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April 15, 2026

Na/GloPoWriMo 2026 Day 15

it’s not love

you say you love 
cheesecake,
strawberries and 
oh my gawd…chocolate, 
chocolate anything, 
you say, is TO DIE FOR…
um..okay
puppies, kittens,
baby giggles…weeping
willow trees, dogwoods,
the ocean, salty air, 
smell of newborns,
right up there with
puppy breath, roses, 
honeysuckle, lavender,
lilacs, wisteria…(sigh)
the smell of fresh cut 
grass..green peppers and
onions frying, bread baking
you say you love 
books, rom-coms, Olympic 
curling, football,
wearing the color fuscia, 
black, and fuzzy slippers, 
how fickle of you to
declare love for
all these things 
all at once or only when 
the occasional object of
your declared affection
presents itself, faithful or 
not, love is just an 
overused, four-letter,
meaningless word, these
days, objectified, 
unrequited, unreciprocated 
love me, love me not…
in the end you’re left
with a petal-less flower 

~kat

Na/GloPoWriMo 2026 Day 15 Prompt: Today, we’d like you to write your own poem that muses on love, but isn’t a traditional love poem in the sense of expressing love between romantic partners.

A Quick Glimmer…some graceful friends spending their afternoon on the edge of the woods. One if them resting in the shade on a hot, sunny day.

Much love, peace, and glimmers to you!!!

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April 14, 2026

Na/GloPoWriMo 2026 Day 14

By Kat Myrman

remotely working

my commute is three steps 
right, remote, tucked in 
a corner nook, two monitors, 
a tailless mouse to navigate 
my nine to five, eight
hours that clock in more
like ten, days unbroken, 
no set end, spilling into 
night, screen strobing
glare where zoom call talking, 
soft-filtered heads in squares
haggle over bottom 
lines, strategies to mitigate, 
review, discuss, congratulate…
postmortems of recent 
mistakes, scheduling another 
call because we need more 
time…get more done remote 
I’ve found, used to do this all 
onsite, brick and mortar 
cubical bound, ‘til Covid 
flipped the universe and office 
rats like me disbursed, haven’t 
missed a sunset since, stuck in
traffic in the dark, no trudging 
through car lots from
that one spot left to park, 
multitasking makes it work
with colleagues from around 
the globe, just a keyboard 
click away, three steps, right, 
is my commute…I settle in while
the WiFi boots, as hummingbirds 
outside my window, left, sip 
nectar, then flit-fly away

~kat

Na/GloPoWriMo 2026 Day 14 Prompt: Today, we challenge you to write a poem that similarly bridges (whether smoothly or not) the seeming divide between poetry and technological advances.

I have mentioned in the past, sometimes you have to create your own glimmer. Today’s offering meets that criteria. Meet the new side table topper on our back porch. Every time i look at this little planter it makes me smile. And that is exactly what a glimmer should do! It was quite a find at the garden center over the weekend. Makes me happy! A very happy Tuesday to you!

Much love, peace, and glimmers to you!

~kat

✨✨✨💚✨✨✨

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April 10, 2026

Na/GloPoWriMo Day 10

By Kat Myrman

karma to pay

there is good reason i avoid,
dodge that dreaded question,
“where do you see yourself in five years”
I’ve always known, deep in my bones, dreaming is futile

do you ever wonder about karma?
were we so horrible, we two,
in some distant past life 
to have reaped such a high toll in this one?

ignore me, I’m thinking out loud again.
we should really think about…a ramp,
and one of those remote control beds 
it might help you, help me, help both of us, get some sleep

~kat

Na/GloPoWriMo Day 10 Prompt: Today, write your own meditation on grief. Try using (Geoffrey) Brock’s form as the “container” for your poem: a few short stanzas, with a middle section in which a question is repeated with different answers given.

Your Glimmer for today…look what I found on my morning walk with Gabby. Not sure where it came from or who it belongs to, but isn’t it lovely! Quite the work of art I’d say! And a confirmation that spring is in full swing!

Much love, peace, and glimmers to you!

