photo by Nick de Partee via Unsplash
It was a beautiful wedding, pulled off without a hitch, not even a raindrop, the last of four daughters to marry.
“It’s just us now,” she winked at her soulmate of so many years, “I think it’s time we got reacquainted.”
~kat
A Three Line Tale based on the photo prompt above by Nick de Partee via Upsplash.
i remember sunbeams streaming
through a hedgerow of cedar pine
my special hiding place to pass the time
lying on the cool earth dreaming
i’d converse with toads and faeries
fill jelly jars with fireflies
here I learned the world is teeming
with mysteries to be explored
a step outside an old screen door
a time of sweet imagining
just a girl with big ideas
oh, what a lovely time it was
those carefree days spent daydreaming
behind the cedars on the ground
where I could hide and not be found
~kat
For NaPoWriMo 2017 #25 – A Constanza Poem about my favorite small space when I was a girl of about 4 or 5. It was a corner cedar shrub garden in my Grandmother’s yard with just enough space for me to squeeze behind. Once underneath it was like a little cave of cool damp earth, green and sunbeams. It was my favorite place. Even after all these many years, if ever I join you on a nature walk, you might still find me having wandered off the beaten path, lounging in the hollow of a grove of low trees or shrubs. I never forgot my first taste of nature. It has defined who I am and how I view the world.
each moment is a gift
full of promise, so
make music, dance,
laugh, hope, dream,
make love, live life,
the power is yours…
be happy
~kat
(Magnetic Poetry – Love Kit)
Happy Sunday! It’s been a soggy week here in the mountains. I love the rain, but in small doses…I need sunshine. Oh and did I mention Mercury’s in retrograde? Given that I’m a Gemini, mercurial to begin with, it’s a wonder I have been able to come up with anything coherent this week!
What that has meant is that things have been a bit wacky. This week’s ReVerse is reflective of that retrograde lunacy. It’s a bit nonsensical…which I suppose makes sense.
Mercury gets back on track on May 3rd. Until then, expect more spinning, sleepless nights and scrambled words. But I am not daunted. Writers write and I am determined to keep the words flowing, even if right now it is an annoying drip!
Have a great week! Keep moving forward…keep writing! 😜
Shi Sai Sunday’s Week in ReVerse – 23 April 2017
I wonder where you spend your nights
withering
rock-a-bye hush, the children sing
do you see them
booger butt, slobbery schmush
I couldn’t sleep
and truth was just an inconvenient blur
‘neath shallow skin-deep façades,
cursed are your fragrant blossoms
endless drops of rain
ultimately, “do no harm”
I thought, ‘how ironic is that!’
we should all be so jammy
it’s what lies beneath
she murmurs gently
~kat 🤔
A shi sai or ReVerse poem is a summary poem with a single line lifted from each entry of a collection of work over a particular timeframe and re-penned in chronological order as a new poem. Unlike a collaborative poem, the shi sai features the words of one writer,providing a glimpse into their thoughts over time. I use it as a review of the previous week.
cats
solitary nocturnals
lazing in sunbeams
granting admiration from afar
supercilious.
dogs
affectionate companions
lap top snugglers
always underfoot, unquestionably loyal
magnanimous
~kat
(NaPoWriMo 2017 #23 – a Double Elevenie exploring opposites)
