Vellichor

[camus]

What an interesting word, I guess it could mean:
The final smoky mountain destination of an epic journey.

A dinosaur from (I’m surmising) the Triassic period.
A product that lengthens and strengthens
and lets you in at night when you’ve lost your key.

An opera about a tossing boat upon a tossing sea.
But no, no sir. I discovered It simply means

the strange wistfulness of a used bookstore.
A gift to you, from me.

[ton321]

Nothing like that smell of second hand bookshops! Lovely piece. I googled it and it said-"the pensive nostalgia of used book stores". I can relate to that.

Don't strange words do it, that lift?

Liked the alternative meanings also. For me Vellichor is a high Elf from the Silmarillian, but that's just me.

T

[Macavity]

Great word and fun what you've done Kris. In terms of fun perhaps tipsy rather than tossing.. Particularly like the notion of gifting. And, me being me, I'd make the sir a lady.

[camus]

Thanks T,

Don't strange words do it, that lift?

They do indeed. "a high Elf from the Silmarillian" I certainly had Tolkien in mind with the second line, perhaps I should expand on that. There are many possibilities.

Thanks Mac,

In terms of fun perhaps tipsy rather than tossing.

Yes I think that would work quite well, rather than the double tossing.

Cheers
Kris

[NotQuiteSure]

Hi Kris,
enjoyed, but then, given the word, who wouldn't? I hadn't heard of it before, so thanks for the introduction, but its similarity to petrichor (and vellum) suggested something along bookish lines.

I wasn't entirely sold on the opening line, felt a little flat/lacking in romance, for me. I also wondered if, given the word itself, a few more examples of the books it took you to wouldn't go amiss?

Regards, Not

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[camus]

I wasn't entirely sold on the opening line, felt a little flat/lacking in romance, for me. I also wondered if, given the word itself, a few more examples of the books it took you to wouldn't go amiss?

Good suggestion, Not. I really like the idea of introducing some books into the mix, makes sense. One to work on for sure.

Cheers
Kris

[Lia]

Hi Kris,

A gift indeed, and a word I didn't know. That second line made me chuckle - something about the timing and its long wordy drawnoutness. I thought of Tolkien straight away so I think the line's pulling enough weight. Particularly liked this:

“A dinosaur from (I’m surmising) the Triassic period.
A product that lengthens and strengthens
and lets you in at night when you’ve lost your key.”

It still holds to the bookstore, too, which is nice (Self-help, DIY and Health books, for instance) and maybe a little bit cheeky (but that might just be me).

A clever way that 'opera' enables the 'no, no sir'.

“I discovered It simply means” … It think this is okay because it's conversational so I won't try to force a 'that' into the line, but perhaps 'I've'?

Thoroughly enjoyed this.

Lia

[ray miller]

A product that lengthens and strengthens
and lets you in at night when you’ve lost your key.

You should go into advertising, Kris. Loved the poem. I thought it was gonna be an anagram of overchill.