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November 30, 2015

In Black & White

Wow! This challenge was a CHALLENGE. I never would have imagined such simple words could cause me such angst. I noticed others stepped up to the task with ease and grace. Those Haiku that I have read so far are wonderful! You all made it look so easy! Bravo!

As for me this particular word pair came kicking and screaming from my brain to the page. Maybe it was the rain? Not enough coffee? No excuses! I have always said that I like a challenge. Thanks once again Ronovan for supplying me with just that. If you’d like to give it a go, click HERE.

sheep

The prompts for this Haiku Challenge from RonovanWrites are: Black & White. I came up with three. Why, you ask? Because I suppose I am a (m)utton for punishment! Haha! Get it? mutton…glutton…I digress. I suppose it has more to do with the fact that I have gotten in the habit of consulting my thesaurus and dictionary for these challenges, so naturally, to give these words full voice required more than one. 🙂

Happy Monday to you!

Her beauty was rare
skin pearlescent, glowing
crowned by raven locks.

Black sheep have their perks
unlike their hoary siblings,
no expectations!

This black-white haiku…
it turned out to be all but
simply black and white.

kat ~ 30 November 2015

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November 29, 2015

Up a Creek

By Kat Myrman

Photo Credit: A Mixed Bag 2014

“What in blazes were you thinking Jeff?!”

“Well, Uncle Joe said they floated on the river in tire inner tubes.”

“Right! INNER tubes…with AIR inside!!! Not TIRES…you dummy! How’re we gonna get that thing out of the river and back into the garage before dad finds out? I shouldn’t help you!

“Pleeeease!!! I’ll do your chores for a week!”

“Let me think about this for a minute.”

“Maybe we can…”

“Shhhhh!”

“I was thinkin’…”

“Don’t think! You’ll only make it worse!”

“Pete! Someone’s coming!”

“Hey guys…whatcha up to?”

“Hey Dad…we were just…”

“Hi dad! Well Jeff, are you gonna tell him or should I?!”

kat ~ 29 November 2015
(105 Words)

This is a story prompted by the photo above for Sunday Photo Fiction. If you’d like to read more stories or enter your own, click HERE.

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November 29, 2015

Leaf-Bird Watch

By Kat Myrman

Digitally Remastered Photo by Kat Myrman 2015

Chilling a bit on this rainy Sunday. Took another photo of my shape-shifting leaf from yesterday. She’s still hanging in there. I have a feeling this is going to turn into a daily vigil! We’ll have a celebration when she finally lets go!

In the meantime, this is how I color these days…digitally. Here’s a remastered photo of my new muse. It’s quite relaxing and therapeutic, though I do miss the smell of crayons! I love coloring…and definitely outside the lines. Hope you’re having a great Sunday! 🙂

For a little background on this bird-shaped leaf, click HERE for the rest of the story! 🙂

13 Comments | posted in Digital Art & Photos, Essays, Random Thoughts and Musings

November 29, 2015

Weeping Cherry in Autumn

By Kat Myrman

Photo Credit: Lynn Swisher (lynzrealcooking.com)

How lovely she is
exposed for the world to see
but i imagine
she weeps for her faded leaves
wind-whipped, tumbling round her feet.

I wonder if she remembers the spring.

~ kat ~ 29 November 2015

A Tanka (5 line poem/5-7-5-7-7) followed by a Seven Word Story inspired by Lynn Swisher’s beautiful photograph. Visit Lynn’s Blog, Lynz Real Cooking to see more photos. There, you’ll also find her wonderful recipes and stories of her fascinating life in the Middle East. Thank you Lynn!

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November 28, 2015

Sunday’s Week in Review – 29 November 2015

By Kat Myrman

Busy busy week, but I had some time off from work, so some extra opportunities to reflect and write. (My favorite thing to do!)

We lost one of our own this week. The lovely Barbara Beacham who brought us Monday’s Finish the Story Challenge and many inspirational photographs that fueled other flash fiction and poetry challenges. She will be missed. Rest in peace dear lady and love and healing to her family.

And then there was the rest of this week. The world has continued to spin out of control, but there is one constant for all of us. Life. In all its crazy manifestations, life is the muse that fuels our art and the words that we spill out onto the page or blast on our blank computer screens. Life is a precious gift always.

And so we gave thanks here in the U.S. this week for the blessing of life. We’re a rough and raucous lot, we humans, but we can’t do this alone. The good news is, more and more folks are figuring out that we’re in this together. I suspect there may be hope for our kind yet. Call me a dreamer!

With gratitude then, for this forum…for all you lovely souls here, and the families and communities you / we all represent…let’s devote ourselves to being kind to one another. Just once each day. More if you like. The world won’t mind. Peace and Blessings to you! We can do this. 🙂

~ kat ~

Sunday’s Week in Review – 29 November 2015

It’s not that I’m incapable of a logical thought.
her sinister smile was the last thing he saw…
It had been a long journey…
Cats purr and doves coo coo
How easily we lose ourselves
She wanted the sun.
(a) Complicated life
We grumble for more.
…safe from the monsters she didn’t know.
The rousing “Surprise!” gave him his answer.
As a grateful community cheered!
…I think we’ll be safe!
we’ll have plenty of time to simmer …
“Are you gonna miss all this?”
Millions of people do this every day.
Nocturnal creatures
Dementia slowly, insidiously, devoured her mind.
but for now the wind is calling me to dance and it’s going to be fabulous!
Scrabble was her game!

kat ~ 29 November 2015

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 the slate. 🙂

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