landlocked
I long for the sea
toes dug deep in sand where it’s cool
swallowed by foamy surf
lips that taste of salt
~kat
Naani Poem
The Naani poem has its roots in India. It’s a modern day type of poem. It has four lines only. The entire poem can have 20-25 syllables. there is no restriction concerning the theme of the poem.
There are wildfires in Canada. And though they are thousands of miles from the Blue Ridge Mountain foothills where I live, the hazy air tastes of ash and sulfur. We are eerily connected by the very air that we breathe. Our man-made boundaries rendered meaningless by our mother the earth.
fallout
smoke settles in the hollows
mutes the blue in ruddy haze
breaching vain borders
we breathe the same air
~kat
Naani Poem
The Naani poem has its roots in India. It’s a modern day type of poem. It has four lines only. The entire poem can have 20-25 syllables. there is no restriction concerning the theme of the poem.
spent
when i remember to…
i breathe
inhaling deeply, exhaling slowly,
to rise from the shallows
~kat
Naani Poem
The Naani poem has its roots in India. It’s a modern day type of poem. It has four lines only. The entire poem can have 20-25 syllables. there is no restriction concerning the theme of the poem.
reaper
gathering wild blackberries
nipped by brambles
daubs of blood and nectar
staining my fingertips
~kat
Naani Poem
The Naani poem has its roots in India. It’s a modern day type of poem. It has four lines only. The entire poem can have 20-25 syllables. there is no restriction concerning the theme of the poem.
memorabilia
how I treasured them,
cards, handwritten notes, photographs…
they’re digitized now,
eating up memory
~kat
Naani Poem
The Naani poem has its roots in India. It’s a modern day type of poem. It has four lines only. The entire poem can have 20-25 syllables. there is no restriction concerning the theme of the poem.
like mercury colliding... 