frost comes gently at dawn
to blanket the withering earth
as summer seasons quietly
into beautiful dusky shades
vivid and wild with color…
behold it and breathe for
too soon fall will cycle on
as cold winter’s dark
nights grow long
kat – 12 September 2016
(Magnetic Poetry Online – The Nature Kit)
It’s Sunday and my usual time to look back at the week that was by lifting a line or verse from each of my postings from the previous week. The resulting “new” poem becomes a Shi Sai (re-verse) and often reveals an enlightening perspective of the previous week.
Normally I would share my reflections in this space, but this week I’d like to invite you to read my last post. You can find it HERE.
Of course no Shi Sai Sunday would be complete without the new/old verse. Here it is then:
Shi Sai Sunday’s Week in ReVerse – 11 Sepember 2016
as days rush to dusk and nights amble long
with wild seeds of secret
knowing…
by learning to bend
yes, it is a “thing”!All birds sing in the morning, each one checking in with the others to let them know they have survived the night.
they won’t help me forget
lightness, serene calm and a swirling sky above beckoning her to fly
outshining our sun
can make onlookers edgy
weak knees and cold sweats
it’s an illusion
Yes, I know you and you know me.kat
a pure soul knows
the secret to
living a life of
peace and love
is when that which
you say and do
are in harmony
kat – 10 September 2016
This weekly post is inspired by the Elusive Trope on his prompt page HERE.
edging out rivals
can make onlookers edgy
when over the edge
weak knees and cold sweats
reveal a fear of edges
no cliffhangers here
brave trailblazers know
what lies past horizon’s edge
it’s an illusion
kat ~ 10 September 2016
For TJ’s Household Haiku Challenge, prompt word, “edge”.
Happy Friday! It is, of course time to have a look at Dictionary.com to see what the Word of the Day is. “Lucida”. It comes from the Latin phrase, “stella lucida” meaning “bright star”. It can also be traced to the Latin verb “Lucere” which means “to shine” and comes from the word “Lux” meaning “light”. The English started using the word in the 1700’s.
Of course after learning this new word, I was curious to know which star is the brightest. Here is a bit of information for you to store in your brain vault of random facts. It might help you win a trivia game one day!
The brightest star in the sky is Sirius, also known as the “Dog Star” or, more officially, Alpha Canis Majoris, for its position in the constellation Canis Major. Sirius is a binary star dominated by a luminous main sequence star, Sirius A, with an apparent magnitude of -1.46. Sirius A’s apparent brightness can be attributed both to its inherent luminosity, 20 times that of the Sun, and its proximity. At just 8.7 light years away, Sirius is the seventh closest star to Earth.
In 1844, Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel suggested that the star’s slightly wavy path through the sky, compared to that of background stars, indicated a fainter companion. Alvan Clark confirmed the companion’s existence in 1862. Now known to be a white dwarf, Sirius B is easily spotted in a large telescope, but contributes little to the system’s total apparent brightness.
And here is my haiku…nothing fancy…just a jingle to help me remember
Sirius, you dog!
Aren’t you quite the lucida
outshining our sun!
kat ~ 9 September 2016
like mercury colliding... 