Ever interesting, is Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku Challenge. It’s hard to resist this fun challenge. This week’s prompts are Haiku and Mind! So anyhoo, I have half a mind today… actually I’m feeling a wee bit under the weather, so my creative mind is a bit foggy 🙂 This is what you get from a foggy mind. 🙂 Maybe I’ll revisit this challenge when I’m feeling better…or not 🙂

The Japanese Symbols for “Haiku”

~kat~ 2 November 2015

If you can’t resist this weekly challenge, like me, follow the link by clicking HERE to read other Haiku or to play along.

Nowadays, we call them “eulogies” or tributes, but back in the 1500’s it was an Epicedium that would be performed in honor of the dearly departed. I suppose it is a poignant word for this time of year…with Hallowe’en, All Soul’s Day and the Day of the Dead all happening in the next few days! The veil is very thin indeed and our thoughts often drift to those who have gone before us. It’s nice to think that in times of old they sent folks out with a song. Likely written especially for the occasion, personally for that person. Today we blabber and blah, blah, blah at funerals. This is one of those quaint words that makes one long for the old way of doing things.

At any rate…there was not a lot of additional info online relating to this word. It was difficult even to find it used in a sentence. I will, however, attempt to create a Haiku using it. Have a great weekend fellow WordPressers. I give you Epicedium – A Haiku.

The choir sweetly sang
an epicedium to the queen
their much loved monarch.

~ kat ~ 30 October 2015

A Haiku in response to Haiku Horizons Prompt for October 25, 2015: “Under” See more Haiku HERE.

distorted

under that make-up
she had the prettiest face…
her reflection lied.

~ kat – 26 October 2015

RonovanWrites Haiku Challenge this week prompts us with the words “Pen” & “Muse”. Here is my Haiku. If you’d like to read more Haiku or join the challenge click HERE.

Muse & Pen Haiku

His pen stained the page
deep cerulean on white
an ode to his muse.

~kat ~ 26 October 2015

Well this was a tricky word. My usual Google search brought up French, Spanish and Latin variations of this word but little in the way of English definitions or examples except for what Dictionary.com provided. So for the sake of this exercise I give you Convive – Haiku. (Though not sure I’ll use this word again…poor Convive! Please don’t take it personally, but I get confused with nouns that look like verbs 🙂 )

Convive – A Haiku

After a fine meal
The convives enjoyed dessert
Icing on the cake.

kat ~ 23 October 2015