Simon Armitage: Poems Glossary

Simon Armitage: Poems Glossary

lacerated

flesh which has deep cuts

tidemark

marks left by the tides on the beach

brambles

bushes or shrubs covered with prickles

bothered

worried, concerned

lilac

a tree with fragrant flowers

unrivalled

unequalled, uncompared

stench

unpleasant smell

butterfingered

a person who has the tendency to drop things easily

photogenic

a person who looks good in photographs

besieged

being surrounded by the army

starling

a songbird

irritation

being angry or annoyed

beheaded

having one's head chopped off

keepsake

a token

unspooling

unwinding

inertia

not doing anthing, not changing anything

cascading

refers to a waterfall which falls in stages over many slopes

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