Warm breath on my neck
soft whispers in the darkness
my heart remembers.
kat ~ 1 June 2016
Life Lessons from a House Cat – Haiku
I never tire of this view. It is my 13 year old kitty Casey as she watches and waits for a random bird or squirrel sighting in the form of shadows dancing on the drapes in my room at sunrise. She will do this for hours. The fact that she can never catch the objects of her desire matters not. It is the thrill of the hunt that calls her back again and again.
And I realize that too often I get so focused on the prize, or the goal or deadline, that I forget to enjoy the process. The older I get the more I realize that the greatest reward and importantly, the best memories are found along the way, not at the finish line.
Wherever you find yourself on your particular path this first day of June, pause to forget your destination, just for a moment…long enough to take in the view. And be blessed! ❤️
Life Lessons from a House Cat – Haiku
patiently she waits
to glimpse prey through frosted glass
life of a house cat
~kat 1 June 2016
Alchemy
Potpourri
mystic alchemy
dried flowers, essential oils…
sweet resurrection
kat ~ 31 May 2016
For TJ’s Household Haiku Challenge. the prompt this week is Potpourri.
Tomb of the Unknown
As we honor those who died in service to their country this Memoral Day…
Photo Credit: J.R. Munoz-McNally – Sunday, January 13, 2008
The white-gloved, dressed-blue Sentinels walk
twenty-one steps from end to end
so to honor those Unknown
who answered duty’s call
Anonymously
known but to God
their motives
ever
pure
now
entombed
eternally
atop a hill…
no widow’s goodbye
nor mother’s mournful cry
yet guarded hour to hour
a nation solemnly declares
none who die for freedom die in vain.
~kat 12 November 2015
This verse was prompted by Jane Dougherty’s Poetry Challenge #5…the Nonet with the theme being “war in any of its forms, taken from any angle.”. A Nonet is 9 line verses with syllables: 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1. As suggested I added a reverse Nonet as well. If you’d like to read more Nonets or participate in this challenge click HERE.
Grace at Dawn
I’ll take
my diamonds at
dawn, chartreuse,
dewy, baubles…and sip
tea, honey sweet, serenaded
by trillers, warblers, and
cooing mourners, hints
of honeysuckle, lavender
and freesia on the
breeze…for I would be
remiss to miss such
bliss, this gift
of morning
grace.
kat ~ 30 May 2016
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