clouds shape-shift by day
and night stars are avatars
magic born of light
the star-crossed lovers
seek magic’s intervention
what will be will be
kat – 13 September 2016
This Haiku is for Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge, prompt words: Magic and Stars.
brain cells, broken hearts,
feelings, reputations, spirits,
risk never mending
delicate flowers
twisted, then snapped from their roots
cannot be mended
amendments not meant
to ensure the greatest good
they’re best amended
kat – 13 September 2016
A few thoughts on the word “Mend” for Haiku Horizons.
edging out rivals
can make onlookers edgy
when over the edge
weak knees and cold sweats
reveal a fear of edges
no cliffhangers here
brave trailblazers know
what lies past horizon’s edge
it’s an illusion
kat ~ 10 September 2016
For TJ’s Household Haiku Challenge, prompt word, “edge”.
Happy Friday! It is, of course time to have a look at Dictionary.com to see what the Word of the Day is. “Lucida”. It comes from the Latin phrase, “stella lucida” meaning “bright star”. It can also be traced to the Latin verb “Lucere” which means “to shine” and comes from the word “Lux” meaning “light”. The English started using the word in the 1700’s.
Of course after learning this new word, I was curious to know which star is the brightest. Here is a bit of information for you to store in your brain vault of random facts. It might help you win a trivia game one day!
The brightest star in the sky is Sirius, also known as the “Dog Star” or, more officially, Alpha Canis Majoris, for its position in the constellation Canis Major. Sirius is a binary star dominated by a luminous main sequence star, Sirius A, with an apparent magnitude of -1.46. Sirius A’s apparent brightness can be attributed both to its inherent luminosity, 20 times that of the Sun, and its proximity. At just 8.7 light years away, Sirius is the seventh closest star to Earth.
In 1844, Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel suggested that the star’s slightly wavy path through the sky, compared to that of background stars, indicated a fainter companion. Alvan Clark confirmed the companion’s existence in 1862. Now known to be a white dwarf, Sirius B is easily spotted in a large telescope, but contributes little to the system’s total apparent brightness.
And here is my haiku…nothing fancy…just a jingle to help me remember
Sirius, you dog!
Aren’t you quite the lucida
outshining our sun!
kat ~ 9 September 2016
Having a bit of fun as usual with TJ’s Household Haiku Challenge. He gave us a Theme: Retro and a Prompt: Reflect. I wondered to myself if there was such a thing as a “Retroreflection” and to my surprise, there was! It all has to do with lights and lasers and prisms and reflections. Basically it is when light bounces off the side angle of the inside corner of a prism to the other side and back forming a reflective ray that is parallel with the source ray. I also learned that it is the science the behind the reflective paint used for street markings and traffic signs! Who knew?
At any rate, here’s a little diagram for you and my Haiku. Have a lovely Tuesday! 🙂
This diagram is from Edmund’s Optics Worldwide’s webpage titled: Introduction to Optical Prisms. Click HERE to learn more!
Retroreflection – A Haiku
Retroreflection…
prismatic parallel rays
yes, it is a “thing”!kat ~ 6 September 2016
like mercury colliding... 