bright shiny objects
may appear larger than life
but small in hindsight
~kat
For Haiku Horizons Challenge based on the prompt word: Bright.
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Deep Darkness – A Haiku Challenge
truth hides in darkness
but for seekers who dig deep
the truth comes to light
~ kat
For Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge inspired by the prompt words: darkness and deep.
Shi Sai Sunday’s Week in ReVerse – 18 June 2017
What do you cling to? Or put another way, what clings to you? Either way you’re pretty clung-up. At least that’s my take on it. Whether I’m a clinger or a cling-ee, chances are I’m carrying around a heavier load than I need to.
It reminds me of the first time I went skinny dipping in a crystal clear, frigid Canadian lake under the golden glow of the full moon. It was several decades ago but I still remember how I felt. How the unabashed freedom of that moment made every cell in my body come aliv.
These many years later I realize I have layers upon layers of stuff that I’ve collected over time. Whether it’s clinging to me or I’m clinging to it doesn’t matter. What matters is that once I finally release those things, I’ll find that I get along swimmingly without them. Like clothes and skinny dipping. That stuff just weighs you down.
Come on in! The water’s fine! 😉
Shi Sai Sunday’s Week in ReVerse – 18 June 2017
o, how i could linger
but it’s brilliant…
it’s for the best
sucked into oblivion
no one can steal a soul
expostulators may rant
this game is over
the bloom undulating just below the surface
devouring me slowly
though you are crushed
a bit of chocolate
in stone
retrospect gleans the good from not
~kat
A shi sai or ReVerse poem is a summary poem with a single line lifted from each entry of a collection of work over a particular timeframe and re-penned in chronological order as a new poem. Unlike a collaborative poem, the shi sai features the words of one writer,providing a glimpse into their thoughts over time. I use it as a review of the previous week.
Magnetic Poetry Saturday
Something different this week. Instead of creating a digital photo creation for the poetry that emerges from the magnets, I’m letting you in on the creative process, my dance with the muse, so to speak. What do you think? Do you like seeing the words that didn’t make the cut? I find them quite compelling…
beneath the forest
green every living
thing is wild and
free though they
are deeply rooted
in stone
…
the best we can
hope for in life
is love and peace,
laughter and luck…
a bit of chocolate
always helps
…
though you are crushed
by life’s storms be
not bitter for it is
after the rain that
a garden smells
her sweetest
…
coffee breath kisses
warm lips, moist
with hints of
salt and caramel
devouring me slowly
my heart’s desire…
mornings like this
…
Happy Saturday!
~kat
Create your own verse HERE.
Expostulate – Friday’s Word of the Day Haiku
Today’s Dictionary.com Word of the Day is Expostulate. It means “to reason earnestly with someone against something that person intends to do or has done; remonstrate: His father expostulated with him about the evils of gambling.”
The Etymology Dictionary tells us this about the origin of this word:
“1530s, “to demand, to claim,” from Latin expostulatus, past participle of expostulare “to demand urgently, remonstrate, find fault, dispute, complain of, demand the reason (for someone’s conduct),” from ex- “from” (see ex-) + postulare “to demand” (see postulate (v.)). Friendlier sense of “to reason earnestly (with someone) against a course of action, etc.” is first recorded in English 1570s. Related: Expostulated; expostulating.”
I did find a reference to the word as featured in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby”: “The circle closed up again with a running murmur of expostulation.” It seems that “The Great Gatsby’s” rich vocabulary has become the source of many vocabulary studies. You can find expostulation as well as many other wonderful words on vocabulary “flash cards” online. Of course there are a few other mentions of the word used in other literature, but it does not seem to have any surprising history attached to it.
That being said, I must say that there has been quite a bit of expostulating going on in recent times…and the divide grows deeper and wider.
Here’s my haiku for today’s word. Have a great weekend!
opinionated
expostulators may rant
for naught, to closed minds
~kat
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