Author Archives: Kat Myrman

May 14, 2016

Hearts of Stone

By Kat Myrman

Hidden ‘midst a sea of stones
metamorphosis complete
formed of clay and sand and bone
Love’s reminder at our feet.

Metamorphosis complete
broken, chiseled, crystallized
Love’s reminder at our feet
heart-shaped, so to tempt our eyes.

Broken, chiseled, crystallized
centuries of harsh abuse
heart-shaped, so to tempt our eyes
revelations of the truth.

Centuries of harsh abuse,
grace assurance, sins atoned
revelations of the truth
sweet perfection set in stone.

Grace assurance, sins atoned
Love’s reminder at our feet
sweet perfection set in stone
metamorphosis complete.

kat ~ 14 May 2016
(A Pantoum Poem)

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May 13, 2016

Trophic – Friday’s Word of the Day Haiku

By Kat Myrman

trophic

Happy Friday! Today’s Dictionary.com Word of the Day is Trophic. I don’t think I have ever heard this word before. Though I am familiar with trophic levels as they relate to the steps in the food chain. So it is likely that may have seen it in the course of my biology studies. At any rate, it is an adjective.

The Oxford Dictionary defines Trophic as:
1Relating to feeding and nutrition.
1.1Physiology (Of a hormone or its effect) stimulating the activity of another endocrine gland.

Origin
Late 19th century: from Greek trophikos, from trophē ‘nourishment’, from trephein ‘nourish’.

The definition above tests the limits of my left brain! When I set about to research the word, the term, trophic “levels” kept coming up, complete with PICTURES. Now THIS, I can wrap my right-skewed brain around. Thank goodness! Or I might never have been able to wrangle a haiku out of the word. I give you then… Trophic in Haiku…with pictures. 🙂

Breaking the Food Chain

Human consumers
top food chain trophic levels
unless they’re vegan.

kat ~ 13 May 2016

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May 12, 2016

Remember Me…

By Kat Myrman

rose

Remember to remember me in spring
when life is fresh and roses drip with dew
when birds return to nest and start to sing
when we were young, and our intentions true
sweet memories are fading from our view
no summer heat to fan wild passion’s flame
no autumn snaps of cold to shudder through
no endless winter nights as daylight wanes
I’ll be your bonnie lass and you my swain
in spring I know that we can love again.

kat ~ 12 May 2016

(A Decuain (pronounced deck•won) poem created by Shelley A. Cephas, made up of 10 lines, which can be written on any subject. There are 10 syllables per line and the poem is written in iambic pentameter. There are 3 set choices of rhyme scheme: ababbcbcaa, ababbcbcbb, or ababbcbccc.)

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May 12, 2016

Peahen Impostor

By Kat Myrman

For Jane Dougherty’s weekly poetry challenge prompted by this painting and these words: indigo, cry, night bird, fleeting, forbidden. I decided to tell a story using a Kyrielle Sonnet.

She waits for dusk’s indigo sky
listening for the peafowl’s cry
then to the summit she ascends
Night Bird’s come to woo their hen.