Na/GloPoWriMo 2026 Day 15

it’s not love

you say you love 
cheesecake,
strawberries and 
oh my gawd…chocolate, 
chocolate anything, 
you say, is TO DIE FOR…
um..okay
puppies, kittens,
baby giggles…weeping
willow trees, dogwoods,
the ocean, salty air, 
smell of newborns,
right up there with
puppy breath, roses, 
honeysuckle, lavender,
lilacs, wisteria…(sigh)
the smell of fresh cut 
grass..green peppers and
onions frying, bread baking
you say you love 
books, rom-coms, Olympic 
curling, football,
wearing the color fuscia, 
black, and fuzzy slippers, 
how fickle of you to
declare love for
all these things 
all at once or only when 
the occasional object of
your declared affection
presents itself, faithful or 
not, love is just an 
overused, four-letter,
meaningless word, these
days, objectified, 
unrequited, unreciprocated 
love me, love me not…
in the end you’re left
with a petal-less flower 

~kat

Na/GloPoWriMo 2026 Day 15 Prompt: Today, we’d like you to write your own poem that muses on love, but isn’t a traditional love poem in the sense of expressing love between romantic partners.

A Quick Glimmer…some graceful friends spending their afternoon on the edge of the woods. One if them resting in the shade on a hot, sunny day.

Much love, peace, and glimmers to you!!!