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July 14, 2016

Crop Circles

Photo Credit: Emiel Molenaar

“This will show those pranksters to stop messing with my fields,” said farmer Dudley as he mowed down the crop circles.

“They’d like nothing more than for me to freak out and report the “incident” to the police and the news so they can make a laughing stock out of me, but I won’t give them the satisfaction of falling for their joke.”

“Yep, the joke’ll be on them,” he mumbled to himself, as an eerie silence hung in the air and he remembered he was alone and all the townsfolk were gone.

~kat – 14 July 2016

A Three Line Tale for Sonya’s Weekly Challenge based on the photo you see here by Emiel Molenaar.

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July 14, 2016

Time / Grow Haiku

By Kat Myrman

A trio of Haiku for Ronovan’s Haiku Challenge based on the prompt words Time and Grow. Check other Haiku or enter your own HERE.

Photo Credit: Free Pictures on Deshow.net

He spent a lifetime
wondering what made her tick,
growing befuddled

They will grow on you,
those silly quirks you hated
once upon a time

Only time will tell
growing closer or apart…
worth it or wasted?

kat ~ 14 July 2016

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July 13, 2016

Never Forget – A Trio of Cinquains

By Kat Myrman

Le Somnambule by Marc Chagall

A storm
called Katrina
swallowed The Big Easy
abandoned, desperation in
whirlwind

poison,
death infested,
crested, licking the walls
relentless, inescapable
slurry

beings
young and not so
took to the muck alone
it was every soul for themselves
human.

kat ~ 13 July 2016

A Cinquain written for Jane Dougherty’s Poetry Challenge based on the painting Le Somnambule (Sleep Walker) by Marc Chagall. When I saw this painting I immediately thought about Hurricane Katrina. This painting represents to me the desperation of the people caught in the storm’s swell and the tragedy of having to leave their beloved pets behind…and the tragedy of our government at the time looking away while the world watched in horror. It was the cat really, who took me there…looking away from the window as if she knew. I used a string of three Cinquains to tell the story. Some things are etched in our memories…for a reason. That we never forget…that we remember so we may avoid repeating the sins of our past. Peace all!

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