Category Archives: Essays

November 8, 2015

Lady of the Woods ~ A Haiku Trio

I received a request from my friend Lynn, a fellow blogger of the site, “LynzRealCooking“, to write a Haiku inspired by an incredible photo she took while on a walk at a nearby arboretum.

You should visit her blog. As its title suggests, you will find a variety of wonderful recipes that she has perfected over the years while raising her 9 children. But an added bonus and the heart of her blog are the compelling stories she shares from her life as a young mother raising children in the middle sat. Click HERE to visit Lynn’s blog.

I wrote a trio of Haiku inspired by Lynn’s tree photo. If you look closely at the tree on the right, I hope you’ll see “her”.

Photo Credit: Lynn Swisher 2015

Lady of the Woods
Fragile limbs exposed await
Rebirth in the Spring.

Rebirth in the Spring
Reveals a resilience
Surging from her core…

Surging from her core
Audacious perseverance
Weath’ring every storm.

~kat ~ 8 November 2015

19 Comments | posted in Challenges and Writing Prompts, Essays, Haiku, Poetry

November 7, 2015

Sunday’s Week In Review – 8 November 2015

By Kat Myrman

A tad early…I have a busy day tomorrow so I decided to do my Sunday Week in Review a wee bit early. Have a great Sunday! Actually…it IS tomorrow (Sunday) for some of you so…it’s all good, eh?! 😊

It’s time to look back once again on a very full, and it seems from the aggregated verse below, quite a reflective week.

I love this week’s review. It speaks of this season of change and letting go and reinforces the truth that even in endings there can be great beauty and peace when one is able to surrender to the process.

Of course, you may not get all of this when you read the string of verse below. I suppose it is because I am in the Autumn of my own life that the lessons I’ve gleaned from this week are so poignant.

May the coming week be a treasure trove of blessings to you. Thanks for stopping by and entertaining my rambling. Peace out fellow Word Pressers!

Sunday’s Week in Review – 8 November 2015

They found something more.
I hope you don’t mind
I have an amazing story to tell!
A moment spent breathing…
She stood tall and lovely against the crystal blue sky.
I keep forgetting…
Coming to the end of one’s
season is not pretty and yet…
On beds draped in mist
like fireflies and faeries
dance to cricket song.
Maybe we need a second opinion?”
in time for some wintry zzzz’s.

~kat ~ 8 November 2015

If you’re new to this blog, a bit of background to explain the verse above. It is a line from each poem or prose from the previous week. Lifted and placed in the order written. A snapshot review of the week. It helps me clean the slate…reflect, and ready myself for the new week.

8 Comments | posted in Essays, Poetry, Random Thoughts and Musings, Week in Review

November 4, 2015

Conversation with a Late Bloomer

By Kat Myrman

Pausing from my usual busyness the other day has touched something inside of me it seems…I am not likely to get over it for a few days at least. And so a revisit with my late-blooming rose bush…<3 I hope you don’t mind. 🙂

Photo Credit: kat 2015

You’re not much to look at
you know…from afar. You,
with your moth-nibbled
extremities and drying seed
pods. Soon, it will be
time to cut you
back, before the frost
settles in regularly. To
put you out of the misery
of your inevitable deflowering.
Coming to the end of one’s
season is not pretty and yet…
as I draw near I realize
you still have a bit of flash
and sass left in you. A few
more stunning songs to sing,
one last story to tell…
the audacity of a late
bloomer, past prime, impassioned
electric life coursing through
your veins, albeit more slowly.

Photo Credit: kat 2015

I suppose I could learn a thing
or two from you if I stopped
long enough to notice. You…
and your haughty flash of
crimson stopping me
in my tracks…you had me
at first spring’s bud,
you know. I agree, it
would be rude of me
to ignore you through
your last blooming.

Photo Credit: kat 2015

~ kat ~ 4 November 2015

5 Comments | tags: late bloomers, pausing, roses | posted in Essays, Poetry, Random Thoughts and Musings

November 3, 2015

Winter Blooms

By Kat Myrman

A moment spent breathing…

Photo Credit: kat 2015

10 Comments | posted in Digital Art & Photos, Essays

October 18, 2015

Sunday’s Week in Review 18 October 2015

By Kat Myrman

Late night, or rather, early morning post…
What an interesting week! As usual the compilation of a line from each post waxes a bit poetic in a quirky sort of way. It reads like a snapshot to me. In fact when I read it I thought, “This is so me!” At least for this week. And about that word quirky…I’m curious now..must look up its origin. Whoever thought of it…I think I like them! 🙂

grief consoled by Pines.
how can you miss someone you’ve never met?
It suits me, don’t you think?
I don’t know how I got here.
All things are worthy
Maybe that is the point.
She’s a late bloomer
A rogue or scoundrel
Whoever thinks reptiles don’t snuggle has never had a tortoise whisper sweet nothings in their ear.

~kat 18 October 2015

7 Comments | posted in Essays, Poetry, Random Thoughts and Musings, Week in Review