Herido de luz

Labyrinth of the Minotaur, Lambertus a S. Audomaro, Saint-Omer, c. 1121

The crow. A poet's calendar. 1927.

to try to include in your next poem/story

Acervate - growing in heaps or closely compacted clusters

Bêtise - an act of foolishness or stupidity

Calamus - the hollow basal portion of a feather below the vane; quill

Dreamery - impractical fancies

Ferronière - a pendant jewel worn (as by women in 15th century Italy and early 19th century England) in the middle of the forehead

Ictus - the recurring stress or beat in a rhythmic or metrical series of sounds

Ivorine - a substance resembling ivory in color and texture

Languescent - becoming languid or fatigued

Malgré - despite

Naupathia - seasickness

Nymphean - inhabited by nymphs

Orfevrerie - gold or silver plate; jewelry

Philter - a potion credited with magical power; a potion, drug, or charm held to have the power to arouse sexual passion

Saturnalia - excess, extravagance

Threnody - a song of lamentation for the dead; elegy

Undern - a light meal in the forenoon or in the afternoon

Verselet - a little verse

Villeggiatura - residence in the country for a holiday

Wrongous - characterized by unfairness

Zymosis - fermentation