picture the sky blushing,
dirt dazzling, liquid breath,
marble oceans, melting glass,
or listen to champagne as
fish fly by on a breeze…
let your eyes drink it in
it’s the magic of poetry
-kat
(Magnetic Poetry – The Poet Kit)
Tag Archives: magic
Poetry-Magnetic Poetry Monday
Magic & Stars Haiku
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.
Sunday’s Week in Re-Verse – 24 January 2016
Happy Sunday! Well now…what an interesting look back in verse and prose. This week’s re-verse truly captures my favorite thing to do! I love watching the world go by. I get lost in the beauty and the quirkiness, the drama and the joy. Not that I don’t also participate. I do. But I am truly fascinated by what makes this world tick. Everyday offers opportunities for a front-seat view and there are always lessons to be learned.
This week I studied the odd behavior of my pets playing fetch and chasing their tails, but I also stumbled upon the realization that my dogs are also observing me in a very unique way. Apparently we see the world in this way too…a bit of a left gaze bias…which affirms my own trust in the reality of intuition while also reminding me of my animal nature and the ancient mysterious connection I have to all living things.
Where I live we had our first snow of the season (a real doozy by all accounts!), coinciding with the Full Wolf Moon. Mukluks and parkas are the new black. There is something to be said for comfort and warmth. And there is also something to be said for the many modern conveniences and innovations that we take for granted in the 21st century. We’ve come a long way, while remaining intrinsically connected with the universe at our core.
And so it was a week spent in observation, anticipation, nostalgic recollections, revelations and exhilaration in the realization that where I am in the here and now is right where I am meant to be! Life is good!
On then to this last full week of January 2016. I do hope your week presents you with an abundance of spectacular “-tions” (-tion – a suffix occurring in words of Latin origin, used to form abstract nouns from verbs or stems not identical with verbs, whether as expressing action ( revolution; commendation), or a state ( contrition; starvation), or associated meanings ( relation; temptation) from dictionary.com.
Though I started this bit extolling the virtues of passive observation, life is best lived when we move from the abstract into an active state of of participation. That is living!
Sunday’s Week in Re-Verse – 24 January 2016
Dogs fetch…
…guilty pleasure
Watching paint dry…
brimming with stardust
hard-wired to perceive…
mukluks and parkas
sashaying about en vogue
all the rage on store shelves
Silly me…I watch!
Well I guess we’ll never find out unless we try.
But I have noticed this strange light…
Our days are numbered
Time will pass though I won’t care
I am quite happy in my little corner of the world
as I sit here grinste wie ein Honigkuchenpferd
…water cooler powwows
With teeth made of wood
luminous.~kat
If you’re new to this blog, a bit of background to explain the verse above. It is a line from each poem or prose from the previous week. Lifted and placed in the order written. A snapshot review of the week. It helps me to prepare for the upcoming week with a clean slate.
The Honey Tree
Photo Credit: The Storyteller’s Abode
“No silly, honey doesn’t grow on trees!”
“But you said we was goin’ to the Honey Tree, Auntie Sue!”
“Yes I did! It’s a special store on Shore Drive. And this is the perfect time of day to visit. When the sun is setting, it gives the store fronts an amber glow.”
“Whatsa namberglow?”
“Amber glow, Sarah. It’s the color of the buildings when the sun sets just so…like gold…do you see it?”
“Oh, I see it…oooh…I like amber glow!”
“Well the reason we’re going to the Honey Tree right this minute is because I heard that the beeswax candles you buy at sunset are magic. You can make a wish when you light them.”
“Any wish, Auntie Sue?”
“Any wish.”
“And your wish will come true?”
“Well I guess we’ll never find out unless we try.”
“You know what I gonna wish for Auntie Sue?”
“I think I might. I’m gonna wish that too.”
“I wish that mommy will get better. That’s what I wish.”
“Me too sweetie…me too…”
kat ~ 19 January 2016
(175 Words)
A story for Priceless Joy’s Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers (FFfAW) Challenge based on the story above. If you would like to read other stories or submit your own, click HERE for the link.
Hidden Potion – A Limerick
Created using a free editable photo from PICSART.
Hidden away in an attic
’twas a potion believed to be magic
with the power to heal
it remained there concealed
in a world filled with suffering, how tragic!
kat ~15 January 2016
A limerick in response to Mind and Life Matters weekly Limerick Challenge. This week’s prompt word: Magic. Read others or enter your own limerick HERE.
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