Read full poem →A wisp of paper is twisted carefully into the strands of the dead man's hair.
It says, "My Lord: Your wife's paramour has paid with his life
Dictionary Entry
A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group.
In a Sentence
“A wisp of hair escaped her barrette and whipped wildly in the wind.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. wispwisp thinwisp littlewisp straywisp merewisp tinywisp small
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Poetry examples for “wisp”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →His bleached both and woolwoven wear:
Careless these in coloured wisp
All lie tumbled-to; then with loop-locks
Read full poem →that inhabit them,
Nor the present, nor the least wisp that is known.