Monthly Archives: April 2023

what it is

what it is

an elusive voyeur in the darkness
heaven, heavy with tears
is a rolling stone sculptor
the impossible longing of wistful souls
it is neither here nor there
it is the butterfly you missed in passing
it is hungry bellies and disturbed minds
the inability to accept reality; to let go
the fruit of one’s labor unrealized
it is incessant wishfulness
the inevitable consequence of chaos
it is the primal rhapsody of humanity

~kat

NaPoWriMo Day Two Challenge: to craft a poem from my surreal definitions of the words listed below. Amazingly, these random “definitions” created something rather breathtaking. Great Challenge!

owl
fog
river
miracle
mercurial
elusive
thunder
ghost
acorn
longing
truffle
song

10 X 1 = 10

10 X 1 = 10

remember
when a fact
was a fact?

when

ten times one was
always ten, not
up for debate
or opinion

when

the truth meant something
and lies were abhorred?
we can’t even trust
our own eyes…I heard
the sky is falling

(did you just look up?) 😉

~kat

Following a theme from yesterday for Day 1 of NaPoWriMo 2023’s challenge to write a poem inspired by book cover art found at the site: The Public Domain Review.

whatever

whatever

whatever
used to be
just a word

choice

deferred, polite,
a way to say,
one conveys trust,
perhaps concern

when

we still cared about
other people, to say
‘whatever you need’
and really mean it…
I know…whatever…

~kat

A Cadae for the early bird challenge in this year’s NaPoWriMo, inspired by the random fact found on Mental Floss illustrated above.