~kat ✨✨✨💚💚💚✨✨✨

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April 8, 2026

Na/GloPoWriMo 2026 Day 8

By Kat Myrman

two left feet

I’m a terrible dancer
you don’t need to remind me
I suppose I’ll just sit here then
hold up the wall and watch, 
as you cut a rug, show me 
how it’s done…I’ll just
tap my toes under the table
so I don’t embarrass you when
we’re out in public, awkward me,
with my two left, flat feet, stiff hips, 
and too-long, flailing, orangutan arms. 
you don’t need to remind me

I’m a terrible dancer
the trees don’t seem to mind though
when we start to sway in unison 
my golden locks, their lush, sage leaves 
tossed by a gentle, cool spring breeze
the tall grass bending gracefully 
beneath my bare feet, caressing my skin
as the loam hums, birds trill, the hills swell 
in harmony, bird and butterfly wing flutters
sending whispers of breath past my ears…
I lose myself like dandelion fluff
twirling, twirling lightly on a dream
the trees don’t seem to mind though
I’m a terrible dancer

~kat

Na/GloPoWriMo 2026 Day 8 Prompt: use a simple phrase repeatedly, and then make statements that invert or contradict that phrase.

Always good for a glimmer…my dear sidekick Gabby. She is doing so well these days. On an herbal concoction from our holistic vet after our seed tick scare last month. The supplement aptly names I think…”Gracious Power”! You go Gabby Girl! ✨💚✨

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April 5, 2026

Na/GloPoWriMo 2026 ~ Day 5

By Kat Myrman

Well, for today’s prompt challenge I started with this…

don’t you just hate it…

I can say without a second thought
I have never hated anything
your assumption sounds like lecturing
I thought you knew me; well I guess not

but let’s go there since it seems you forgot
it’s not in my nature to be such a thing
I can say without a second thought
I have never hated anything

I’m love, light and peace, hateful I’m not, 
spare me your know-it-all blustering
I ha-, dislike it greatly, you think
I could hate, well that hurts me a lot
I can say without a second thought
I have never hated anything

…but I have to come clean…there is one pesky thing, or who rather, that irks my ire!!!


living rent-free in the gray

my insular cortex cannot insulate me 
from that intrusive voice, those vile lies, you know who
before long my putamen disrupts my deep sleep
turns my prefrontal cortex gray matter to goo

to hate is not me, just don’t mention DJT
what’s a peace, freedom-loving, old hippy to do
my insular cortex cannot insulate me 
from that intrusive voice, those vile lies, you know who

I have loved, loved, and loved ‘til I’m blue can’t you see
I am done playing nice, i am nobody’s fool
this regime’s got to go or democracy’s doomed
the cruel things he has done to us all makes me scream
my insular cortex cannot insulate me from that intrusive voice, those vile lies, you know who 😡


and then there’s this…I am having way too much fun with today’s challenge… does that make me a bad person? Don’t answer that! 🤪😳🤣

inedible weed

I abhor it, you know
loathe it, disdain it
find it totally disgusting 
abominable, utterly repulsive 
it makes me sick
ruins a perfectly good dish 
makes it utterly distasteful
you know exactly that weed
I am talking about…
CILANTRO
but to say I hate it? 
hate is not a strong enough 
four-letter expletive
to describe something 
as nauseatingly repugnant 
as this so-called delicious green
that leaves a lingering foul taste behind
pass the guac, hold the…
I can’t even say it without 
throwing up a little in my mouth

~kat

Na/GloWriPoMo 2026 Day 5 Prompt: write a poem in which you talk about disliking something – particularly something utterly innocuous, like clover. Be over the top! Be a bit silly and overdramatic.

Todays poetry form: the Rondel

A Rondel Poem consists of 13 -14 lines in 3 stanzas
Rhyme scheme: ABba/abAB/abbaA-B (uppercase letters are refrains)
Usually 8 syllables per line

Today’s Glimmer…Realizing that even when life is coming up dandelions, it is a wonderful, very good thing. The roses will flaunt their ruddy faces soon enough.