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May 16, 2024

nature calling

By Kat Myrman 
nature calling

how tempted am I to lose myself here
deep, deeper still, hidden from the dawn
“I’ll be back soon,” I lie, “I won’t be long.”
far off the path, no turning back, no fear
deep, deeper still, hidden from the dawn
how tempted am I to lose myself here

~kat

Poetry Form: the Biolet

The Biolet is a six line poem, and like the triolet, the first two lines are repeated as the last two lines, however in reverse. The rhyme scheme of the biolet thus can be expressed as ABbaBA (with the capital  letters representing the repeated lines). The length of the lines can be in iambic tetrameter (8 syllables), iambic pentameter (10 syllables), iambic hexameter (12 syllables), or in unmetered lines of random lengths.

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May 8, 2024

on the way to becoming

By Kat Myrman 
on the way to becoming

I dipped my toes into the dirt the other day
leaves of grass gave way, crushed under my feet,
blades of green sprouting through the in between
I expected to feel magic, connection, something
I don’t know what I was thinking…it’s been so long
since I‘ve let my feet run free, unencumbered 
by socks and hard-soled shoes, not a day goes by
that I allow myself this luxury, so long it has been
that my feet stumble, my toes curl inward, when I try
throwing me off balance, how unfamiliar it feels, 
I suppose it has been too long, but I hope not too late
to reconnect with the space beneath me, with the world
around me, with the dirt, cool and moist, soft and forgiving
there is magic, I’m sure of it, I’ve just forgotten how to dance
while on my way to becoming, I forgot how to become undone

~kat

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April 28, 2024

NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 28 – a reflection

By Kat Myrman 
a reflection

sometimes when the moon is full
         I swoon, basked in soft light, 
and imagine you in the vastness, 
         gazing at her, connecting us
like a tidal wave, you flood my senses, 
         so far away, yet here

~kat

NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 28 Challenge: try your hand at writing a sijo. This is a traditional Korean verse form. A sijo has three lines of 14-16 syllables. The first line introduces the poem’s theme, the second discusses it, and the third line, which is divided into two sentences or clauses, ends the poem – usually with some kind of twist or surprise.

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April 27, 2024

NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 27 – get an aquarium they said…

By Kat Myrman 
get an aquarium they said…

I’ve spent three days boiling driftwood,
driftwood that the fish nerd at the pet store
said was okay to put right into my fish tank
driftwood that in a matter of hours turned 
crystal clear water that I’d spent weeks 
conditioning, blood red…the fish didn’t 
seem to mind it, did you know the tannins 
in driftwood are not harmful to tropical fish?
well, harmful or not, blood red is not a good look 
especially given the fact that I recently killed off 
a thriving aquarium community because I had 
the audacity to get a bigger tank so my fish  would have more room to do what fish do….
swim, eat fish flakes, 
swim…with me watching…
having a fish tank is so calming…I’ll be boiling 
driftwood again tomorrow…as long as it takes…
the driftwood is still bleeding red

~kat

NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 27 Challenge: write an “American sonnet.” What’s that? Well, it’s like a regular sonnet but . . . fewer rules? Like a traditional Spencerian or Shakespearean sonnet, an American sonnet is shortish (generally 14 lines, but not necessarily!), discursive, and tends to end with a bang, but there’s no need to have a rhyme scheme or even a specific meter.

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April 26, 2024

NaPoWriMo 2014 Day 26 – brambly blooms

By Kat Myrman 
brambly blooms

the wild blackberry blooms gleam
stars bursting ‘midst a sea of green
promise plump berries
fruit fit for faeries
be wary
barbs unseen

~kat

NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 26 Challenge: write a poem that involves alliteration, consonance, and assonance. Alliteration is the repetition of a particular consonant sound at the beginning of multiple words. Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds elsewhere in multiple words, and assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds. Traci Brimhall’s poem “A Group of Moths” provides a great example of these poetic devices at work, with each line playing with different sounds that seem to move the poem along on a sonorous wave.

Poetry Form: Clogyrnach – A Welsh syllabic and rhyming form with 6 lines. The syllable count is 8/8/5/5/3/3 and the rhyme scheme is a/a/b/b/b/a. There is no required theme.

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