of things that go bump
on moonless nights, the veil
pulled back, dimensions
blurred, the tiptoe of specters,
it could be my cats, roaming
there, there now, of course,
a lucid explanation…
but, i don’t have cats
~kat
A bit of whimsy in the form of a Tanka/Senryu for the Day 8 NaPoWriMo 2018 Challenge. Prompt: write a poem in which mysterious and magical things occur. Your poem could take the form of a spell, for example, or simply describe an event that can’t be understood literally.
cultivated plots
are a gardener’s cachet
but Gaia’s first blooms
burst through concrete, cling to walls
vagabonds in dapper hues
~kat
A Tanka for Colleen Chesebro’s Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge using synonyms only of the prompt words, Grow: bloom, burst, cultivate & Honor: cachet.
it is heartening
to see the spirited young
rally for justice
but we are jaded, hoping
reality doesn’t win
they are dazzling
reminding us of ourselves
before life happened
~kat
For Colleen Chesebro’s Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge using synonyms of the words renew: hearten, rally and fresh: young, spirited, dazzling.
if only we had
as much enthusiasm
for intelligence
as for beauty and power…
wisdom’s an uncommon thing
~kat
A Tanka for Colleen Chesebro’s Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge using synonyms only for the words, Energy: power, enthusiasm and Knowledge: intelligence, wisdom.
Quantum Grief
a change is coming
a shift in the universe
a life and death fight
victims on the offensive
a crusade of the hunted
the brave among us
fierce children advance this coup
seen and not silenced
~kat
For Colleen Chesebro’s Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge using synonyms of the word breakthrough: coup, advance, quantum leap and movement: change, shift, crusade, fight.
like mercury colliding... 