Verminous

VERMINOUS

-adj.
relating to, infested with, or suggestive of vermin

She was most upset
When I called her verminous
Since she was only dirty

Shindig

SHINDIG

-noun (informal)

1. a noisy party, dance, etc.

2. also called shindy (a quarrel or commotion)

When you’ve had a shindig

And end up feeling cold and like

A lump of stone the day after

Oblong

OBLONG

-adj.
1. having an elongated, in particular if rectangular, shape
-noun
2. a figure or object having this shape

In an oblong ornate hell

Dante festers and cries

For the love of Beatrice

Propound

PROPOUND

-verb (trans.)
1. to suggest or put forward for consideration
2. (English law)
a. to produce (a will or similar instrument) to the proper court or authority in order for its validity to be established
b. (of an executor) to bring (an action to obtain probate) in solemn form

Montage and trucage

Propound a lack of originality

Mindless games 

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Trample

TRAMPLE

-verb (when intr., usually followed by “on”, “upon”, or “over”)
1. to stamp or walk roughly (on)
2. to encroach (upon) so as to violate or hurt
-noun
3. the action or sound of trampling

That long agony

When night tramples over day

Bruising it quite viciously

For our delight

Lent

LENT

-noun
1. (Christianity) . the period of forty weekdays lasting from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday, observed as a time of penance and fasting commemorating Jesus' fasting in the wilderness
3. (plural) (at Cambridge University) Lent term boat races

Lashes aren’t compulsory

(And awkward in the kitchen)

But greens are offered in penitence

Imposed by and for Lent

By someone who obviously never knew

About their lush appeal

Idle

IDLE

-adj.
1. unemployed or unoccupied; inactive
2. not operating or being used
3. (of money) not being used to earn interest or dividends
4. not wanting to work; lazy
5. (usually prenominal) frivolous or trivial
6. ineffective or powerless; fruitless; vain
7. without basis; unfounded
-verb
8. (when trans., often followed by “away”) to waste or pass (time) fruitlessly or inactively
9. (intr.) to loiter or move aimlessly
10. (intr.) (of a shaft, engine, etc.) to turn without doing useful work
11. (intr.) (of an engine) to run at low speed with the transmission disengaged
12. (trans.) (US and Canadian) to cause to be inactive or unemployed

I would not call him idle

Not now, not ever,

Just parsimonious in his moves

Invigorate

INVIGORATE

-verb

(trans.) to give vitality and vigour to; animate; brace; refresh

March rains

Invigorate the mind

Flush rivers

Court flowers

Transcend

TRANSCEND

-verb

1. to go above or beyond (a limit, expectation, etc.), as in degree or excellence

2. (trans.) to be superior to

3. (philosophy), (theology) . to exist beyond (the material world)

They travel

Dream and survey the world

To transcend humanity

Paste over the cracks

Of civilization’s thin varnish

Vermiculate

VERMICULATE

-verb [vɜːˈmɪkjʊˌleɪt ]

1. (trans.) to decorate with wavy or wormlike tracery or markings

-adj. [vɜːˈmɪkjʊlɪt  , -ˌleɪt]

2. vermicular; sinuous

3. worm-eaten or appearing as if worm-eaten

4. (of thoughts, etc.) insinuating; subtly tortuous

Unscrupulous thoughts

Unsnarl vermiculate notions

Cursed lovers pine for reprieve

But reflections still show no remorse

Street art by My Dog Sighs 

Hysteria

HYSTERIA

-noun

1. a mental disorder characterized by emotional outbursts, susceptibility to autosuggestion, and, often, symptoms such as paralysis that mimic the effects of physical disorders

2. any frenzied emotional state, in particular one involving laughing or crying

Rock stars and

Fetching romantic figures

Harbinger of hysteria

And lost knickers

Edict

EDICT

-noun
1. a decree, order, or ordinance issued by a sovereign, state, or any other holder of authority
2. any formal or authoritative command, proclamation, etc.

