Word of the Day
Saturday December 10, 2011
adytum \ad-i-tuhm\ , noun:
1. A sacred place that the public is forbidden to enter; an inner shrine.
2. The most sacred or reserved part of any place of worship.
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But still.
There is a moon and you
are looking at it and I
am looking at it.
Word of the Day
Saturday December 10, 2011
adytum \ad-i-tuhm\ , noun:
1. A sacred place that the public is forbidden to enter; an inner shrine.
2. The most sacred or reserved part of any place of worship.
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I tell this empty room
the things I used to tell you.
I tell the white
walls my secrets and [...]
Word of the Day
Friday, November 04, 2011
prehensible
\pri-HEN-suh-buhl\ , adjective;
1.
Able to be seized or grasped.
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I don’t remember the last thing you said.
The stairs creaked and you seemed
taller than usual.
I turned away and in the wind I felt
opaque and empty.
Curled into myself I imagined
a cold sea full of open oysters
There were no [...]
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 [...]
Word of the Day
Thursday, September 29, 2011
woolgathering
\WOOL-gath-(uh)-ring\ , adjective;
1.
Indulgence in idle daydreaming.
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I lie on the floor because it
prevents forgetting.
The wood is smooth beneath my
cheek and in between my body and the
ground my heartbeat is trapped
like a moth.
The plaintive music plays and
the sharp sweet pricks don’t draw
blood just conclusions.
I’m here.
Word of the Day for Tuesday, September 27, 2011
gadabout \GAD-uh-bout\, noun:
Someone who roams about in search of amusement or social activity.
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The streets are wet and hostile
the sky closing in on itself like
a movie with a bad ending.
The wind is sharp and hot
its caresses sting like careless
words or constant pretending.
That warm maple sleep seems
far far [...]
Word of the Day
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
metaphrastic
\met-uh-FRAST-ik\ , adjective;
1.
Having the quality of a literary work that has been translated or changed from one form to another, as prose into verse.
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It was never a marathon.
Middle distance maybe and near the
middle obstacles like a steeplechase
no water jumps just more
distance and then less until
we stop
running [...]
Word of the Day
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
parergon
\pa-RUR-gon\ , noun;
1.
Work undertaken in addition to one’s principal work.
2.
Something that is an accessory to a main work or subject; embellishment.
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If I were your
mirror
would you still
see me.
