Word of the Day for Tuesday, October 25, 2011
mesmerize \MEZ-muh-rahyz\, verb:
1. To spellbind; fascinate.
2. To hypnotize.
3. To compel by fascination.
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I watched you in the kitchen
fixing dinner.
You didn’t cry when you cut the onions
and though you knew I was there
you sort of didn’t.
Across the bar I caught your eye
you smiled and
then you [...]
Word of the Day
Saturday, October 22, 2011
anomie
\AN-uh-mee\ , noun;
1.
A sense of loneliness and anxiety; a state or condition characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
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It’s been two years, maybe three now. You look the same. I don’t. When you see me trying not [...]
Word of the Day
Monday, October 03, 2011
billow
\BIL-oh\ , verb;
1.
To rise or roll in or like a great wave; surge.
2.
To swell out, puff up, etc., as by the action of wind.
3.
To make rise, surge, swell.
noun:
1.
A great wave or surge of the sea.
2.
Any surging mass.
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The night is swollen and
under the tangled trees
I run my fingertips across
the yellowing [...]
