The Blatherskite
loquacious
quibblers are fluent
nigglers who
will nitpick
vociferously…it’s best
to listen and nod
~kat
A Shadorma for Colleen Chesebro’s Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge – Synonyms Only – Poet’s choice. For my words I chose Dictionary.com’s most recent words of the day: Pettifog – quibble, niggle, nitpick & Voluble – loquacious, fluent, vociferous. I couldn’t resist packing all these beautiful words into one outrageous poem.
we are the
essence of longing,
fragile hearts,
trembling,
for hints that we are worthy
of love’s ecstasy
~kat
cursed clock
i hate you
but i need you so,
without you,
i’d be lost
in my dreams, never waking
snoozing…sleep…dreamless
~kat
For Sunday’s Writing Prompt: Ordinary Things. Write a story (I wrote a shadorma poem) where an ordinary, everyday object plays a significant role.
to be woke
we burden
ourselves by caring,
by serving
others, while
apathetic morons quell
all hope in the dream
~kat
A Shadorma for Colleen Chesebro’s Weekly Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge, Synonyms Only: Slow – moronic, apathetic / Work – serve, burden, dream.
I’m grateful
on these two-dog nights
for a bed
and two dogs
who warm me while the tempest
rages on
~kat
A Shadorma (3/5/3/3/7/5) for Colleen Chesebro’s Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge, Synonyms Only. Prompt Words: cold – blast, two-dog night and storm – tempest, rage.
