Secret of the Tides
the moon knows a thing
or more about longing…
she listens every night
to the deep murmurings
of souls lonely for warmth.
that must be why she
breathes wild life into
water at dawn and at dusk.
kat – 15 August 2016
(Using the Nature Kit from Online Magnetic Poetry)
ghosts of older days
surround and haunt me like
cool blue smoke making me
breathless and broken, but if i
remember without lingering
on the crap and celebrate
the good times, my heart
may open to healing and
peace, bringing me home
kat ~ 14 August 2016
A poem using the Poet’s Kit for Elusive Trope’s Saturday Magnetic Poetry Challenge.
Bexley, deep in thought – photo taken by her Mommy – 1 week old
Today’s Shi Sai has a political flavor to it as have weeks past. I am so weary of it all but like a train wreck or other catastrophe, I can’t quite muster the resolve to look away.
This year’s election has devolved into a reality show of sensational sound bites, malicious, slanderous, and often untrue accusations and sarcastic calls for violence. I’m long past the notion that it is possible to have a civil debate of the issues. It’s a mess plain and simple. Today’s Shi Sai says it all…
Shi Sai Sunday’s Week in ReVerse – 13 August 2016
broken they are
and it’s evident we’re all quite mad!
The sign said
employ two-faced blandishments
his goal was to score
every man knows
blandishments will get one far
But…
your words mean nothing to me
TOMATOES!!!~kat 😜
It’s a mad, mad world!
The Shi Sai, (formerly known as a ReVerse) is a new form I came up with during Poetry Month in April 2016. I’ve actually been writing shu sai for years but was inspired to give it a prooer name. It is a poem created by taking one line of verse from several poems of an author’s own collection. The shi sai is done as a review of a series or collection of poems and therefore, each line should flow in chronological order of the dates the poems were written (from oldest to new). The lines chosen should be the author’s favorite from each poem. This form works best if the author resists the temptation to read the full new poem before all the verses have been added. (It helps one to resist the impulse to change a line to make it “fit”.
Happy Friday! Today’s word of the day is Blandishment. Originating in the 1500’s, blandishment is a noun taken from the word blandish- which means “flattering speech,” + -ment. In addition, a sense of “attraction, allurement” (often blandishments) is from 1590s.
The Oxford Dictionary defines blandishment as: (usually blandishments) A flattering or pleasing statement or action used to persuade someone gently to do something:the blandishments of the travel brochure.
If I hadn’t read the actual definition, I doubt I would come up with it. The idea ofsomething blandish does not seem superfluous or flattering. But then the word flattery doesn’t exactly blow my socks off with extravagance. Bland and flat. At the very most they allude to something that is just so-so. What odd ways we use basic words to make something that is “all that and then some!”
I came up with several Haiku. Take your pick. Once I got started, I found I could go on and on. It’s not that I’m full of it…blandishments that is! Well, maybe just a little! 🙂 For your sake I stopped at 5!
I do hope you have a spectacular weekend wherever you happen to be. Until next Friday then… 🙂
Blandishment #1:
Sly politicians
employ two-faced blandishments
tickling our ears.
Blandishment #2:
His goal was to score,
lavish blandishments his ploy…
she saw right through it!
Blandishment #3:
Every man knows
to rely on blandishments
when asked, “Am I fat?”
Blandishment #4:
It is a known fact
blandishments will get one far…
as will flattery!
Blandishment #5:
Save your blandishments
your words mean nothing to me
you need to show me!
kat ~ 12 August 2016
The sign said,
“Slow Children Playing”
P. I. C.? *
kat – 10 August 2016
*P.I.C. Is the abbreviation for “politically incorrect”.
A 3-5-3 Haiku for Haiku Horizon’s Challenge, prompt word: Sign.
