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March 13, 2025

day 72

full blood moon’s eve

you can’t eclipse her
deny her right to the light
and she will see red

~kat

There is a burst of feminine energy in the air. Later tonight, in the wee hours of tomorrow, the earth will block the moon from the sun. And well, I’m seeming an analogy here…😉

The earth is going to move between the sun and the moon tonight blocking the moon from sun’s light, but Luna will not fade into the darkness. Oh no, she will glow red showing the world that she is more than just a cold rock in the sky. She is a true reflection of the light. She is powerful. The tides ebb and swell in her full presence. She inspires artists and poets. She shares the sky with millions of stars, and gracefully allows them to shine. And all this is happening on the cusp of spring when new life is getting ready to burst! Sigh! Holding that thought here in the midst of these troubling times. (You might even want to reread those last few affirmations and insert yourself… I am more…I am a true reflection of the light…I am powerful…etc. you’ve got this!

Finally, I would be remiss if I failed to share today’s view from the bird feeder…more feminine energy in the air….a quintet of turkey hens (aka Jennies) were hanging out, not a Tom in sight. No doubt they were somewhere showing off, competing with each other. It’s that time of year you know.

In a world full of Tom’s, be a Jennie. Take time for tea and sweets and pleasant conversation. The world doesn’t need conquering! ✨💚✨

Peace, love, and full blood moon glimmers to you!

~kat

Oh…and here are those ladies of the Bramlett Mountain Foothills…

7 Comments | tags: digital photography, eclipse, full blood moon, Haiku, jennie, Poem a Day, Poetry | posted in 2025, Digital Art & Photos, Essays, Haiku, Life Lessons, nature, Poetry, Random Thoughts and Musings

April 14, 2024

NaPoWriMo 2024 – Day 13 – How Eclipses Came to Be

By Kat Myrman

Courtesy Rick Fienberg / TravelQuest International; additional processing by Sean Walker, *Sky & Telescope.*

How Eclipses Came to Be

Once upon a breeze-swept eve
the sun confided to the moon,
“I think we should collide!” Then 
Moon relied, “I’m listening…” all the 
while heartbeat a-twitter, feeling 
quite undone. “I’m weary of day,”
Sun moaned, “the flowers, trees, 
birds, humans, bees are fickle 
souls who rush to shade, it’s quite
bizarre, when i am bright, preferring
night, even the stars glisten, when 
you’re around, they swoon!” 
“I think,” said Moon, who rose 
full-faced for this occasion, reasoning 
with a tidal dose of powerful persuasion,
“it’s just a rest you need, meet me at high
eclipse, new moon, you’ll see, the world
will stop to gaze at you, there’s nothing
that you need to do, just shine your
brightest, be yourself, just be, I’ll do what  
I do best, trust me old sun, you’ll see.”
And so it was, and so it is how moon
stepped in to save the day, the sun 
forgot his weary ways. The earth stood 
still, moon flipped the switch. Now seasons 
flow without a hitch, night dawns to day, days dusk to night, all because moon
set things a-right, crisis averted, now all is well.
We saw it with our own two eyes and lived to tell. 

~kat

I’m afraid I ran out of time and daylight yesterday and found myself nodding late-night unable to conjure a single thought, but sleep…need sleep. But undaunted I rose this morning up to the task, to meet Day 13’s challenge and pen a proper, on task poem. Sleeping on it was just what I needed!

NaPoWriMo 2024 – Day 13 Challenge: Our optional prompt for the day asks you to play with rhyme. Start by creating a “word bank” of ten simple words. They should only have one or two syllables apiece. Five should correspond to each of the five senses (i.e., one word that is a thing you can see, one word that is a type of sound, one word that is a thing you can taste, etc). Three more should be concrete nouns of whatever character you choose (i.e., “bridge,” “sun,” “airplane,” “cat”), and the last two should be verbs. Now, come up with rhymes for each of your ten words. (If you’re having trouble coming up with rhymes, the wonderful Rhymezone is at your service). Use your expanded word-bank, with rhymes, as the seeds for your poem. Your effort doesn’t actually have to rhyme in the sense of having each line end with a rhymed word, but try to use as much soundplay in your poem as possible.

Wordbank

• Breeze trees

• light quite

• bitter twitter

• heartbeat meet

• flowers hours

• Sun undone

• Moon Swoon

• Stars bizarre

• collide confided

• Listen glisten

5 Comments | tags: Challenge, eclipse, NaPoWriMo2024, Poem a Day, Poetry, Rhymes, tall tale | posted in 2024, Challenges and Writing Prompts, napowrimo, Poetry, Rhymed Verse

August 22, 2017

Eclipsed

By Kat Myrman

: Solar-Eclipse by Kesie91 at Pixabay.com

The nerve of that pebble of a satellite! She actually thought she could step in between me and my worshipers. Did she really think she could blot out my brilliance?! That little twerp with her crater-pocked face and cold lifeless core; who does she think she is? She only shines at night because of me! Everyone knows I am the greatest star that has ever blazed from the center of a universe. In fact, (and I know facts, believe me) I am the greatest star in the history of all the universes combined! No one knows how to work the planets like I do. Every time I turn, they orbit around me. They can’t help themselves. That’s how great I am.

