What does one say about such a week? Our world witnessed another round of tragedy. As I reflect on this my mind is spinning. Was it just one horrible event this week or were there others? Or was it last week?
The weeks have started to run together. We barely have time to recover, or to make sense of it, before another wave of sorrow swallows us, slamming us relentlessly into the crumbled shards of normal we once took for granted.
It is hard to catch one’s breath in times like this. How important it is to breathe! I forget to sometimes. And yet I know that breathing, consciously, deliberately, is the only thing that saves me. Breathing quiets my spinning head and centers me in the moment flooding me with calm, with peace. Mindfulness does not mean noticing the chaos around me. Mindfulness means focusing my attention on the moment at hand…on simply breathing. Slow breath in….hold …slow breath out.
No matter what the next week brings, I only need to remember to breathe…
Shi Sai Sunday’s Week in ReVerse – 17 July 2016
If only they believed
Sun light and moon beams
A storm
relentless, inescapable
it was every soul for themselves
growing befuddled
those silly quirks you hated
Only time will tell
Yep, the joke’ll be on them
How do you live with something like that?
I fear we’re all mad!
We Weep For France.
Winter was her favorite time of year.
Behold the Wild Rose
Life can’t be contained
In truth, he had grown accustomed to the weeds.~ kat
The Shi Sai, (formerly known as a ReVerse) is a form created by Kat Myrman in April 2016. It is a poem created by taking one line of verse from several poems of an author’s own collection. The shi sai is done as a review of a series or collection of poems and therefore, each line should flow in chronological order of the dates the poems were written (from oldest to new). The lines chosen should be the author’s favorite from each poem. This form works best if the author resists the temptation to read the full new poem before all the verses have been added. (It helps one to resist the impulse to change a line to make it “fit”.
July 17th, 2016 at 8:32 am
I love the idea of the Shi Sai form showing a continuous flow of ideas over time. Thank you for sharing :o)
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July 17th, 2016 at 8:55 am
Thank you, and it is my pleasure. Pulling a line from previous works and mashing them is something I’ve been doing for years. It helps me clean the slate, preparing me for the week ahead. I love your blog btw. I too have a passion for rescues. My home and my life revolve around them. (3 dogs, 3 cats, a tortoise and a sun conure!) 😊
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July 17th, 2016 at 8:47 am
I do not understand this world we have it all and value nothing.
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July 17th, 2016 at 8:57 am
You said it. And so succinctly. I find myself shaking my head in disbelief quite a lot these days! 😕
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July 17th, 2016 at 9:08 am
So sad, I don’t know where it will end!
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July 17th, 2016 at 9:16 am
…time to breathe …
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July 17th, 2016 at 10:10 am
These days I have grown scared of turning the telephone 😳
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July 17th, 2016 at 10:11 am
…and the news…I know.😕
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July 17th, 2016 at 10:10 am
Or even the TV. There’s always bad news that takes one’s breath away
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July 17th, 2016 at 10:12 am
You an I are on the same page my friend.
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July 17th, 2016 at 10:53 am
Simply lovely, but really there’s so much more. And the mixture of your personal and public poem(s) of others-unintentionally truly a superb collaboration. 🌸
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July 17th, 2016 at 11:11 am
Thank you Donna. These are in fact all my words…a single line lifted from each post I wrote this past week. I never intend for them to blend together when I write the original pieces..but they often do, which is the magic of the Shi Sai. 😊
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July 17th, 2016 at 12:48 pm
Kat Myrman, I can totally understand you. The creation is wonderful, regardless of intent or no.. 🙂
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July 17th, 2016 at 1:32 pm
😊
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July 19th, 2016 at 7:11 pm
This week’s verse is so touching! xoxo
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July 19th, 2016 at 7:46 pm
Thanks Kathryn.
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