I dipped my toes into the dirt the other day leaves of grass gave way, crushed under my feet, blades of green sprouting through the in between I expected to feel magic, connection, something I don’t know what I was thinking…it’s been so long since I‘ve let my feet run free, unencumbered by socks and hard-soled shoes, not a day goes by that I allow myself this luxury, so long it has been that my feet stumble, my toes curl inward, when I try throwing me off balance, how unfamiliar it feels, I suppose it has been too long, but I hope not too late to reconnect with the space beneath me, with the world around me, with the dirt, cool and moist, soft and forgiving there is magic, I’m sure of it, I’ve just forgotten how to dance while on my way to becoming, I forgot how to become undone
1- when terrible truths rise up from the dead ancients who reside on veil’s cusp I felt it in the deepest part of my soul entranced, though certain death awaits happiness is this moment a sure antidote for the insanity Ordered a tea. Wish you were here.
2- when my time comes, I hope it’s quick centuries old, with eons of history so have a day, good, bad, don’t care what worked in winter is not a good look for spring we might have been friends, perhaps we were We saw it with our own two eyes and lived to tell. I think I’ve learned a bitter lesson
3- Wait until the time is perfect, a thought, we speak in code, begging to be touched, to feel it’s a worn out saying…no regrets sweet on the tongue with power to sting like birds to seed we will never forget that day is it gray or is it grey?
4- to know the truth; what is truth? you love deeply, so deeply what will be, will be, it’s all good, whatever… ask me anything stars bursting ‘midst a sea of green I’ve spent three days boiling driftwood, like a tidal wave, you flood my senses,
denouement- don’t smile, avoid eye contact, let them be! her entrance, well, it caused a stir
~kat
Happy May Day to you! Time to look back at the challenge that was, NaPoWriMo 2024, with a ReVerse poem!
A ReVerse poem (a practice I started many years ago) is a summary poem with a single line lifted from each entry of a collection of work over a particular timeframe and re-penned in chronological order as a new poem. Unlike a collaborative poem, the ReVerse features the words of one writer, providing a glimpse into their thoughts over time. I use it as a review of the previous week…or in this case, the past month broken into 7 “day” increments.
how swiftly casual conversation may turn ugly in these troubling times a simple “hi, how are you” may devolve into a hateful, caustic diatribe
“I’m awful, things are terrible, right now you know exactly what I mean!” I regret I even asked, backing away trying, but failing, to make a scene
it’s too late once the switch is flipped their anger bursts into an ugly rage I smile, say “I’m sorry” while turning cautiously, I try to get away
regretfully, I failed to see his MAGA hat before exchanging pleasantries this is a dog you should never poke don’t smile, avoid eye contact, let them be!
~kat
NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 29 Challenge: And now for our optional prompt. If you’ve been paying attention to pop-music news over the past couple of weeks, you may know that Taylor Swift has released a new double album titled “The Tortured Poets Department.” In recognition of this occasion, Merriam-Webster put together a list of ten words from Taylor Swift songs. We hope you don’t find this too torturous yourself, but we’d like to challenge you to select one these words, and write a poem that uses the word as its title.
Mercurial
Song Title/Album: “illicit affairs” / folklore
Lyric: “Take the words for what they are / A dwindling, mercurial high”
Definition: very lively and quick, or changing moods quickly and often
sometimes when the moon is full I swoon, basked in soft light, and imagine you in the vastness, gazing at her, connecting us like a tidal wave, you flood my senses, so far away, yet here
~kat
NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 28 Challenge: try your hand at writing a sijo. This is a traditional Korean verse form. A sijo has three lines of 14-16 syllables. The first line introduces the poem’s theme, the second discusses it, and the third line, which is divided into two sentences or clauses, ends the poem – usually with some kind of twist or surprise.
So it is easier for you to find all the parts/chapters of my ongoing fiction series, I created a new page that lists all the links. You can check it out HERE!
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