Daily Poem 9: Woolgathering

Why’s woolgathering less respected than the other arts?

To have the skill to spin from idleness unicorns, globes,

Grey whales, and vampires deserves (and has received) the praise

Of generations (though of mostly day dreaming children).

We learn about ourselves through what we wish we were and can be…

If only in dreams.

And dinosaurs.

wool·gath·er·ing

[wool-gath-er-ing]

–noun
1. indulgence in idle fancies and in daydreaming; absentmindedness: His woolgathering was a handicap in school.
2. gathering of the tufts of wool shed by sheep and caught on bushes.

Daily Poem 8: Dishabille

It’s a diversion strategy to dress in dishabille:

To numb your mind, relax your wits, and then forget to feel.

dishabille

\dis-uh-BEEL\ , noun;

1. The state of being carelessly or partially dressed.
2. Casual or lounging attire.
3. An intentionally careless or casual manner.

Daily Poem 7: Inveterate

My dreams are filled prescriptions stored

In bottles labelled with your name

To wean me off our memories—

To cure my inveterate love.

inveterate

\in-VET-uhr-it\, adjective:

1. Firmly established by long persistence; deep-rooted; of long standing.
2. Fixed in habit by long persistence; confirmed; habitual.


Dialy Poem 6: Crepuscular

I wake and watch the blue-hour’s

Crepuscular creatures drag limbs

Through the dim

To their towers.

cre·pus·cu·lar

[kri-puhs-kyuh-ler]

–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or resembling twilight; dim; indistinct.
2. Zoology. appearing or active in the twilight, as certain bats and insects.

Daily Poem 5: Quiddity

In lightning flames my quiddity;

My lightning grounds each day;

In lightning smokes Euripides;

His Bacchae swim my way.

quid·di·ty

[kwid-i-tee]

–noun,plural-ties.
1. the quality that makes a thing what it is; the essential nature of a thing.
2. a trifling nicety of subtle distinction, as in argument.