my stylist complains the lawn next door is greener I told him to stop with the buzz cuts already so we can dance with the wind
~kat (a tanka poem)
Na/GloPoWriMo 2026 Day 9 Prompt: Today, try writing your own poem in the voice of an animal or plant, or a poem that describes a specific animal or plant with references to historical events or scientific facts.
Pileated Woodpecker of Bramlett Mountain
This morning I happened upon the most wonderful glimmer. Just outside my window a magnificent pileated woodpecker was having a lovely time chipping away at an old downed tree. Of course I caught it on camera…not just a still photo…a little video clip! Enjoy!
I’m a terrible dancer you don’t need to remind me I suppose I’ll just sit here then hold up the wall and watch, as you cut a rug, show me how it’s done…I’ll just tap my toes under the table so I don’t embarrass you when we’re out in public, awkward me, with my two left, flat feet, stiff hips, and too-long, flailing, orangutan arms. you don’t need to remind me
I’m a terrible dancer the trees don’t seem to mind though when we start to sway in unison my golden locks, their lush, sage leaves tossed by a gentle, cool spring breeze the tall grass bending gracefully beneath my bare feet, caressing my skin as the loam hums, birds trill, the hills swell in harmony, bird and butterfly wing flutters sending whispers of breath past my ears… I lose myself like dandelion fluff twirling, twirling lightly on a dream the trees don’t seem to mind though I’m a terrible dancer
~kat
Na/GloPoWriMo 2026 Day 8 Prompt: use a simple phrase repeatedly, and then make statements that invert or contradict that phrase.
Always good for a glimmer…my dear sidekick Gabby. She is doing so well these days. On an herbal concoction from our holistic vet after our seed tick scare last month. The supplement aptly names I think…”Gracious Power”! You go Gabby Girl! ✨💚✨
Well, for today’s prompt challenge I started with this…
don’t you just hate it…
I can say without a second thought I have never hated anything your assumption sounds like lecturing I thought you knew me; well I guess not
but let’s go there since it seems you forgot it’s not in my nature to be such a thing I can say without a second thought I have never hated anything
I’m love, light and peace, hateful I’m not, spare me your know-it-all blustering I ha-, dislike it greatly, you think I could hate, well that hurts me a lot I can say without a second thought I have never hated anything
…but I have to come clean…there is one pesky thing, or who rather, that irks my ire!!!
living rent-free in the gray
my insular cortex cannot insulate me from that intrusive voice, those vile lies, you know who before long my putamen disrupts my deep sleep turns my prefrontal cortex gray matter to goo
to hate is not me, just don’t mention DJT what’s a peace, freedom-loving, old hippy to do my insular cortex cannot insulate me from that intrusive voice, those vile lies, you know who
I have loved, loved, and loved ‘til I’m blue can’t you see I am done playing nice, i am nobody’s fool this regime’s got to go or democracy’s doomed the cruel things he has done to us all makes me scream my insular cortex cannot insulate me from that intrusive voice, those vile lies, you know who 😡
and then there’s this…I am having way too much fun with today’s challenge… does that make me a bad person? Don’t answer that! 🤪😳🤣
inedible weed
I abhor it, you know loathe it, disdain it find it totally disgusting abominable, utterly repulsive it makes me sick ruins a perfectly good dish makes it utterly distasteful you know exactly that weed I am talking about… CILANTRO but to say I hate it? hate is not a strong enough four-letter expletive to describe something as nauseatingly repugnant as this so-called delicious green that leaves a lingering foul taste behind pass the guac, hold the… I can’t even say it without throwing up a little in my mouth
~kat
Na/GloWriPoMo 2026 Day 5 Prompt: write a poem in which you talk about disliking something – particularly something utterly innocuous, like clover. Be over the top! Be a bit silly and overdramatic.
Todays poetry form: the Rondel
A Rondel Poem consists of 13 -14 lines in 3 stanzas
Rhyme scheme: ABba/abAB/abbaA-B (uppercase letters are refrains)
Usually 8 syllables per line
Today’s Glimmer…Realizing that even when life is coming up dandelions, it is a wonderful, very good thing. The roses will flaunt their ruddy faces soon enough.
Much love, peace, glimmers, and dandelion wishes to you!
there are angels living among us with years of education, clinical training, decades of fixing, managing, restoring… all tossed to the wind to attend to a soul, to quiet the angry flesh that binds it, gently redirecting faltering hearts to embrace mortality with grace, to enter the unknown known… ER urgency, ICU diligence, code blue, crash carts, extreme, experimental, extraordinary measures dismissed, while convincing their charges to join them having broken free themselves from all that their worldly title implies, their mission now simply, compassion, comfort, communication… they have learned how let go control with purposeful intention, to escort souls in transition some people call them nurses, but I am convinced they are angels it takes an angel who knows the way to direct us safely through the darkness to the other side toward the light
~kat
Na/GloWriPoMo 2026 Day 3 prompt: write a poem in which a profession or vocation is described differently than it typically is considered to be.
Today’s glimmer is my crow friend. He comes by sometimes just to watch. He knows I see him. I know he sees me watching him. There is something extraordinary about being acknowledged by another living soul who makes its presence known with intention. We do this, we two, my crow friend and me, together. I see you seeing me, seeing you, and I choose to pause in your presence for a few magical moments.
We don’t actually speak, but we both know. And that is enough, and everything!
Much love, peace, and glimmering presence to you. I see you!
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