some thought him a fool
nonsensical, crude was he
crazy…like a fox
~kat
For Haiku Horizons Prompt Word: Fool.
Category Archives: Poetry
If You Need To Ask
if you need to ask what freedom is
you’re not
drape yourself in stars and stripes
do whatever you feel like
hate the man, yeah! go on strike
if you need to ask…
count your pennies, buy more stock
build great walls, install more locks
it only matters who’s on top
what freedom is…
could declare your independence
time is wasted being decent
cash your chips before they’re spent
if you need to ask…
claim your rights, take up your arms
speak your mind, raise false alarms
before the others do you harm
you’re not…
grab what’s yours while you still can
change the rules and take command
always have the upper hand
if you need to ask what freedom is
you’re not
~kat
Had been tweaking this in response to call for poems about freedom. It was too long for the call, but I’m going with it just the same. My blog space will do just fine. 😊
Florescence #5
oh how graceful they fly
on wings through the sky
as I watch them, I sigh from below
~kat
Florescence #5 for Jane Dougherty’s Daily Florescence Poem Challenge.
A Creation Glyph – NaPoWriMo 2018 Day 5
Egyptian Hieroglyphs from Wikipedia
Shepherds,
lowly goatherds,
chiseled legends in stone
‘twas a story of all creatures
and how they came to be; the worms, the trees,
birds of the air; droppings of seed
that took root in the ground
under the stars
blooming
and of
belly crawlers
worms, sprouting arms and legs,
rising from the sea, from fishes
to land dwellers living in harmony;
so too the dawning of humankind,
born of water and dust,
heaven and hell,
no peace
because
humans forgot
that they came from the earth,
from the seed and the worm, from birds
and the fishes; forgetting the music,
the song of creation fading
to scarcely a whisper
time and again,
chaos
~kat
I took today’s NaPoWriMo 2018 Day 5 suggestion and added my own twist. My photo inspiration is a hieroglyphic etching, and my poem is a creative translation using a series of lines and reverse lines in the syllable form of 2-4-6-8-10-8-6-4-2.
Florescence #4
battered, billowing trees
bent from a blust’ry breeze
their dappled crowns like seas, leaf scattered
~kat
Playing along with Jane Dougherty’s Daily Florescence Poem Challenge. Today Jane combined her florescense with a 5-word prompt from Secret Keeper. After laboring on and off for hours over the 5 words and their synonyms, my head started to hurt. So I glanced out the window and watched the wind-tossed trees. Mercifully the universe gave me a substitute topic for today’s daily poem. Coffee break over…back to spreadsheets and memos. 🙂
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