leafless
what worked in winter is not a good look for spring
…just sayin’ ~kat
NaPoWriMo 2024 – Day 11 Challenge: write either a monostich, which is a one-line poem, or a poem made up of one-liner style jokes/sentiments.
It’s been a long day at work…opted for a Monostich. This form is harder than it looks folks! 🤪
time to unplug
no need to rise from bed today
it’s safer here, i think i’ll stay
and should i drift back off to sleep
obligations can wait, they’ll keep
they’re not as urgent as you think
sweet dreams await, i’m on the brink
rest is required, don’t you know
whence inspiration freely flows
as you can see it’s optimal
to let me snooze, it’s possible
and you should try it for yourself
sleep’s good for the soul, for your health
so have a day, good, bad, don’t care
i’ll see you where or when, i swear
but now I’ve better things to do
i’m off to dream, no thoughts of you
~kat…zzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZ
NaPoWriMo 2024 -Day 10 Challenge: write a poem based on one of the curious headlines, cartoons, and other journalistic tidbits featured at Yesterday’s Print, where old new stays amusing, curious, and sometimes downright confusing.
Poetry Form:
Rhyming couplets. Formal verse rhymes; the sequence of rhymes is called the rhyme scheme. AA BB is specifically four lines, the first two rhyming and the second two rhyming. And so on – a poem of whatever length which repeats this pattern AA BB CC DD . . . uses couplet rhymes.
the windows
the windows in this house have never been dressed
they are naked but for the soul of Gaia adorned in the season’s greens, pastels, ambers, gray-blacks, and whites
the moon in her phases, new to full and
the sun, midst a galaxy of stars streaming in
~kat
NaPoWriMo 2024
Early bird Challenge: Write a poem titled either “A [your word]” or “The [your word]” in which you explore the meaning of the word, or some memory you have of it, as if you were writing an illustrative/alternative definition. Word: window.
The Poetry Form:
The Gogyohka by Enta Kusakabe (1983).
• Gogyohka is a new form of short poem that is based on the ancient Japanese Tanka and Kodai kayo.
• Gogyohka has five lines, but exceptionally may have four or six.
• Each line of Gogyohka consists of one phrase with a line-break after each phrase or breath.
• Gogyohka has no restraint on numbers of words or syllables.
• The theme of Gogyohka is unrestricted.
It’s been a minute…three seasons in fact, since I collected lines from previously penned poems and constructed a ReVerse Poem. The intriguing thing is that it seems as though I have landed right where I started…face toward the sun. Another odd thing I noticed was a repeat separated by months of me thinking myself silly for thinking. As Alice was known to comment, “curiouser and curiouser”.
I’m well into the second year of the new normal thrust upon us by a series of unfortunate medical events. It still feels foreign to my partner and me. When you’ve spent decades planning a certain thing and the universe throws a plot twist into your best laid plans… well, I suppose we are still grieving. Spring will be a welcome break from the dreariness of winter; its warmth and sunshine a healing touch. Just what we need.
The hummingbirds will be returning soon. Life does go on…yes it does. 🥰🌱🌼🌞🐣🦋🐝
autumn to winter to spring - a ReVerse Poem
her full face at dawn
burdened with secrets and
lessons from the past ignored
silly me for ever thinking
drawing us deep into the one
to sleep at the feet of our mother
the in between has lost its charm
when hope was a thing
I caught her smiling
she slumbers, dreaming of spring
once upon a time she was fierce,
how silly of me to think it
it keeps me up nights
I see it clearly
it’s time…turn your face to the sun
~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. I use it as a review of the previous week…or in this case, the past several months.
ode to spring
day
light lingering
night
rushing toward the dawn
bud-swelled tree tops pop in white, pink, blue
the breeze
warm and fragrant whispers
it’s time…turn your face
to the sun
bid winter adieu
~kat on the first day of spring 2024
A Pi-Prime 11 poem for this first day of Spring!
Pi digits: 3.1415926535. Each digit in the series corresponds to the syllable count for each line starting with 3 for the poem’s title.
