised surface between the flutes of a column

4. any of the lenses that make up the compound eye of an insect or other arthropod

5. (anatomy) . any small smooth area on a hard surface, as on a bone

-verb

6. (trans.) to cut facets in (a gemstone)

Bounced on taupe shards, we weave promises

My eyes, facetted skies, shake lights

Overwhelming but still just short of night

Darkness is closing in, my love - but just a little

Forgo

FORGO

-verb

1.to give up or do without

2. (archaic) to leave

Forgo doubt

And bloom

Even in darkness

Especially in darkness

Precipice

PRECIPICE

[ˈprɛsɪpɪs ]

-noun

1. the steep sheer face of a cliff or crag

2. the cliff or crag itself

3. a precarious situation

Cultivating

The art of

Precipice

For thrills

Extemporize

EXTEMPORIZE

-verb

1. to perform, speak, or compose (an act, speech, piece of music, etc.) without planning or preparation

2. to use (a temporary solution) for an immediate need; improvise

Balancing act

Always on the brink of

Disaster or sublime

Extemporized life

Rosemary

ROSEMARY

-noun

an aromatic European shrub, Rosmarinus officinalis, widely cultivated for its grey-green evergreen leaves, which are used in cookery for flavouring and yield a fragrant oil used in the manufacture of perfumes: family Lamiaceae (labiates). 

Hill companion

From invasive hedgerow

Singing in the sun

Mad intoxicating rosemary

Bore

BORE

-verb

1. to produce (a hole) in (a material) by use of a drill, auger, or other cutting tool

2. to increase the diameter of (a hole), as by an internal turning operation on a lathe or similar machine

3. (trans.) to produce (a hole in the ground, tunnel, mine shaft, etc.) by digging, drilling, cutting, etc.

4. (intr.) (informal) (of a horse or athlete in a race) to push other competitors in order to try to get them out of the way

-noun

5. a hole or tunnel in the ground, in particular one drilled in search of minerals, oil, etc.

6.

a. a circular hole in a material produced by drilling, turning, or drawing

b. the diameter of such a hole

7.

a. the hollow part of a tube or cylinder, in particular of a gun barrel

b. the diameter of such a hollow part; calibre

8. (Australian) an artesian well

-verb

1. (trans.) to tire or make weary by being dull, repetitious, or uninteresting

-noun

2. a dull, repetitious, or uninteresting person, activity, or state

-noun

a high steep-fronted wave moving up a narrow estuary, caused by the tide

He went and bore a

Cat-shaped hole

In our heart

Modicum

MODICUM

-noun

a small amount or portion

Looking for a modicum of calm

Amidst chaos

I select abstraction and white noise

Stride

STRIDE

-noun

1. a long step or pace

2. the space measured by such a step

3. a striding gait

4. an act of forward movement by an animal, completed when the legs have returned to their initial relative positions

5. progress or development

6. a regular pace or rate of progress

7. (rowing) the distance covered between strokes

8. (jazz) a piano style characterized by single bass notes on the first and third beats and chords on the second and fourth. Also called: stride piano 

9. (plural) (informal, mainly Australian) men's trousers

-verb

10. (intr.) to walk with long regular or measured paces, as in haste, etc.

11. (trans.) to cover or traverse by striding

12. (often followed by “over”, “across”, etc.) to cross (over a space, obstacle, etc.) with a stride

13. (intr.) (rowing) to achieve the desired rhythm in a racing shell

Dawn has jogged past

Leaving sweat in her stride

All over the greenery

Dot

DOT

-noun

1. a small round mark made with or as with a pen, etc; spot; speck; point

2. anything resembling a dot; a small amount

3. the mark (˙) that appears above the main stem of the letters i, j

4. (music)

a. the symbol (·) placed after a note or rest to increase its time value by half

b. this symbol written above or below a note indicating that it must be played or sung staccato

5. (mathematics, logic)

a. the symbol (.) indicating multiplication or logical conjunction

b. a decimal point

6. the symbol (·) used, in combination with the symbol for dash (–), in the written representation of Morse and other telegraphic codes

-verb

7. (trans.) to mark or form with a dot

8. (trans.) to scatter or intersperse (with dots or something resembling dots)

11. (intr.) to make a dot or dots

-noun

(civil law) a woman's dowry

Love is in the air

Carried by dots

No need for anything else

Closure

CLOSURE

-noun

1. the act of closing or the state of being closed

2. an end or conclusion

3. something that closes or shuts, such as a cap or seal for a container

4. (in a deliberative body) a procedure by which debate may be halted and an immediate vote taken

5. (mainly US)

a. the resolution of a significant event or relationship in a person's life

b. a sense of contentment experienced after such a resolution

6. (geology) the vertical distance between the crest of an anticline and the lowest contour that surrounds it

7. (phonetics) the obstruction of the breath stream at some point along the vocal tract, such as the complete occlusion preliminary to the articulation of a stop

8. (logic)

a. the closed sentence formed from a given open sentence by prefixing universal or existential quantifiers to bind all its free variables

b. the process of forming such a closed sentence

9. (mathematics)

a. the smallest closed set containing a given set

b. the operation of forming such a set

10. (psychology) the tendency, first noted by Gestalt psychologists, to see an incomplete figure like a circle with a gap in it as more complete than it is

-verb

11. (trans.) (in a deliberative body) to end (debate) by closure

A breach in reality

Some type of closure

Made to dissuade thieves

From wondering too much

And kids from venturing too far

Pigment

PIGMENT

-noun

1. a substance occurring in plant or animal tissue and producing a characteristic colour, such as chlorophyll in green plants and haemoglobin in red blood

2. any substance used to impart colour

3. a powder that is mixed with a liquid to give a paint, ink, etc.

Urban tattoo

Pigment on a wall

If only virtually

Virtual collage made with PhotoFunia

Thyme

THYME

-noun

any of various small shrubs of the temperate genus Thymus, having a strong mint-like or lemon-like odour, small leaves, and white, pink, or red flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates)

Crawling thyme
Discreet yet pungent
Brings up memories

Donzel

DONZEL

-noun

(archaic) a man of high birth

Despite his unknown origins

He plays the donzel

And requests minions

And a fawning entourage

Keyboard

KEYBOARD

-noun

1. a complete set of keys, usually hand-operated, as on a piano, organ, computer, typewriter, or typesetting machine

2. (often plural) a musical instrument, in particular when electronic, played by means of a keyboard

-verb

3. to set (a text, etc.) in type, onto magnetic tape, or into some other medium, by using a keyboard machine

Life’s keyboard

Sixty-three rocks

With roots on a ridge

Little dirt under fingers

Tapping away time.