Photo and Editing by Kat Myrman 2016
In movement…
Go fast but take care
you certainly cannot win
if you don’t arrive.
In abstinence…
When the pious fast
abstaining from all pleasure
more for the wicked!
kat ~ 10 February 2016
A few Haiku in response to Haiku Horizon’s weekly challenge, prompt word: “Fast”. There are two to reflect the two very distinct meanings of the word. If you would like to read other haiku or enter your own poem, click HERE.
Photo by Kat Myrman 2016
Winter tree
stripped bare by the frost
wears ivy
’round her roots
so to remember the spring’s
fair blooms in waiting.
kat ~ 10 February 2016
A Shadorma (Six Line Stanza / Syllable Pattern: 3-5-3-3-7-5) in response to Jane Dougherty’s weekly poetry challenge. This week’s prompt is based on the word: “Tree”. To read more or enter your own poem click HERE.
Okay…so sometimes I see things. Things like shapes in the clouds, tree people, heart-shaped rocks. So imagine my excitement when I my way home from work I saw “her”. A beautiful tree lady covered in ivy. She may have always been there but with winter waning and spring coming she stepped out from behind the drive-by landscape and said hello.
Now before you think I’m totally bonkers I’ll save you the trouble of thinking it. I am. Bonkers that is. But life is so much more interesting when you allow your imagination to have its way with you.
With that I give you my initial encounter with the tree lady… 
Do you see her? Now you can understand why I got so excited when I discovered her there, leaning into the tree. Of course I always like to play with photos, adding some digital filters to see what other secrets are hidden there. To my surprise my tree lady transformed into the Snow Maiden! And there to her lower right, Father Frost!
As one legend tells it he allowed her to become a human girl to live with a childless couple but warned her that she must never give in to love or consider having a romantic relationship. Despite his warning she couldn’t resist. When she felt true love for the first time her heart could not bear its warmth. It caused her to melt away. But that was not the end of the poor Snow Maiden. It is said that on the first day of the year (today is Chinese New Year after all and it is also the new moon!) Father Frost whisks her away to the North in advance of Mother Spring’s return, where she becomes beautiful once again and plays all summer on the frozen seas.
Well…I know this all sounds pretty fantastical. However did my imagination have such a flight of fancy you might say? It is this enhanced photo with a simple digital filter that opened the gate of my imagination. See if you can them for yourself. And sweet dreams to all you dreamers. ❤️
Photo by Kat Myrman – Summer 2013
Mad Hatter: Have I gone mad?
Alice: I’m afraid so. You’re entirely bonkers. But I’ll tell you a secret. All the best people are.
…from Alice in Wonderland
Welcome to the beginning of the long days of winter. No holidays to speak of. Spring is coming, but it will be a bit more of a wait for most of us. It’s still entirely too dark too soon in the evening. And several loony poems and a few dark stories later, except for my girls the bovine fashionistas, can’t forget them, or the whistle pig for that matter…oh and I think it all started with the ducklings. But then what do I know. I am just the words on this page plunked from the keyboard by the fingers connected to some silly brain full of more words. It’s like bingo balls spinning round and round until one falls out the shoot. B-16. Don’t ask me how I came up with that number. It plopped out.
And this my friends is how the week that was went. Thank goodness I do these weekly summaries so I can spill them out for one more look and then tuck them away! One of our friends here, Kathryn (from Another Foodie Blogger) asked me after a few stories…”do you think Sunday’s review will be a dark one this week?” I winked and replied (she didn’t see me wink, but I assure you I did), “it’s all in the editing.” And to another friend, Lynn (from Lynz Real Cooking) I replied at one point, “I can pull happy out of just about anything”…or something to that effect. Have a look at this week’s “re-verse” and see for yourself. Once again I am amazed and delighted.
There were a number of dark prompt photos and prompt words, but hidden in each verse or prose, some of my favorite lines always happened to possess a bit of light.
That, I have come to realize after many years, is no accident. No matter how dark things may appear, there is light somewhere waiting to spill out. And that includes from the very center of my heart and soul as well. That happy spark does make me feel a bit mad sometimes when I am beset with drama, but it is that touch of madness that keeps me sane! 🙂
And so, my dearies, another week has come and gone. The dread of the blank page that I feel as each week begins has been overcome again and then some. And I will overcome, come Monday, because there is no lack of words swirling around in my brain. Someone give the bingo balls a whirl. Here we go! 🙂
Oh…I’m posting Sunday’s Re-View early because I got a new mattress today and I plan to sleep in a bit. And…because I can. Isn’t that a lovely thought? You can do whatever you want to do…be you…because…you…can! 🙂
Sunday’s Week in Re-Verse – 6 February 2016
Sometimes being late isn’t the worst thing that can happen
the darkest nights are fading now
moving on was her ultimate aim
but it’s a fuzzy science at best
stars taunt us with hope“Exactly! Just what I was thinking!”
You’ll likely arrive too soon
the mem’ry of that autumn night
but a girl can dream!
That night I became acquainted with death and the fragility of life.
nobody listened
scorned like the dodo.
it’s nugatory
striking a pose, dazzling in gold!
to cover more ground…“Well, you’re here just in time you know.”
~ kat
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 to prepare for the upcoming week with a clean slate.
Photo Credit: Annie Spratt
Modeling the latest in bovine ear fashion
Bessie, Clarabelle and Henrietta
striking a pose, dazzling in gold!
~kat – 5 February 2016
A new challenge, from Sonya from Only 100 Words…to write a 3-line tale inspired by the photo you see above! 🙂 If you’d like to join in click HERE for the details.
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