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Sunday’s Week in ReVerse – 5 August 2018

So…yep, last week was not the greatest of weeks. I give it a three. In other words not a total wipe out, but as weeks go, I’ve seen better.

It should not be at all surprising that today’s ReVerse has a mean, melancholy streak. It’s weird how that happens. Try as I might to infuse each day’s verse with happy thoughts, affirmations and the like, the truth niggles its way to the surface. It’s like a gray funk that disturbs my serene surface; like those globs of sludge jiggling on a stagnant pond, bits drifting on the breeze, splattering into oblivion. Yep, this past week was ugly like that…don’t ask.

But next week will be better. How can it not be? So please forgive this week’s dreary dirge. There is hope. Call me crazy, I still hope, even in the darkest of times.


Sunday’s Week in ReVerse – 5 August 2018

the alchemy of magic thrice infused
three dimensions mete where flat planes meet air
there is no truth
the power to overcome
it won’t do any good
plead the fifth, to any third degree
before the harbor maiden raised her beacon
denying the adoration of those poor
in the dumps, in a blue funk
come and gone, sparks of light,
lay the bones, worm-stripped bare, no trace
who settled scores, who buried men alive,
the roses have gone
through our fingers

~kat

A ReVerse poem is a summary poem with a single line lifted from each entry of a collection of work over a particular timeframe and re-penned in chronological order as a new poem. Unlike a collaborative poem, the ReVerse features the words of one writer, providing a glimpse into their thoughts over time. I use it as a review of the previous week.


Autumn Stanza 4

once upon a time lived a viking maiden fair,
princess, Kievan queen, woman scorned, a saint,
who settled scores, who buried men alive,
set flocks affire, razed a town, my dear great
grandma, Olga, was the baddest fox around

~kat

For Jane Dougherty’s Daily Stanza Challenge.


Autumn – Stanza 3

asleep, in graves, silent shuttered
vaults, eroded epitaphs, markers where
lay the bones, worm-stripped bare, no trace
but for their surnames penned on census
rolls, proof that they existed once

~kat

For Jane Dougherty’s Daily StNza Challenge.


the fool

the fool

the fool

poor old chap is down
in the dumps, in a blue funk
with a chip on his
shoulder…once upon a time
he walked on air, flying high

~kat

A Tanka for Colleen Chesebro’s Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge using synomyms only of the words Happy & Morose. I found a lovely collection of idioms that were listed as synonyms for these words. Of course I had to use them all! Well, most of them anyhow. What fun this week’s challenge was!

Happy: walking on air, flying high,

Morose: down in the dumps, in a blue funk, chip on the shoulder


Speaking of Three – Terza Rima 3 of Three Finit

have you noticed that threes are everywhere
three pigs, amigos, stooges, trinities,
and when a bad thing happens, be aware

there might be more to come, more tragedy
but it might come as a surprise to know
good fortune’s also thought to come in threes

a-one, two, three, we say, ready, set, go
this, that, other; win, lose, draw; charms post-three
3-Rs take you far; three rings make a show

threes to the ‘nth, and one more thing from me…
plead the fifth, to any third degree

~kat

Last day of the Terza Rima Daily Poem Challenge. Thanks to Jane Dougherty for leading the charge to write a snippet of poetry each day. It’s been fun. This final trio of sets is shown in full below.


Speaking of Three

metaphysically, the number three
bespeaks of divine souls who know the muse
theirs is a life of creativity

the alchemy of magic thrice infused
with graces threefold, walking in the lighta
a powerhouse of elements imbued

those so-called, three, inherit a birthright
optimistic sprites, loyal, filled with glee
three-folks live here with heaven e’er in sight

the Pythagoreans have affinity
for this prime number, short a perfect square
lauded as noble, Triad, number three

no other digits ‘fore or aft’ compare
unless you are a theorist of string
three dimensions mete where flat planes meet air

you may not be into this sort of thing
but any geek will school you if you care
three’s beautiful in hue, red, blue and green

have you noticed that threes are everywhere
three pigs, amigos, stooges, trinities,
and when a bad thing happens, be aware

there might be more to come, more tragedy
but it might come as a surprise to know
good fortune’s also thought to come in threes

a-one, two, three, we say, ready, set, go
this, that, other; win, lose, draw; charms post-three
3-Rs take you far; three rings make a show

threes to the ‘nth, and one more thing from me…
plead the fifth, to any third degree

~kat