April 14, 2026

Na/GloPoWriMo 2026 Day 14

By Kat Myrman 
remotely working

my commute is three steps 
right, remote, tucked in 
a corner nook, two monitors, 
a tailless mouse to navigate 
my nine to five, eight
hours that clock in more
like ten, days unbroken, 
no set end, spilling into 
night, screen strobing
glare where zoom call talking, 
soft-filtered heads in squares
haggle over bottom 
lines, strategies to mitigate, 
review, discuss, congratulate…
postmortems of recent 
mistakes, scheduling another 
call because we need more 
time…get more done remote 
I’ve found, used to do this all 
onsite, brick and mortar 
cubical bound, ‘til Covid 
flipped the universe and office 
rats like me disbursed, haven’t 
missed a sunset since, stuck in
traffic in the dark, no trudging 
through car lots from
that one spot left to park, 
multitasking makes it work
with colleagues from around 
the globe, just a keyboard 
click away, three steps, right, 
is my commute…I settle in while
the WiFi boots, as hummingbirds 
outside my window, left, sip 
nectar, then flit-fly away

~kat

Na/GloPoWriMo 2026 Day 14 Prompt: Today, we challenge you to write a poem that similarly bridges (whether smoothly or not) the seeming divide between poetry and technological advances.

I have mentioned in the past, sometimes you have to create your own glimmer. Today’s offering meets that criteria. Meet the new side table topper on our back porch. Every time i look at this little planter it makes me smile. And that is exactly what a glimmer should do! It was quite a find at the garden center over the weekend. Makes me happy! A very happy Tuesday to you!

Much love, peace, and glimmers to you!

~kat

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April 13, 2026

Na/GloPoWriMo 2026 Day 13

By Kat Myrman 
home sweet

these hills are filled with gentle folk
wide-eyed does and frolicking fawns
scampering squirrels and field mice
trotting turkey hens and toms

the sky is blue and all a-flutter
blue jays, cardinals, finches, crows
hummingbirds, phoebes, cowbirds, wrens
turkey vultures swooping low

the air is honeysuckle sweet 
waves of windsong through the trees
trills and tweets in harmony
the dawn erupts in symphony 

a nearby stream swells, bubbling
the ground hums softly ‘neath my feet
at dusk when all is settling down
the peepers lull us all to sleep

there is no place I’d rather be
surrounded by this sea of green
my heart has found its home at last
here in the woods, living the dream

~kat

Na/GloPoWriMo 2026 Day 13 Prompt:  Try your hand today at writing your own poem about a remembered, cherished landscape. It could be your grandmother’s backyard, your schoolyard basketball court, or a tiny strip of woods near the railroad tracks. At some point in the poem, include language or phrasing that would be unusual in normal, spoken speech – like a rhyme, or syntax that feels old-fashioned or high-toned.

First hummingbird of 2026!
Frankie at the hummingbird lookout perch.
Matilda & Schrödinger letting me know they’re not happy that Frankie isn’t sharing, and uh, they are also wondering where their dinner is!!!

Today’s Glimmer….is more like a flash, a flicker and a twitter. The hummingbirds are back! And Frankie is commandeering the best seat in the house! The other two…well you can clearly see their attitude.

Much love, peace, and glimmers to you!

~kat

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April 12, 2026

Na/GloPoWriMo 2026 Day 12

By Kat Myrman 
alchemy in grandma’s kitchen

when the early morning sun streamed
through savory steam, wafting from a 
bubbling stockpot in my grandma’s kitchen, 
it usually meant someone was sick.
chicken on the bone, celery, carrots, 
onions, garlic simmering all day
was a proven cure for seasonal ick.

“Give her my special cough syrup”
grandpa would holler from his well-worn
chair near the front room window, 
Bonanza flashing in black, white,
and gray from the tv box…Hoss was 
always my favorite, though everyone 
said Little Joe was the best.

After supper, grandma would open 
the special cabinet, where a dark glass bottle on the top shelf was hidden, grandpa’s stash, as she eyed me, whispering
cautiously, “only because you’re sick…”

She’d measure a jigger of sweet, 
whiskey into hot lemon juice with honey… 
like magic it soothed my sore throat and helped me sleep, along with cool
camphorated oil rubbed on my chest, a sock
filled with salt warmed on the coal-fired stove wrapped around my neck, and cotton balls, dipped in garlic oil, stuffed 
in my ears…I was a loopy, smelly sight, but
by morning, miraculously, I was healed.

At 5 years old I believed my grandma 
was magical, wise, some would say, a witch.
Looking back, I am convinced that she was!


~kat

Na/GloPoWriMo 2026 Day 12 Prompt: Today, we’d like to challenge you to write your own poem that recounts a memory of a beloved relative, and something they did that echoes through your thoughts today.

And a glimmer of course…

An intriguing find deep inside my burning bush plant. Made me smile. Kind of reminds me of a turtle… am I wrong?!

Anyhoo…nature imitating…nature. It’s a wonder!

Much love, peace, and glimmers to you!

~kat

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April 11, 2026

Na/GloPoWriMo 2026 Day 11

By Kat Myrman 
always…again

close your eyes
      you can skip one day if you want
      it’s dark out
funny girl, go back to sleep

she pouted, rolled over

made him smile

beautiful, he mused
the woman he had just kissed

~kat

Na/GloPoWriMo Day 11 Prompt: Today, we’d like to challenge you to write your own erasure/blackout poem.

Page 11 for Day 11 from Dan Brown’s latest novel, “The Secret of Secrets”, to ensure my selection was totally random. Full text/page below.

…and a glimmer. Much love, peace, and glimmers to us all.

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Early Spring, when Bramlett Mountain is still visible through the trees. ~kat

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April 10, 2026

Na/GloPoWriMo Day 10

By Kat Myrman 
karma to pay

there is good reason i avoid,
dodge that dreaded question,
“where do you see yourself in five years”
I’ve always known, deep in my bones, dreaming is futile

do you ever wonder about karma?
were we so horrible, we two,
in some distant past life 
to have reaped such a high toll in this one?

ignore me, I’m thinking out loud again.
we should really think about…a ramp,
and one of those remote control beds 
it might help you, help me, help both of us, get some sleep

~kat

Na/GloPoWriMo Day 10 Prompt: Today, write your own meditation on grief. Try using (Geoffrey) Brock’s form as the “container” for your poem: a few short stanzas, with a middle section in which a question is repeated with different answers given.

Your Glimmer for today…look what I found on my morning walk with Gabby. Not sure where it came from or who it belongs to, but isn’t it lovely! Quite the work of art I’d say! And a confirmation that spring is in full swing!

Much love, peace, and glimmers to you!

~kat ✨✨✨💚💚💚✨✨✨

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