Thursday 30 April 2009

Wane

WANE

–verb (used without object)

1. to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.
2. to decline in power, importance, prosperity, etc.
3. to draw to a close; approach an end.
4. (of the moon) to decrease periodically in the extent of its illuminated portion after the full moon.
–noun
5. a gradual decrease or decline in strength, intensity, power, etc.
6. the drawing to a close of life, an era, a period, etc.
7. the waning of the moon.
8. a period of waning.
9. a defect in a plank or board characterized by bark or insufficient wood at a corner or along an edge, due to the curvature of the log.



I watch
Your breath
Wane

The world
Sus
pen
ded
For the shortest longest time.

1 comment:

Tess Kincaid said...

I've always adored the words wax and wane!