Tag Archives: Poetry

Dead Fish – A Haiku

photo by Clay Knight via Unsplash

the fish are dying
their ecosystem poisoned
you know we are next

kat

A Haiku for Sonya’s Three Line Tale Challenge based on the photo by Clay Knight via Unsplash.


Cottony Sweet – NaPoWriMo 2017 #27 

Photo from Pixabay

a magical confection
sugar spun to perfection

wispy pastel clouds of sweet fluff
kids can’t get enough of this stuff

and who can blame them, I would agree
nothing tastes quite like cotton candy

that sticky first pinch you stuff in your mouth
tingles your tongue as it swiftly dissolves

then syrupy crystals transform into bits
of sweet crunchy morsels…how crazy is this?

oh, nothing can compare to this magical treat
cottony fluff on a rolled paper stick, sticky sweet!

~kat

NaPoWriMo 2017 #27 – a Con-verse (Rhyme scheme: aa,bb,cc,dd,ee/Meter: 7,7,8,8,9,9,10,10,11,11…) for the challenge to write a poem that explores the sense of taste.


an uncivil civilization – NaPoWriMo 2017 #26


an uncivil civilization

civilizations
are ultimately undone
that are not civil

~kat

NaPoWriMo 2017 #26 – the challenge today was to explore what future archeologists or aliens might think of us. I had started to write an epic historic poem based on what I imagine might happen if we don’t come to our senses…but I decided less is more. So I wrote a simple Haiku based on a digital collage I pieced together using snippets of several photos from Pixabay. I do hope this turns out to be a cautionary tale. Peace. ☮️


Combustion

warm breath on my neck
cool caresses on my skin
slow, smoldering burn

~kat

For Haiku Horizons Challenge, prompt word, “burn”.


ancient moments – a Haiku

Photo by TJ Paris


ancient moments

bright ancient facades
Kodachrome moments captured
greyscale just won’t do

~kat

For TJ’s Household Haiku Challenge based on his wonderful photograph taken in Rennes and the prompt words: moment and ancient.