Category Archives: Challenges and Writing Prompts

January 4, 2016

Vastly Clear Haiku

By Kat Myrman
spiral-staircase-sculpture-kpmg-munich-olafur-eliasson-umschreibung

Endless Spiral Staircase in Munich. Photograph by Philipp Klinger. Sculpture design by Olafur Eliasson

True eternity
is not a destination
a continuum?

kat ~ 4 January 2016

I like to double-check my format when doing a RonovanWrites Haiku. Once I figured out the rules, it is hard for me to write a Haiku any other way. At any rate here are the checks…
-3 lines – 5/7/5 (Check)
-Sentence – Lines 1-2: True eternity is not a destination. (Check)
-Sentence – Lines 2-3: Is not a destination a continuum? and (CHECK!)…I really like the way that second sentence flipped into a question!  Sometimes I even surprise myself! 🙂

This week’s Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge employs the words “Vast” and “Clear” (or in the case of this offering, thesaurus researched representations of the words in question: Vast – Eternity / Clear – True). If you would like to read other Haiku or enter your own interpretation, click HERE.

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January 3, 2016

Finding Bliss

By Kat Myrman

Sages, Greek, surmised that happiness can’t be controlled
Mere random acts of favor from the gods on us bestowed.
But current thought has turned a page
Pursuit of bliss is all the rage
Where legislators wield the power once held by gods of old.

kat ~ 3 January 2016

“Happy” is the prompt for this week’s Limerick Challenge. Join the fun by reading other Limericks or adding your own by clicking HERE.

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January 2, 2016

Containers – A Haiku Challenge

By Kat Myrman

Photo Credit: kat 2015

It’s wise not to try
Containing life in a box
Free souls will spill out.

More than eye candy
Jars of savory, sweet spice
Fancy a tongue tryst.

The best containers…
Boxes, jars, pottery, skin
Keep things out…or in?

kat ~ 2 January 2016

A few haiku based on the prompt: container. You can read more or enter your own haiku by clicking HERE.

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January 1, 2016

Purple Haze

By Kat Myrman

Recently, I made the mistake of leaving an open bottle of wine on the table. Soft-hearted sap that I am, I decided not to pen the dogs while I did some last minute Christmas shopping for snow ski’s for my grandson.

As you might imagine I came home to a royal mess, no doubt masterminded by the cat. Fluffy, that’s his name, don’t judge, managed to tip the wine bottle over the edge of the table sending a flow of purple drink into the waiting chops of my pups. (By pups, I am talking about 150 pounds plus of rowdy mastiff energy EACH…but I digress.)

Mr. Bean
“Fluffy” (AKA: Sebastian)
Winston & Maxwell

Maxwell and Winston got slightly whizzed and started feverishly spinning the bottle like a toy. The wine that was still in the bottle left lovely impressionistic smatterings on the walls of my parlor as well as giving our Sun Conure, Mr. Bean a lavender makeover.

Of course these clueless blokes had no idea that they had just been duped by the cat, who sat smugly aloft on the mantle watching the whole scene as I entered the house.

I was greeted by Maxwell and Winston’s usual slobbery kisses and machete-like tails bashing my thighs…and the indignant bobbing and squawking of Mr. Bean. I had to smile. It WAS my fault after all.

Back to the store for more wine…for me this time. Dogs penned, everything in its place. I may decide to keep the artwork in my parlor. It’s growing on me. I think I’ll call it “Purple Haze!”

kat ~ 1 January 2016
(260 Words/Flash Fiction/Genre: Humor)

And…if you believe that this little flash of a story is true…then I have done my job! 🙂 Thank you Ronovan for kicking off the New Year with a wonderful challenge. I managed to use ALL of your prompt words. And I do hope the result has been a fun read for everyone. If you would like to read other stories or enter your own using the prompt words: dog, cat, toy, fever, ski, fluffy, machete, and purple drink, click HERE. Have a great Friday!

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January 1, 2016

First-Foot ~ Friday’s Word of the Day Haiku

By Kat Myrman

  
Happy Happy 2016! 

Dictionary.com presents a timely theme for today’s Word of the Day, ” First-Foot”. 

But I must digress. We have many foot-related words and idioms in the English language. There are things a-foot and putting one’s best foot forward, foot-in-mouth dilemmas and placing one foot in front of the other. There is a right-foot, wrong-foot, front foot, back foot, and that trouble-maker, lead foot. 

We can set or not set foot, on foot, find our footing, get our foot in the door, have a foot in both camps, and hopefully not find ourselves with one foot in the grave. Like shooting oneself in the foot, I wouldn’t touch that with a ten-foot pole. And I absolutely put my foot down when it comes to waiting on someone hand and foot, unless of course the shoe is on the other foot and I am the one in waiting! (BTW…I like my veggie foot-long on toasted whole-wheat with a dusting of hot sauce…)

Alas, now I have a new “foot” phrase to add to my vocabulary. It’s a good thing I don’t have podophobia! Did you know that is a thing?! And I do wish to also note, for the record, while we’re on the subject, I am definitely not a podophiliac. In case you were wondering. Just so we’re perfectly clear. Digression ended…on to today’s haiku. I hopes it foots the bill! 😊

Friday’s Word of the Day Haiku

As the clock ticked one
First-foot o’er my heart’s threshold
A dear old friend…Hope!

kat ~ 1 January 2016

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