So now I hear old pock-face is planning a coup. It won’t last, of course. I could send out a solar flare, the likes of which the universe has never seen, with such fire and fury that electronics would die and electrical grids would blow out, and everyone would still worship me. Only I get to decide when things go dark on the faces of my planets. So, this little eclipse thing won’t amount to much. That two-faced lunatic might make headlines for a day with this stupid stunt of hers, but she’s a fake. She’ll drive you crazy if you let her.

So, don’t worry. I’ll be back in a very big way, brighter than ever, heating things up in ways you never thought possible. It’s gonna be great!

look toward the light,
to candles in the darkness,
stars in the night sky,
to reignite hope’s embers
before they fade into dust

it’s cool in the shade
lulling us to linger there
embraced by shadows

~kat

For Colleen Chesebro’s Weekly Poetry Challenge. This week I am doing a Haibun-Tanka-Haiku combination inspired by the prompt words, shadow and light. Have a wonderful light-filled week. 🙂

18 Comments | tags: Challenge, eclipse, Haibun, Haiku, Poetry, politics, Tanka | posted in Challenges and Writing Prompts, Essays, Haibun, Haiku, Random Thoughts and Musings, Social Issues, Spirituality, Tanka

August 22, 2017

Twittering Tales #46 – 22 August 2017

By Kat Myrman

About the challenge: Each Tuesday I will provide a prompt, and your mission, if you choose to play along, is to tell a story based on that prompt in 140 characters or less. If you accept the challenge, be sure to let me know in the comments with a link to your tale.

A final note: if you need help tracking the number of characters in your story, there is a nifty online tool that will count for you at charactercountonline.com.

I will do a roundup each Tuesday, along with providing a new prompt. Have Fun!

Twittering Tale #45 – The Round-Up

Photo Prompt by 5arah at Pixabay.com

From Kalpana at Gemini in the Sky:

“I am famished”.
“look there, Aim with your bows and arrows”.
“Looks strange?”
“It will keep the wolf from the door”.
(133 Characters)

From Vivian at Smell the Coffee:

The pain of betrayal
The sting of your lies
You strung us along
With you soothing our cries
You, pretending to be us
Now, nothing more to discuss
(140 characters)

From Reena at Reinventions:

“Take that sweater off. The sky is clear. It will soon get sultry.”
“There is a fancy dress show in the evening. Need to collect my rewards.”
(140 characters)

From Jane at Jane Dougherty Writes:

Wolfie thought his friends drooled over him because of his beautiful curls. The winter of the big hunger he discovered the real reason.
135 Characters

From Fandango at This, That, and the Other:

I started teleporting the sheep, Doc, but your dog ran onto the platform. When the molecules reconstructed…well, get here right away, Doc.
(140 characters)

From Martin at Martin Corcoran:

“I know we’re delicious, but if we SheepWolves keep eating ourselves we’ll go the way of the dodo, the teriyaki turtle and the chocolosolot”
140 Characters

From Lorraine at In 25 Words More or Less:

The Fly* III: Animalmorphtrophia! Dolly gets her revenge! (characters 57)
Be sure to click on the Link above to learn about “the Fly” and watch the famous clip from this classic flick.

From Leena at Soul Connection:

Can’t Believe,Really Foolish!
Wht He Did Now
Sent His Fox Covered In Sheep Skin To Follow Us
Pity Fox,He Needs To Act Lyk Real Fox,INTELLIGENT.

From Willow at WillowDot21:

WTF! These pathetic legs are not mine where are my paws.I can’t let the others see me.Must of been the lamb Dhansak just before the full moon.
(142 Characters)

From Kathryn at Another Foodie Blogger:

Ahhh yes, the transformation has begun. I can feel the pull of the moon. Come nightfall, I’ll have my fill on these brainless sheep-wits.
138 characters

From Kitty at Kitty’s Verses:

He couldn’t make much of it from the periphery.A new case,a new role to be assumed,Detective!here I come.
105 characters.

From Hayley at The Story Files a bit of Flash along the theme. You can read her story HERE.

And here’s mine:

Explore 6 landed on Kepler-438b. Capt. Dean sent live feed to Command.
“Wow!” they gasped, “a wolf-sheep!?”
Dean screamed, “No! A bird-sna…”

Well, that was fun everyone. Thanks for joining the challenge last week. In honor of the “great American Eclipse”…haha…I think it’s amusing the powers that be are calling it that. At any rate, in honor of the eclipse (ahem) I found this fun pic at pexels.com. Of course you don’t have to take it literally. Or even write about the eclipse for that matter. There are many types of opposites and more than one type of eclipse, not necessarily of the celestial kind. So, as always, tell me whatchur thinkin’. And remember…140 characters or less! I will see you at the Round Up next Tuesday. Have Fun!