Here we are, standing against an edict
A cauldron of snarled emotions
Shaking our fists towards the sun
Hoping to attract the eye of history


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Root

ROOT

-noun
1. the organ of a higher plant that anchors the rest of the plant in the ground, absorbs water and mineral salts from the soil, and does not bear leaves or buds
2. any plant part, such as a rhizome or tuber, that is similar to a root in structure, function, or appearance
3. the essential, fundamental, or primary part or nature of something
4. (anatomy) the embedded portion of a tooth, nail, hair, etc.
5. origin or derivation, esp as a source of growth, vitality, or existence
6. (plural) a person's sense of belonging in a community, place, etc. in particular the one in which he was born or brought up
7. an ancestor or antecedent
8. (Bible) . a descendant
9. the form of a word that remains after removal of all affixes; a morpheme with lexical meaning that is not further sub-divisible into other morphemes with lexical meaning
10. (mathematics) . a number or quantity that when multiplied by itself a certain number of times equals a given number or quantity
11. a number that when substituted for the variable satisfies a given equation
12. (music) . (in harmony) the note forming the foundation of a chord
13. (Australian and New Zealand) (slang) sexual intercourse
-verb
14. (intr.) to put forth or establish a root and begin to grow
15. (intr.) to become established, embedded, or effective
17. (trans.) to fix or embed with or as if with a root or roots
18. (Australian and New Zealand) (slang) to have sexual intercourse (with)

-verb (intr.)
1. (of a pig) to burrow in or dig up the earth in search of food, using the snout
2. (followed by “about”, “around”, “in”, etc.) (informal) to search vigorously but unsystematically

-verb
(intr.) (usually followed by “for”) (informal) to give support to (a contestant, team, etc.), as by cheering

Rooting

For winter roots

Impermanent

IMPERMANENT

-adj.

not permanent; fleeting; transitory

Her cough reminds me

That all is impermanent

Approximation

APPROXIMATION

-noun

1. the process or result of making a rough calculation, estimate, or guess

2. an imprecise or unreliable record or version

3. (mathematics) . an inexact number, relationship, or theory that is sufficiently accurate for a specific purpose

4. (mathematics)

a. an estimate of the value of some quantity to a desired degree of accuracy

b. an expression in simpler terms than a given expression which approximates to it

Pi is such an odd number

It feels like an approximation

Not a mere ratio for a circumference

Of a given circle to its diameter

Extant

EXTANT

-adj.

1. still in existence; surviving

2. (archaic) standing out; protruding

I

Dreamt

Extant

Sites anew

Old decayed splendours

Adorned glory

Crumbling down

Again

To

Sleep

Subterfuge

SUBTERFUGE

-noun
a stratagem employed to conceal something, evade an argument, etc.

Books on the shelf from the fields of mankind

At large, white and deadly

Their paper stars starting to blush

The cold streams of simple lines

A subterfuge in the lost battle

For knowledge or pleasure

Taken away from our dream country

Eidetic

EIDETIC

-adj. 
(psychology)
1. (of visual, or sometimes auditory, images) exceptionally vivid and allowing detailed recall of something previously perceived: thought to be common in children
2. relating to or subject to such imagery

Of her childhood by the sea

She recalled the delicate

Deliberate architecture

Of trees in eidetic details

Each needle painfully in place

Each bark scale hiding a thought

Wince

WINCE

-verb
1. (intr.) to start slightly, as with sudden pain; flinch
- noun
2. the act of wincing

-noun
a roller for transferring pieces of cloth between dyeing vats

The wall is white

And the decayed monster

Stares in to the void

Daring it to wince first

Pizza

PIZZA

-noun
a dish of Italian origin consisting of a baked disc of dough, usually covered with cheese and tomatoes,  and/or with a variety of toppings (mushrooms, anchovies, artichokes, sausage, ham, etc.).

A quick dish with you

Romance in cheese and cardboard box

Sunday evening Pizza

Like Mamma never used to make