Sunday 31 January 2016

Beignet

BEIGNET
[ˈbɛnjeɪ]

-noun
(mainly US & and Canadian) Hot fritter - a square deep-fried pastry served hot and sprinkled with icing sugar

























Breakfast beignets
Filled with pastry cream

Make cold days warmer

Saturday 30 January 2016

Scrat

SCRAT 
[skræt]

-verb
(trans.) (obsolete)  to scratch




















Too high
To scrat
Too high
To cuddle

Fuzzy grumpy bird

Friday 29 January 2016

Benitier

BENITIER 
[bɛˈnɪtɪeɪ]

-noun
a basin to hold holy water

























Children came in
Bearing gifts of vast shells
Benitiers to drown our tears
Yet we failed to see their wings

Fluttering in the dark

Thursday 28 January 2016

Doxastic

DOXASTIC

-adj.
(logic)
1. of or relating to belief
2. denoting the branch of modal logic that studies the concept of belief

























Ancient paintings
Traces of doxastic habits
Smothered in excess gold

Stolen and disappeared

Wednesday 27 January 2016

Peter

PETER

-verb
1. (intr.) (followed by “out” or “away”) to fall (off) in volume, intensity, etc., and finally cease 

-verb
1. to play a high card before a low one in a suit, usually a conventional signal of a doubleton holding or of strength in that suit
-noun
2. the act of petering

-noun (slang)
1. a safe, till, or cash box
2. a prison cell
3. the witness box in a courtroom
4. (mainly US) a slang word for penis

























When callers started
Petering away
Nobody thought
About mending

The door knock

Tuesday 26 January 2016

Freshen

FRESHEN

-verb
1. to make or become fresh or fresher
2. (often followed by ‘up’) . to refresh (oneself), especially by washing
3. (intr.) (of the wind) to increase
4. to lose or cause to lose saltiness
5. (intr.) (mainly US)
a. (of farm animals) to give birth
b. (of cows) to commence giving milk after calving

























Stopping by
To freshen up
Away from

A freshening wind

Monday 25 January 2016

Shambolic

SHAMBOLIC

-adj.
(informal) completely disorganized; chaotic



















In the midst
of shambolic designs

Peace 

Sunday 24 January 2016

Epulation

EPULATION

-noun
the act of feasting

























The table is set
Read for the rush

Towards epulation

Saturday 23 January 2016

Pernickety

PERNICKETY

-adj.
1. (informal) excessively precise and attentive to detail; fussy
2. (of a task) requiring close attention; exacting


















Her Royal Fluffiness
Demands the best
Pernickety from her tail

To the tip of her whiskers

Friday 22 January 2016

Pouncet

POUNCET

-noun
box with a perforated top used for perfume

















Pomander
A portable pouncet

Old fashioned freshener

Thursday 21 January 2016

Crenate

CRENATE

-adj.
having a scalloped margin, as certain leaves

























Looking at the galaxy
Looking for crenate patterns

To go with the dining room clouds

Wednesday 20 January 2016

Arcuation

ARCUATION

-noun
1. the use of arches or vaults in buildings
2. an arrangement of arches

























The art of arcuation

Taken to its extreme

Tuesday 19 January 2016

Apricity

APRICITY

-noun
the warmth of the sun in winter

























January morning
A skimpily dressed lady

Basking in apricity

Monday 18 January 2016

Hiemal

HIEMAL

-adj.
of or occurring in winter

















Vaporous sea
Hiemal pool

Waiting for a dream boat

Sunday 17 January 2016

Lobster

LOBSTER

-noun
1. any of several large marine decapod crustaceans of the genus Homarus, especially  H. vulgaris, occurring on rocky shores and having the first pair of limbs modified as large pincers
2. any of several similar crustaceans, especially the spiny lobster
3. the flesh of any of these crustaceans, eaten as a delicacy

























A side salad
Of lobster and artichoke
Fresh herbs and mandarins

Too small always

Saturday 16 January 2016

Bogart

BOGART

-verb
(trans.) (slang) to monopolize or keep (something) to oneself selfishly
























She knows how to whistle
I am being told off
For bogarting my cuddles


Friday 15 January 2016

Gnomic

GNOMIC

-adj.
1. consisting of, containing, or relating to gnomes or aphorisms
2. of or relating to a writer of such sayings

























