Spring cleaning today, so this poem will serve two purposes…Magnetic Poetry Saturday and NaPoWriMo 2017 #22…a poem in honor of Earth Day.
she murmurs gently from
beneath the ancient rocks,
thick with moss, that
they who hear her
sweet song will follow
the wind and know eden
wandering no more
~kat
(Magnetic Poetry – Nature Kit)
“What Lies Beneath” digital art by Kat Myrman 2017
It’s what lies beneath,
tangled roots thrusting downward,
synapses surging,
that rouses trees to greening,
born of fire in Gaia’s heart.
~kat
(Tanka – 5/7/5/7/7)
a torturous drip
for some, pure zen for others…
endless drops of rain
~kat
(for Haiku Horizon’s challenge, prompt word, “drop”.)
beautiful roses
cursed are your fragrant blossoms
destined for a vase
fair anathema
‘neath shallow skin-deep façades,
souls fade, left wanting
~kat
(For Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge, prompt words: Beautiful & Curse)
the birth of a lie
once upon a time, when words had meaning
when everyone believed that words were true
no living soul conceived they’d need to question
or turn a blind eye in the face of proof
it was a time of blissful innocence
until the day the first untruth took hold
‘twas only meant to spare another’s feelings
I’m sure you’d do the same, if truth be told
but oh what happened after its telling
the ignorance and bliss of those deceived
everyone agreed, it bore repeating
and so the lie, it grew like a bad seed
when naysayers tried hard to deny it
they were swiftly cast aside, reviled
greedy profiteers began to sell it
for blissful happiness, the crowds went wild
soon the truth was hidden twixt the pages,
and history rewritten, as preferred,
faux everything became the rage of ages
and truth was just an inconvenient blur
sometimes truth will show up unexpected
like a fragile flower amidst the weeds
you can recognize it using reason
don’t be surprised if nobody believes
kat – 19 April 2017
(NaPoWriMo 2017 #19 – a dramatization of a creation myth…birth of a lie for today’s prompt in the form of a Fable Poem.)
