little things
it is truly the little things
that have the power to make
someone’s world positive or not.
we each hold a sacred trust
to regard the souls nearest
with honor and respect,
warm caring, kind words,
hope and love, remembering
they belong to us
and we are their’s.
kat – 29 August 2016
A Monday Magnetic Poetry offering, created using the Love Kit. Peace…
black & blue
i dream of a day
black & blue living
together as friends
all of our blood
runs red
kat ~ 28 August 2016
For Elusive Trope’s Magnetic Poetry Saturday Challenge using the Original Kit.
Today’s Dictionary.com word of the day is Truepenny. Most dictionaries agree almost word for word on its meaning. It is defined as an honest, trustworthy person; the Encarta Dictionary adds the word “loyal” in its description, as well as an added definition: the name given to a coin of genuine value.
It originated during the mid 1500’s and one source I read stated that even though most of us would not consider a penny to be a coin of value, we have kept the term around all these centuries because it is found in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. From the site WorldwideWords:
“…this word is best remembered because it features in Hamlet, in the scene in which his father’s ghost tells Hamlet of his murder and asks him to avenge it. When Marcellus and Horatio enter, the ghost cries from the cellar below for them to swear that they will never divulge what Hamlet is about to tell them. Hamlet shouts to his father, “Art thou there, truepenny?”.
Calling someone a Truepenny is definitely a compliment. It’s a term of endearment and trust. Here is my haiku then…a penny for your thoughts!
worth every penny
or at least two pennies worth
a truepenny’s words.kat ~ 26 Auguest 2016
Don’t rush for coverphoto © Fir0002
for there is inspiration to be found.
Don’t rush for cover
when a rumbling summer storm hovers.
Let your senses be filled with wild wind sounds,
skin tingling wet from the rain falling down,
Don’t rush for cover!kat ~ 24 August 2016
A Rondelet for Jane Dougherty’s Poetry Challenge this week. The prompt is Summer Storm. The Rondelet is a French form consisting of a single septet with two rhymes and one refrain:AbAabbA. The capital letters are the refrains, or repeats. The refrain is written in tetra-syllabic or dimeter and the other lines are twice as long – octasyllabic or tetrameter.
