Tag Archives: nature

May 16, 2024

nature calling

By Kat Myrman 
nature calling

how tempted am I to lose myself here
deep, deeper still, hidden from the dawn
“I’ll be back soon,” I lie, “I won’t be long.”
far off the path, no turning back, no fear
deep, deeper still, hidden from the dawn
how tempted am I to lose myself here

~kat

Poetry Form: the Biolet

The Biolet is a six line poem, and like the triolet, the first two lines are repeated as the last two lines, however in reverse. The rhyme scheme of the biolet thus can be expressed as ABbaBA (with the capital  letters representing the repeated lines). The length of the lines can be in iambic tetrameter (8 syllables), iambic pentameter (10 syllables), iambic hexameter (12 syllables), or in unmetered lines of random lengths.

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November 22, 2023

autumn rain

By Kat Myrman 
autumn rain

I feel it in my bones
hours before the first drop
when the sky floods gray 
and heavy, my knees scream
my back aches and my hair
becomes a web of straw clinging
to my head…my thought process
grows sluggish…and I think 
the very best I can manage 
is a nap, a very long nap
in fact wake me up come spring 
when the rain is sweet and cool
not this bone-chilling deluge 
that drenches fallen leaves 
grinding them into loam 
tree limbs overhead stripped bare, 
unable to shade the carnage below
oh that it would snow, this season
in between has lost its charm
the letting go, the letting go…
to death…I feel it in my bones

~kat

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August 23, 2023

Cherita~Two

By Kat Myrman 
all is well

no matter what troubles this day wrought
dusk settles the dross

softening the lush foothill heights
while fawns graze unphased
tomorrow promises a new day

~kat~

The Cherita

A 6 line poem in three separate stanzas, a single line, a couplet, then a tercet.
Each stanza is a complete strophe
The line lengths are at the poets’ discretion
The poem should be presented, centered and untitled.
It should be imagistic and concise.

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August 16, 2023

Cinqku ~ Day Three

By Kat Myrman 

dreadful 
attempted
murder in the
pines, and I, witness to
two crows

~kat

Having a bit more fun with the Cinqku! 😉🤣🤪😂

Cinqku

The “cinqku” is a new Tanka analogue; a seventeen syllable cinquain that assimilates as much as possible from the Japanese haiku and Tanka traditions into the English poetic tradition.

Form Type: Syllabic
Origins: American
Creator: Denis M. Garrison
Number of Lines: 5
Rhyme Scheme: Not Applicable
Meter: Not applicable

Rules
1. A strict syllable count (2,3,4,6,2) making 17 syllables on 5 lines

2. No title

3. Tanka style free diction and syntax

4. No metrical requirements

5. A turn that may be similar to kireji or a cinquain turn.

Cinqku’s can be linked. A linked sequence may have a title.

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August 14, 2023

Cinqku ~ One

By Kat Myrman 
too soon
she blushes
midsummer flush
in a rush, longing for
autumn 

~kat

Cinqku

The “cinqku” is a new Tanka analogue; a seventeen syllable cinquain that assimilates as much as possible from the Japanese haiku and Tanka traditions into the English poetic tradition.

Form Type: Syllabic
Origins: American
Creator: Denis M. Garrison
Number of Lines: 5
Rhyme Scheme: Not Applicable
Meter: Not applicable

Rules
1. A strict syllable count (2,3,4,6,2) making 17 syllables on 5 lines

2. No title

3. Tanka style free diction and syntax

4. No metrical requirements

5. A turn that may be similar to kireji or a cinquain turn.

Cinqku’s can be linked. A linked sequence may have a title.

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