Category Archives: Poetry

November 8, 2015

Lady of the Woods ~ A Haiku Trio

I received a request from my friend Lynn, a fellow blogger of the site, “LynzRealCooking“, to write a Haiku inspired by an incredible photo she took while on a walk at a nearby arboretum.

You should visit her blog. As its title suggests, you will find a variety of wonderful recipes that she has perfected over the years while raising her 9 children. But an added bonus and the heart of her blog are the compelling stories she shares from her life as a young mother raising children in the middle sat. Click HERE to visit Lynn’s blog.

I wrote a trio of Haiku inspired by Lynn’s tree photo. If you look closely at the tree on the right, I hope you’ll see “her”.

Photo Credit: Lynn Swisher 2015

Lady of the Woods
Fragile limbs exposed await
Rebirth in the Spring.

Rebirth in the Spring
Reveals a resilience
Surging from her core…

Surging from her core
Audacious perseverance
Weath’ring every storm.

~kat ~ 8 November 2015

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November 7, 2015

Sunday’s Week In Review – 8 November 2015

By Kat Myrman

A tad early…I have a busy day tomorrow so I decided to do my Sunday Week in Review a wee bit early. Have a great Sunday! Actually…it IS tomorrow (Sunday) for some of you so…it’s all good, eh?! 😊

It’s time to look back once again on a very full, and it seems from the aggregated verse below, quite a reflective week.

I love this week’s review. It speaks of this season of change and letting go and reinforces the truth that even in endings there can be great beauty and peace when one is able to surrender to the process.

Of course, you may not get all of this when you read the string of verse below. I suppose it is because I am in the Autumn of my own life that the lessons I’ve gleaned from this week are so poignant.

May the coming week be a treasure trove of blessings to you. Thanks for stopping by and entertaining my rambling. Peace out fellow Word Pressers!

Sunday’s Week in Review – 8 November 2015

They found something more.
I hope you don’t mind
I have an amazing story to tell!
A moment spent breathing…
She stood tall and lovely against the crystal blue sky.
I keep forgetting…
Coming to the end of one’s
season is not pretty and yet…
On beds draped in mist
like fireflies and faeries
dance to cricket song.
Maybe we need a second opinion?”
in time for some wintry zzzz’s.

~kat ~ 8 November 2015

If you’re new to this blog, a bit of background to explain the verse above. It is a line from each poem or prose from the previous week. Lifted and placed in the order written. A snapshot review of the week. It helps me clean the slate…reflect, and ready myself for the new week.

8 Comments | posted in Essays, Poetry, Random Thoughts and Musings, Week in Review

November 7, 2015

Catching a Breeze – A Limerick

By Kat Myrman

A limerick in response to MindLifeMatters Limerick Challenge…the prompt this week is “Breeze”. To read more click HERE.

When Autumn frost nips the trees
leaves catch a lift on the breeze
they blush gold and red
and tumble to bed
in time for some wintry zzzz’s.

~kat ~7 November 2015

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November 6, 2015

Crepuscular – A Friday Word of the Day Haiku

By Kat Myrman

From Dictionary.com

Tis another Friday Word of the Day Haiku! Today’s Word is “Crepuscular”. According to Dictionary.com, this delicious word is related to the Latin term “creper” meaning obscure or dark (the Oxford Dictionary relates its Latin meaning to “twilight”). It entered the English language in the mid-1600’s.

I personally love this time of day…the dusk before nightfall. How delightful to have a new word to describe it. It naturally calls one to settle in for the evening…perhaps I shall this evening…tuck into a “crepuscular” nook with a good book!

Crepuscular Haiki

Crepuscular sprites
like fireflies and faeries
dance to cricket song.

~kat ~6 November 2015

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November 4, 2015

Seasons

By Kat Myrman

In the beginning
Seed pods burst from Gaia’s heart
Springing forth in song.

Then
Summer
Kissed each bud
swelling in bloom
As fragrant
Petals
Fell…

On beds draped in mist
Cool Autumn’s nip then rendered
Back to Gaia’s breast
A host of slumbering seedlings
Under blankets Winter white.

~ kat ~ 4 November 2015
(Haiku, Sept, Tanka)

A trilogy of verse in response to Poetry Challenge #4 – Seasons. Thanks to Jane Dougherty for the opportunity to expand my poetry vocabulary. To read more or participate click HERE. ❤️

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