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ReVerse Poem – 30 July 2023

Sunset in the Bramlett Mountain Foothills after a summer storm. ~kat 2023

Today’s ReVerse poem is an interesting mix. It speaks to me of the spark of spirituality the resides at my core. That spark has seen many iterations in the 67 years I’ve spent seeking, not seeking, devoted, zealous, indifferent, terrified, enraptured, feeling small, so very small.

She called me home a few years ago, to a tiny house in the woods surrounded by mountains, woodland creatures, seasons, life, death, all of it, life cycling around me in a green blur.

I didn’t like it at first, letting go of decades of dust collecting trinkets and treasures that I thought I needed, that I thought defined me, that I thought gave me meaning. Turns out it was all rubbish. Turns out, all I needed was to come home to the Mother who birthed me and has sustained me all these years…who loved me enough to let me fly knowing I’d return one day. Full circle to my Mother the Earth. I see you…I feel you…I am…you. 💚


ReVerse Poem - 30 July 2023

history can’t repeat itself
taking care what matters
i am part of it all
i’ll hold you at the brink
sunset after the storm
in harmony with the
whispers to fledgling ears

~kat

A ReVerse poem (a practice I started many years ago) 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.


when fledglings fledge

when fledglings fledge

what mysterious voice
whispers to fledgling ears,
“it’s time my darling dears…
it’s time to fly”

somehow they seem to know
that they’re equipped with wings
and how to use those things
to ride the air

in just a few short weeks
from egg to youth they grow
ready, set, off they go
nest, left empty

~kat

Abhanga

Abhanga are written in any number of 4-line stanzas with 6-6-6-4 syllables each. L2 and L3 rhyme. The end rhyme scheme is abbc. Don’t forget to title your poem.


summer storm

summer storm

sunset after the storm
casts a warm, amber glow
a magnificent show
the sky at dusk

~kat

Abhanga

Abhanga are written in any number of 4-line stanzas with 6-6-6-4 syllables each. L2 and L3 rhyme. The end rhyme scheme is abbc. Don’t forget to title your poem.


bare windows

~ Photo partially enhanced by AI in the PicsArt app ~
bare windows

my windows don’t have shades
in these dense foothill woods
though others think they should
i don’t agree

i wake up with the sun
burning away the mist
dew droplets sparkling, kissed
diamonds at dawn

i love the warmth and glow
of spring and summer lush
of autumn’s amber blush
of winter’s snow

each season draws me out
there, just beyond these walls
i am part of it all
and it, in me

~kat

Abhanga

Abhanga are written in any number of 4-line stanzas with 6-6-6-4 syllables each. L2 and L3 rhyme. The end rhyme scheme is abbc. Don’t forget to title your poem.


midsummer dreaming

midsummer dreaming

I drifted off to sleep
on one midsummer day
lulled by the gentle sway
of breeze kissed trees

I had no where to be
and precious time to spare
slumped in my favorite chair
to rest a spell

til hummingbirds whizzed by
my ears, now roused awake
I smiled, sighed…they can wait
those chores undone

a sip of cool iced tea
a poem in my head
to write ‘fore I forget
this time well spent

taking care what matters
emerging light as air
refreshed, with not a care
no where to be

~kat

Abhanga

Abhanga are written in any number of 4-line stanzas with 6-6-6-4 syllables each. L2 and L3 rhyme. The end rhyme scheme is abbc. Don’t forget to title your poem.