For Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge, prompt words: Pet & Play, with the request to show photos of our playful pets. I give you the aftermath…Haha!
Don’t let these innocent faces fool you!
Playful pets prefer
unread shreds of newspaper
proof they’re not well (b)read!
…and one more haiku not of the animal pet variety:
A pet peeve of mine…
when someone plays on my trust
they are the true fools.
kat ~ 6 December 2016
For Haiku Horizons Haiku Challenge, prompt word: Celebrate.
even in darkness
there is cause to celebrate
it’s where dreams are born
kat – 29 November 2016
Happy Friday! Black Friday to be exact, and whooo-boy do I have a deal, I mean word for you! Actually dictionary.com has a word and a very timely one at that! Today’s word of the day…it’s a word you didn’t even know you needed until now…in fact it will change your life and you’re gong to want to say it every chance you get. The word…here for a limited time only, is none other than Schlockmeister!
Schlockmeister is called an Americanism, originating around 1960-65. It’s a combination of schlock, a Yiddish word meaning cheap or trashy and mayster or German Meister which means master craftsman.
I’m sure you will agree this is the perfect word for today as bargain hunters flood the shopping centers and malls in search of the latest, greatest next big, must have thing that will likely be collecting dust when next year’s Black Friday rolls around!
Happy Holidays!
schlockmeisters don’t care
if you need what they’re selling
they will convince you
people who must have
the latest, greatest new things
are schlockmeister’s tools
the internet is full
of schlockmeisters in disguise
with perfect selfies
kat – 25 November 2016
Photo by Sandis Helvigs via Unplash
“Of course you are welcome, you are always welcome to join us for the holidays, but as always, we ask that you abide by our rules, namely, no discussion of politics, religion and social issues allowed.”
I understood the rules because I had smiled silently invisible at their table many times before, politely passing stuffing, turkey and congealed salad to the right, always to the right, but this year for the the first time in years, I liberated myself from this annual masochistic ritual and declined their veiled invitation.
In response they feigned their disappointment, relieved, I imagined, that they would be free to spew their misinformed, caustic blabber, unfettered by my silent winces from across the room, saying simply, “We will miss your face.”
kat ~ 24 November 2016
A Three Line Tale based on the photo above. More along the theme this week of letting go and nurturing my soul as I enjoy a peaceful Thanksgiving with my significant other at the Chinese Buffet. I am thankful, so thankful this year for the freedom of choice, for love and friendship and for family in small managed doses. May you find peace and harmony in simple pleasures this most unusual holiday season.
a bubbling spring
from the belly of Gaia
may all who thirst, drink
kat ~ 23 November 2016
A Haiku for Haiku Horizon’s Haiku Challenge, prompt word: Drink.
like mercury colliding... 