Category Archives: Haiku

April 15, 2016

Wafflestompers – Friday’s Word of the Day Haiku

By Kat Myrman

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Happy Friday!

Well…here’s a word for you…WAFFLESTOMPERS! Today’s dictionary.com word of the day hails to us from 1970’s Americana.

This late middle-aging flower child of the 70’s must admit, I have never heard this word before. It could be that I spent most of the 70’s barefooted; tripping through fields of daisy’s chasing butterflies…or it may be my insane fear of heights! Either way, it is no wonder I never had a need for a pair of wafflestompers!

But given that it is today’s word of the day…and a very high-in-syllable word at that…I shall do my best, despite my obvious inexperience, to render the wafflestomper its proper homage in a contrived haiku. Three lines, syllables 5-7-5…anything but profound with a touch of thesaurus mischief!  Have a great weekend folks!

Wafflestomping

Intrepid trekkers
don high-top wafflestompers
To reach a climax.

kat ~ 15 April 2016

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April 12, 2016

Walking Stick – Haiku

By Kat Myrman

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Softly the raindrops
Mimic grandpa’s walking stick
I remember when

kat ~ 12 April 2016

This Haiku is in response to TJ’s Household Haiku Challenge – prompt words “walking stick”. Read other haiku or enter your own HERE.

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April 12, 2016

Life Path Haiku

By Kat Myrman

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Life & Path

Bumpy is the path
to those seizing life fully
suffer no regrets.

Their paths collided
as soulmates spanning life times
promises to keep.

I love life
each twisty turny
path to bliss.

kat ~ 12 April 2016

A few haiku in response to RonovanWrites Haiku Challenge prompted by the words: Life & Path. To read more or enter your own, click  HERE.

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April 9, 2016

One – A Haiku

By Kat Myrman

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It’s a natural..
a unit, not composite
nor prime…it is One.

kat ~ 9 April 2016

For Haiku Horizon’s prompt “one”…channeling my inner geek! Read other Haiku or enter your own HERE.

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April 8, 2016

Friday’s Word of the Day Haiku – Raconteuse

By Kat Myrman

Happy Friday! Time for another look at dictionary.com’s word of the day. Today we have a French word, raconteuse, the feminine version of raconteur. It’s another one of those lovely older words,that entered the English language in the mid nineteenth century. Both words are rooted in the French word, raconter, which means “to tell”.

I imagine some nineteenth century raconteuse, if she were a time traveler, might have a blog here in the 21st. In times of old, only a handful of people might be delighted and entertained by her stories. Today she could have a global audience!

Here’s the Haiku…

Raconteuse Haiku

Centuries ago
A raconteuse used parchment
Now she’d have a blog.

kat ~ 8 April 2016

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