Tag Archives: Haiku

April 4, 2016

A Tear in the Veil…

Victims of the fray
Slumber ‘neath shrouds of linen
Soon comes the reaper.

(…and a 21st Century version of the haiku above. Thanks to Susan at buildingapoem for the nudge 😊 …making me work for those syllables! )

Victims of the fray
Sleep under shrouds of linen
Soon comes the reaper.

Beyond the veil
Heaven and hell fight for souls
Free Will always wins.

kat ~ 4 March 2016

A few haiku in response to RonovanWrites Haiku challenge prompts: Fray and Veil. If you’d like to read other haiku or enter the challenge, click HERE.

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April 1, 2016

Ninnyhammer! Friday’s Word of the Day

By Kat Myrman

Happy Friday…April Fools Day! Today’s dictionary.com Word of the Day is a timely tidbit…Ninnyhammer! It’s origin: “Ninnyhammer entered English in the late 1500s. Its first element, ninny, meaning “a fool or simpleton,” may be a pet form of the proper name Innocent.”

I love this word! It’s fun to say! “He/she is such a ninnyhammer!” rolls off the tongue quite nicely! And I do think I’ll be adding this one to my PC arsenal of go-to words for those times when my voice is within earshot of my tender, very impressionable grandchildren! An alternative to “what an ASS!” my default expletive! “What a ninnyhammer!” will do nicely and is whimsical enough to diffuse my angst! Thank you dictionary.com for this delightful word! I can think of several as….er ninnyhammers in my life who have earned a new nickname!

Here’s the Haiku then. Hoping that you will not have to suffer too many ninnyhammers this 1st Day of April!!!

The first of April!
a day for ninnyhammer’s
hoping to blend in!

kat – 1 April 2016

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March 31, 2016

Points – A Haiku

By Kat Myrman

Photo Credit: Moritz Schmidt

Sincere compliments
like well-placed Scrabble tiles
will earn extra points!

~kat – 31 March 2016

A Three Line Tale for Sonya of Only 100 Words’ Three Line Tale Week Nine prompted by the photo above by Moritz Schmidt. If you would like to read other tales or add your own, click HERE.

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