A haiku for Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge, prompt words: Gold & Sing.
golden leaves flutter
as warblers croon soulfully
frosted roses fadekat ~ 29 November 2016
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Schlockmeister – Friday’s Word of the Day Haiku
Happy Friday! Black Friday to be exact, and whooo-boy do I have a deal, I mean word for you! Actually dictionary.com has a word and a very timely one at that! Today’s word of the day…it’s a word you didn’t even know you needed until now…in fact it will change your life and you’re gong to want to say it every chance you get. The word…here for a limited time only, is none other than Schlockmeister!
Schlockmeister is called an Americanism, originating around 1960-65. It’s a combination of schlock, a Yiddish word meaning cheap or trashy and mayster or German Meister which means master craftsman.
I’m sure you will agree this is the perfect word for today as bargain hunters flood the shopping centers and malls in search of the latest, greatest next big, must have thing that will likely be collecting dust when next year’s Black Friday rolls around!
Happy Holidays!
schlockmeisters don’t care
if you need what they’re selling
they will convince you
people who must have
the latest, greatest new things
are schlockmeister’s tools
the internet is full
of schlockmeisters in disguise
with perfect selfies
kat – 25 November 2016
Drink
a bubbling spring
from the belly of Gaia
may all who thirst, drink
kat ~ 23 November 2016
A Haiku for Haiku Horizon’s Haiku Challenge, prompt word: Drink.
Dare to Dream ~ A Haiku Challenge
if one dares to dream
success is sure to be found
outside of the box
kat ~ 22 November 2016
A Haiku for Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge, prompt words Dream & Dare.
Juvenilia – Friday’s Word of the Day Haiku
Another Friday, another interesting word of the day from dictionary.com:
Juvenilia means “youthful (works)” in Latin. It is the neuter plural form of the adjective juvenilis, a derivative of the adjective and noun, juvenis, “young, a young person (ie., between the ages of 20 and 40).” It entered English in the early 1600’s.
When I read the origin of this word, I found it interesting that a “young” person is considered, according to dictionary.com, to be between 20 and 40. I can think of several young authors, much younger than 20, who have had a profound impact on the world.
I think of Mattie Stepanek, who wrote “Heart-Songs” and four additional books of poetry before his death from muscular dystrophy just before his 14th birthday.
And then there is Dorothy Straight who wrote “How the World Began” for her Grandmother at the tender age of 4! Perhaps not particularly profound, but notable for the fact that she is considered one of the youngest published authors.
And of course, many of us are familiar with Anne Frank’s, “The Diary of a Young Girl”, the heart-felt words of a young author who filled the pages of a diary that she received on her 13th birthday while confined to an attic before her family was betrayed and sent to a concentration camp during the Nazi regime. Sadly, Anne succumbed to Typhus while imprisoned, but her diary was found by her father, Otto, the only survivor of his family, and published in 1947. It has been translated into more than 60 different languages.
I’ll stop here. There are many other wonderful books by children, wise beyond their years. Wise perhaps because they have not yet learned to filter truth and reason to make it palatable to overly-sensitive ears. How I love the unabashed honesty of children. We would all do well to discount the common saying, “children should be seen and not heard” and give them a listen every now and again. We might learn something.
Especially during these interesting, and for some frightening, times, I’m dedicating this week’s haiku to Miss Frank…
Ann Frank’s diary,
a wise juvenilia
holds truth for our times.kat ~ 18 November 2016
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