Wondrous Words Wednesday

Wondrous Word Wednesday is hosted by Kathy of BermudaOnion

Sharing a word from a poem:

Home at thirty by Ed Skoog

On the street at midnight, I hear
a hatbox latch fall open
in an attic closet, and then
the silence of Alexandria.

Even low clouds' dark stucco seems
applied by the drowsiest journeyman.

The fire hydrant stares
from its tricolor at a branch
fallen in the street.

A snail punches antennae up the chain,
a great excursion to the loose
bolt where a little water drips.

Stucco:

n., pl., -coes, or -cos.

1. A durable finish for exterior walls, usually composed of cement, sand, and lime, and applied while wet.
2. A fine plaster for interior wall ornamentation, such as moldings.
3. A plaster or cement finish for interior walls.
4. Stuccowork.

tr.v., -coed, -co·ing, -coes, or -cos.

To finish or decorate with stucco.

[Italian, of Germanic origin.]