October 21, 2015

Lucy

By Kat Myrman

Meet Lucy.

Lucy

Lucy

She found her way into our hearts by virtue of an incredible network of of rescue and animal transport teams who received a tip that this grand little lady was headed for a high kill shelter. A quick intervention was organized resulting in her rescue before she was surrendered. At 16 years of age and in the condition she was in, her future looked grim.

This is Lucy's

This is Lucy’s “Before”

And this is Lucy

And this is Lucy “After”

But after a vet check and thorough grooming, she is a new girl. She’ll be coming to live with my pack this weekend. And I normally don’t write about such things here on my blog, except that I just realized October is Adopt a Shelter Dog Month. If you have room in your heart and home consider loving one of these lost souls…especially the older ones. It will change their life…and yours! 🙂

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October 21, 2015

Unfriended

By Kat Myrman

unfriended

I admit that I am
stunned at how easily
you can commit cyber
homicide, annihilating
me, rendering me invisible
with a simple stroke,
unfriended,
deleted from existence,
blocked…
out of sight,
but hardly out
of mind you know…
the bitter truth behind
these cyber battles we
employ, caps-lock
loaded, raging red, souls
sucked deep into the
grid is that it is not
reality really…
but try convincing
my broken heart that
our painful têxt-à-têxt
doesn’t mean anything
as I wait for you to call…

kat ~ 21 October 2015

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October 20, 2015

Vincent’s Legacy – FFfAW Challenge

By Kat Myrman

Photo Credit: TJ Paris

 
Vincent had invested years as an Aurelian devoted to the study of Lepidoptera. In lay terms, he was a butterfly chaser!

A rumor had sparked his latest quest to a remote village at the base of a mountain. Several locals had seen a strange looking butterfly frequenting the cliff-clinging, succulents nearby. It was a long treacherous climb to the summit but when he saw it, he knew.

“If only I could get a closer look,” he thought as he inched toward the edge.

Weeks later, search teams were only able to recover Vincent’s camera, his remains likely carried off by wild animals. 

In those final moments he managed to capture the only photographed record of his greatest discovery…a most rare butterfly that would forever be known as the “Vicentius’ Praeda Fugacior Papilio.” (Vincent’s Elusive Butterfly) 

kat ~ 20 October 2015
(137 Words)

Thanks to Priceless Joy for this week’s FFfAW (Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers) challenge. Phito credit to: TJ Paris! thanks TJ! to read more stories click HERE.

20 Comments | posted in Challenges and Writing Prompts, Flash Fiction

October 19, 2015

Unspoken – A Haiku Horizons Prompt #87

By Kat Myrman

In response to Haiku Horizon’s Prompt #87: Silent. If you’d like to learn more or read other Haiku, click HERE.

Unspoken – A Haiku No words, but our eyes spoke what needed to be said in silence we knew. ~kat 19 October 2015

Unspoken – A Haiku
No words, but our eyes
spoke what needed to be said
in silence we knew.
~kat 19 October 2015

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October 19, 2015

Cheer & Call – Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge

By Kat Myrman

ronovanwrites

RonovanWrites has given us another Haiku challenge that is challenging!  The Prompt words are Cheer and Call. As always I CHEERfully answered the CALL, twittering around with a few scenarios…happily coming up with a trio of possibilities. Happy Monday fellow WordPressers! If you’d like to play along or read a few other takes on this challenge, click HERE!

“Just cheer up,” they say
when misfortune comes to call
it’s okay to grieve.

“Out!” the umpire called
‘midst the din of rousing cheers!
the crowd came to life!

It is not my call
to cheer you when you’re saddened.
but I can listen.

kat ~ 19 October 2015

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