
it’s backwards you know
referencing days past as old
as if days could age
~kat
For Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge prompt words: old & days.

it’s backwards you know
referencing days past as old
as if days could age
~kat
For Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge prompt words: old & days.

Photo from Pinterest – Ducks and Geese in a Row
gathering gaggle
of honking geese, waddling
odd ducks in a row
~kat
For Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge, word prompts: Chance (odd) & Unite (gathering).

A mural in Tecate, Mexico, sits just beyond a border structure Friday, Sept. 8, 2017, seen from Tecate, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
who will keep them safe
defenseless children, orphaned
ransom for a wall
~kat
Well I can’t help but think the timely prompt words for Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Challenge were asking for this. How can I not write about the children. They are always on my mind, and will continue to be until they are reunited with their parents and we end this horrible nightmare.

hope swells defiant
‘midst a tyrant’s oppression
ashes to embers
~kat
For Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge, Prompt Words: Hope & Tyrant.

to be, just, to be
liberated souls gather
where the hearth glows warm
~kat
For Ronovan Writes Haiku Poetry Challenge, Prompt Words: Home (hearth) & Free (liberated).