Looking at it
Any which way I might
I cannot stop searching
For a gnomic sense

To that first definition

Thursday 14 January 2016

Ratiocinate

RATIOCINATE
[ˌrætɪˈɒsɪˌneɪt]

-verb
(intr.) to think or argue logically and methodically; reason



















At liberty at last
To ratiocinate about her future
She was able to draw

Her own unpalatable conclusions


Wednesday 13 January 2016

Glib

GLIB

-adj.
fluent and easy, often in an insincere or deceptive way



















Haphazard puzzle
Glib cut and paste
Baroque restoration


Tuesday 12 January 2016

Witter

WITTER

-verb
1. (intr.) often followed by “on” . to chatter or babble pointlessly or at unnecessary length
-noun
2. pointless chat; chatter

























They were going to play
But Arnord started to witter
On and on until the girls
Decided to cast him away

With a farewell spell

Monday 11 January 2016

Desist

DESIST

-verb
(intr.) often followed by “from” . to cease, as from an action; stop or abstain


























When fog sets in
And your auto-focus desists
New realities creep in

Sunday 10 January 2016

Leftovers

LEFTOVERS

-plural noun
an unused portion or remnant, as of material or cooked food  

























Turned to quiche or lasagne,
Quick pasta sauce or
Heavy breakfast sandwiches

Leftovers will be recycled

Saturday 9 January 2016

Cendre

CENDRE

-adj.
a particular shade of ash-blond

























Not yet a full calico
She still teeters
On the brink of cendre

And dirt bag

Friday 8 January 2016

Garb

GARB

-noun
1. clothes, especially the distinctive attire of an occupation or profession 
2. style of dress; fashion
3. external appearance, covering, or attire

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Enter into a world
Where gender isn’t as relevant
As the species whose garb you wear

So many tasteful faux-pas

Thursday 7 January 2016

Extend

EXTEND

-verb
1. to draw out or be drawn out; stretch
2. to last for a certain time
3. (intr.) to reach a certain point in time or distance
4. (intr.) to exist or occur
5. (trans.) to increase (a building, etc.) in size or area; add to or enlarge
6. (trans.) to broaden the meaning or scope of
7. (trans.) to put forth, present, or offer
8. to stretch forth (an arm, etc.)
9. (trans.) to lay out (a body) at full length
10. (trans.) to strain or exert (a person or animal) to the maximum
11. (trans.) to prolong (the time originally set) for payment of (a debt, or loan), completion of (a task), etc.
12. (trans.) (accounting)
a. to carry forward
b. to calculate the amount of (a total, balance, etc)
13. (trans.) (law) (formerly in England) to value or assess (land)

























Cold and fog
Extending each other
In the approach of night

Light is vanquished

Wednesday 6 January 2016

Practice

PRACTICE

-noun
1. a usual or customary action or proceeding
2. repetition or exercise of an activity in order to achieve mastery and fluency
3. the condition of having mastery of a skill or activity through repetition
4. the exercise of a profession
5. the act of doing something
6. the established method of conducting proceedings in a court of law
-verb
7. the US spelling of practise






















Years of practice

Made his ravioli skills perfect

Tuesday 5 January 2016

Clime

CLIME

-noun
(poetic) a region or its climate

















Ghosts and clime
Weaving legends

In vaporous garb

Monday 4 January 2016

Glee

GLEE

-noun
1. great merriment or delight, often caused by someone else's misfortune
2. a type of song originating in 18th-century England, sung by three or more unaccompanied voices 

























All teeth out
Stone glee leers at tourist

Most do not see

Sunday 3 January 2016

Carrot

CARROT

-noun
1. an umbelliferous plant, Daucus carota sativa, with finely divided leaves and flat clusters of small white flowers
2. the long tapering now mostly orange root of this plant, eaten as a vegetable
3. something offered as a lure or incentive


























Like jewels
Fragrant carrot morsels
On braised cheek


Saturday 2 January 2016

Blatant

BLATANT

-adj.
1. glaringly conspicuous or obvious
2. offensively noticeable
3. offensively noisy

























I ask her to pose
She starts giggling
In her paw
Blatant disregard

For the photographer

Friday 1 January 2016

Gaffe

GAFFE

-noun
a social blunder, especially a tactless remark

























I would whisper 
Happy New Year
But it could be a gaffe