I discovered a new challenge this week by my friend Pat at Black Cat Alley. Each week she provides the text and you are challenged to “white out” bits of text to create a new story…or verse. This week’s text is from Tova Martin’s Romance in Bloom: Plants with Ties to Love or Heartache. It’s a fun concept. If you’d like to give it a try, click HERE for the details.
~kat
Liberty – Gee Vaucher. Gouache and pencil on paper.
come
piper
to collect
your witless souls
those wide-eyed fools who believed they were “us”
not the vile “them’s” you promised to crush
while erecting
monuments
in your
name
walls
not meant
to keep “them”
out, but rather
set in rock and sand, a symbol of our
blackened heart, Liberty with beacon snuffed
her golden door
shuttered to
the tired
poor
lies
entrenched
dishonesty
celebrated
plunder stockpiled by those who have plenty
the masses damned, played their pathetic hands
and lost the deal
forced to fold
hope is
death
~kat – 16 March 2017
(A Sextuple Tetractys Poem)
Photo from Pixabay.com
those who twist the truth
need to bellow their tall tales
to convince themselves
~kat – 14 March 2017
For Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge based on the prompt words, “Twist” and “Shout”.
earthen crust trembles
dormant seeds burst, perishing
ever chasing the light
~kat – 14 March 2017
For Haiku Horizons’ Challenge, prompt word, “Light”.
picture a day
cool and blue,
a delicious breeze
like breathy kisses
on your naked skin,
your heart slowly
throbbing, healing…
let this thought haunt
you when life is out
of rhythm and
times are broken.
it is always a good
thing to linger here
embracing peace.
kat ~ 13 March 2017
(Magnetic Poetry – Poet Kit)
like mercury colliding... 