Category Archives: Social Issues

September 29, 2025

day 271

By Kat Myrman 
shhhhhhhh

“be safe”
said with good bye
was hypothetical 
until now, when it’s dangerous
to speak
out loud…
even whispers
won’t save you…hold your tongue 
lest they find you living outside
your head

~kat

Todays poetry form: Cinquain 2-4-6-8-2

There’s a chill in the air…not the seasonal type, but there’s that too. No, this chill is spreading quickly. They want us to be afraid. They want us to fall in lock-step with their plan. We are best seen and not heard. Truth be told they don’t want to see us either. Unless we have 6 or 7 or more zeros in our bank account, we don’t count. it’s a scary time in the US of A.

It would be so easy to curl up into a ball and just wish it all away. To pretend it’s all a nightmare. That things aren’t that bad. But I am not a liar…and I can’t lie to myself or anyone else. It’s crazy and out of control. Our president is…shhhhh don’t say it Kat. They’re watching. They’re always watching. Crazy.

All I know is that I have this moment. And right here, right now, I am okay. As far as I know those I love and care for are okay. It’s only a moment, but it’s my moment. As I breathe in and slowly exhale I settle into this moment and the next and the next. One step in front of the other. I’ll keep showing up. May we all keep showing up. We are here and we matter.

much love, peace, and moments of hope-filled glimmers to you!

~kat ✨✨✨💚💚💚✨✨✨

My glimmer today…a beautiful sky…funny how such a sight can calm you and give you hope. I still have hope. 💚

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September 25, 2025

day 267

By Kat Myrman
Today’s Glimmer…my co-worker Gabby…actually more like a micromanager…but it is lovely to be loved by a creature unconditionally.

I decided to give you today’s glimmer first. I wrote the poem below in the wee hours of the morning…the dreaded 3 am wake up call…so I’m saving it as an afterthought today.

I am so grateful to have a job. But I’m growing tired of the long Monday through Friday grind. It’s clear, though I had dreamed of it, there will be no retirement for me. Rising costs and increasingly limited resources necessitate working as long as they’ll have me. The song is true…the rich get richer and the poor…well you know.

Of course I do acknowledge that I am rich in so many ways, as evidenced by the unlimited glimmers surrounding me, just waiting to be noticed. But reality costs money and work is the necessary evil that provides. I also realize how fortunate I am to be able to work…to keep pace with a time clock. Like the old saying, “I can rest when I’m dead” implies…the road is long…and I’ve got myself a bit longer to go…

Much love, peace, and glimmers to you!

~kat ✨✨✨💚💚💚✨✨✨

in limbo

stuck,
silenced by fear.
death
would have been kinder
memories of banishment keep me
in line
conditional freedom knows
no bounds, surrender,
recompense 
for speaking the truth

~kat

(a pi-archimedes poem / 3.1415926535 - syllable count per line).

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September 23, 2025

day 265

By Kat Myrman 
after-rain

spent storm clouds disburse 
skies blush amber-red at dusk
mist floats through the hills

~kat

For your glimmer today…a bit of humor using the photo I took of the western lawn this evening. IYKYK…☺️

Much love, peace, and comic relief glimmers after a crazy day. ~kat ✨✨✨💚💚💚✨✨✨

another rapture, another disappointing dose of reality. They’re all still here!

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September 21, 2025

day 263 ~ a ReVerse poem

By Kat Myrman

A ReVerse poem

finally time to heal
crickets at dusk
your silence is golden
bent on destruction…
Into stardust, beautiful in death
gentle, though it may be

~kat

This week’s ReVerse is definitely an odd little collection of thoughts. It has been an odd time. I visited the D-Day Memorial in Bedford,VA with my sister today. It’s not far from where I live. In light of the state of our world it was a stark reminder of how far we have drifted from the ideals of unity against oppression. Everywhere we turned there were tributes to troops from other nations who fought side by side against fascism.

We are, I believe, watching history repeat. But I am afraid the US will not be on the right side of history when the story is told. What a sad day it is when patriots are considered those who fall in line behind our “dear leader”, and not the true patriots honored at this memorial site. I wonder what these heroes, who made the ultimate, selfless sacrifice might think about the self-serving ambitions of the leaders in charge today. I wonder if they would even recognize this current society as the country they loved. 

Peace, love, and glimmers to you. 

~kat ✨✨✨💚💚💚✨✨✨

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September 19, 2025

days 259 & 260

By Kat Myrman

It’s been busy…and so much has transpired in the world these days. To my friends in the UK…thank you for saying out loud and proudly what we in the US are finding it increasingly dangerous to say during the recent visit by our president. So sorry you had to endure his ill-mannered behavior. But seeing the protests from across the pond did my heart good.

I have some lovely glimmers to share with you…and then a few poems to wrap things up as I catch up for yesterday and today.

Much love, peace, and glimmers to you!

~kat

Fog on Bramlett Mountain
day 259

silencing

watch
the words you say
they
are listening from
the shadows for whispers of protest
free speech
sacrificed to appease
a thin-skinned bully
a liar
bent on destruction…


day 260

speaking up

say
words that need said
don’t
let lying lies lie
only truth will save us from this vile
nightmare
your silence is golden
honesty is not
policy
to the powerful

~kat

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