almost an angel, always
after a breeze, childlike,
dazzling breath of magic…
your life is poetry in rhythm
with eternity…do not listen to
the voices of fools who
say you cannot fly
~kat
Magnetic Poetry Poet Kit
Monthly Archives: July 2017
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Shi Sai Sunday’s Week in ReVerse – 30 July 2017
I love this week’s Shi Sai ReVerse poem! It tells such a story.
Once upon a time there was such a thing as decorum, civility and grace. People had manners and treated others with respect; but no more. Now anything goes. We are insulated from the consequences of our meanness because we can release the dark side of our souls in posts and tweets and voice messages. What was once whispered in private is now broadcast around the world never to be erased, taken back or atoned for.
I am the first to say that I miss the days when we were nicer to each other. But there is a part of me that is grateful for our recent fall from grace.
Just because we didn’t speak our minds back in the day, doesn’t mean that those ugly things didn’t exist. We just hid them better. The recent divide that has torn my country down the middle has been rumbling under the surface for a long time. Back in the day before we lost our filters, people seemed friendlier, more respectful and tolerant. But those things were just skin deep.
While it’s shocking to see our true selves erupt, it also brings things out into the open, where we can deal with the fear, lack of empathy and downright hatefulness. It is true I have lost friends and family members in the past year. But I am coming to terms with the reality that these people who were nice to my face were not really my friends after all.
So yes, I am grateful. My life is enriched all the more by relationships built on trust. And when I miss those who are no longer part of my circle, I remind myself that I only miss the illusion of what we had. How can you miss something that never was?
Have a great week. Be true to you and yours in this brave new world we live in where authenticity is a priceless treasure. Peace!
Shi Sai Sunday’s Week in ReVerse – 30 July 2017
if only we’d lingered,
forever bound
basking in warm memories
to create lives worth living
because actions speak louder
heaven bending near
getting nowhere very fast
with a spot of rouge
I laughed it off at the time as crazy
heartless fools can’t see
pie is all about the crust, honey
suspended, graceful,
in the here and now
dance with me my love
poison devouring us
the world grows restless
~kat
A shi sai or ReVerse poem is a summary poem with a single line lifted from each entry of a collection of work over a particular timeframe and re-penned in chronological order as a new poem. Unlike a collaborative poem, the shi sai features the words of one writer, providing a glimpse into their thoughts over time. I use it as a review of the previous week.
Tea Party Time – Let’s Groove
My friend Jacqueline is throwing a tea party today. Stop on by and share your sweet nothings with others! ❤️
It’s blog party fun time again. The year is fast winding down and before you know it, we will be basting Turkeys and singing Auld Lang Syne.
How’s your end holding up? Life has been a bit hectic and upsetting in many ways, but we’ve got to keep pushing and looking at the positive side of things.
If this is your first-time visit, the house rules of play are outlined below, if you are an old-timer, you know the drill.
Grab some refreshments which are nicely arranged down the page. Feel free to indulge, these are zero calories😉
Just some little party rules:
- Mix and mingle with others. Don’t be a wallflower. Go say hello to someone.
- Please leave your blog link or post link in the comment box below along with introductions.
- It’s one link per comment, but come back as often as you’d like, that way it’s easier…
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Magnetic Poetry Saturday
As always, the magnets had a lot to say this sleepy Saturday morning.
peace is not somewhere
out there, a thing to
make or long for
it murmurs deep
in your soul when
the world grows restless
dark secrets are a
poison devouring us
slowly from the
inside out
dance with me my love
and if you can’t hear the
music, listen to the beat
of my heart for it is
playing our song
some live as though
death is lying in the
shadows to rip us
from the day…never
dreaming, crushed by
bitter fear…no life
in the here and now
~kat
A collection of poems using the Nature, Poet, Love, and Original kits found at Magnetic Poetry Online.
Ballon -Friday’s Word of the Day
Today’s word of the day at Dictionary.com is a French word: “ballon”. At first I wondered if it was a typo. “Shouldn’t that be ‘balloon’?” I thought. And then I looked at the definition and especially the origin of the word. It all began to make sense. From dictionary.com:
Origin of ballon
Ballon is a French term used especially in ballet, describing a dancer who appears to be floating in the air while executing a jump or other movement, like “His Airness,” Michael Jordan. Earlier English spellings of the word include balonne, baloune, and balloone as well as balloon. The original sense of the word in the early 17th century was “ball,” specifically a large, sturdy, inflated leather ball hit with the arms protected with wooden boards or kicked like a soccerball. By the late 17th century ballon and balloon had developed the meaning “a large globular glass vessel” used for chemical distillation; and by the late 18th century, balloon (thus spelled) also meant “a round, flexible, airtight bag that rises into the air when inflated with heated air or gas.” Balloon becomes the standard English spelling in the late 17th century. Ballon, as a ballet term, entered English in the 19th century.
So, ballon in ballet is about floating on air, and balloons? Well they are floaty orbs, unless they’re filled with water or made of glass. I got the impression that the original balloon was more about its shape than its floating qualities. And then I started to think of round, inflated ballerinas bursting at the seams of their leotards, tutus stretched tight and stiff around their middles, and I couldn’t help but giggle.
Which came first the ballon or the balloon? The latter, of course. Ballon, in ballet, entered the English vocabulary rather late to the dance in the 19th century. We humans had been filling animal bladders and other hollow bulbous things for centuries.
Somewhere between heaven and earth the idea of floating on air became associated with balloons and voila! We now have ballon to help us describe the amazing acrobatic, gravity-defying leaps of ballerinas. Being inflated and puffy not required!
I’m feeling silly today. I best give you my Haiku. Have a great weekend!
suspended, graceful,
the skilled ballon of dancers
defies gravity
~kat
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