A breach in the chain
Of iron-clad truth-boasting
Unravels all trust.
Piercing through one’s heart,
Is iron maiden’s embrace…
Fiendish femme fatale!
Lingering scorches
An iron’s stroke must be swift
For wrinkles to yield.
kat ~ 4 June 2014
For TJ’s Household Haiku Challenge this week. The prompt word is “iron”.
A Cascade Poem for Jane Dougherty’s poetry challenge, “Silent Cascade” prompted by the painting here and incorporating the following words: cascade, tresses, eagle, abandon, rippling. To learn more about the Cascade Poetry Form visit Shadow Poetry’s blogsite.
Silence, Waterfall and Forest by Arthur Bowen Davies
In the forest dark and deep
near an ancient rowan tree
she leans in so she can hear
faerie voices on the wind.
Faerie King has led her here
where the wood nymphs come to swim
twinkling on the rippling pools
in the forest dark and deep.
Overwhelming is the sound
of the cascade’s rushing din,
woodnote chatter, eagle shrieks,
near the ancient rowan tree.
Long shadowed ebon tresses
cloak the night as dew descends
muting sleepy earthen sounds
she leans in so she can hear.
Persevering to the end
with abandon, she prevails,
ever soft the twinkling bells
faerie voices on the wind.
kat ~ 3 June 2016
Warm breath on my neck
soft whispers in the darkness
my heart remembers.
kat ~ 1 June 2016
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.
Today’s Dictionary.com word of the day has multiple applications depending on who you ask. Fard as first presented is a noun as well as a verb, originating in the mid 1400’s or so, from the old French term farder, meaning “to apply makeup” or as a word for the makeup itself. An archaic definition is also cited; its meaning, “to gloss over.”
It is a simple, sort of silly sounding word that truly gets interesting when Google is consulted.
The urban dictionary, for example provides a myriad of definitions ranging from the combination of a certain expletive with the word “hard” (meaning something “very hard”), to the description of crude bodily functions. Most memorable is its application when describing a fart so powerful it vibrates nearby body parts (paraphrased here to avoid utter crudeness!) Think about that when you are applying makeup (aka fard) to your face!
But we’re not finished. Wikipedia elevates the discussion with a loftier take:
“Fard is an Islamic term which denotes a religious duty commanded by Allah (God). The word is also used in Persian, Turkish, and Urdu (spelled farz) in the same meaning. Muslims who obey such commands or duties are said to receive hasanat, ajr or thawab each time for each good deed.”
I think it’s safe to assume this application of the word does not include farting!
But there is more! According to another wiki reference, in India a fard is a document that provides revenue details for property. It is not proof of ownership per se, like a deed, but can provide documentation when attempting to establish owenership.
What an interesting little word. To be safe I should probably stick with dictionary.com’s initial definition for my haiku. But I might slip in a few references of its other meanings just to make this challenge FARD!
Fard – A Haiku
A daily practice…
Farding one’s wan face with fard
It’s only skin deep.kat ~ 27 May 2016
