Atrabillious (adj) bad tempered
Boscage (n) clump of shrubs
Chthonic (adj) Inhabiting the underworld
Ensorcelled (Advb) enchanted
Quincunx (n) Five objects, four in a square and one in the middle
Stillicide (v) Falling of water in drops.
The Devil
I was walking through the park, at night
with an anger i could not gauge,
then, all of a sudden, i jumped,
something had stirred in the boscage.
an atrabillious lover had got me riled
i was too angered to panic
as from the boscage came
something black, dark and chthonic
My anger did but ebb away,
I stood there so compelled
the devils wicked charms on me
had got me ensorcelled
i had walked into his Quincunx
my soul stood by his side
i rotted deep inside myself
to my eyes' silent stillicide.
Andrew D Wood
Author notes
some of my favorite odd words.
A contest entry
- Feed the Verbivore by intoothandclaw.
900 points, ended April 9, 5 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Do you like how i tried to have most of my odd words rhyming?
Comments
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Some good words in there! Boscage, stillicide, and atrabillious are both new and excellently useful. Thanks much!
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yes
Its nice to see thought. -
good
I like to see one step aside from the prescribed proforma and let one's non-political vocab show through.
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