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<![CDATA[Kaatiba - Poetry]]>Thu, 07 May 2026 09:46:52 -0700Weebly<![CDATA[March Poetry Prompts | 14]]>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 13:28:00 GMThttps://www.kaatiba.com/poetry/march-poetry-prompts-14

❝ kiss me like it’s almost spring,
and you are cold and hungry for my warmth.

kiss me like your lips are numb,
careful and clumsy against my own, earnestly relearning.

kiss me like winter’s ending,
like sun and rain and flowers blooming.

kiss me like you’ve yearned for me,
and now, at last, I am here, in reach.❞

]]><![CDATA[March Poetry Prompts | 9 -13]]>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:15:54 GMThttps://www.kaatiba.com/poetry/march-poetry-prompts-9-13

❝ spring is come, on the heels of the last frost warning
writing itself out like green ink in the margins of an old book
(slight, at first, in the fringes, and then sprawling)
spring is come, inviting you to run barefoot across a damp lawn
turning all the world into a garden you inherited but did not ask for
(and at last winter is gone, become a small town myth
something clinging in the shadows but soon fading) ❞

✧ march poetry prompts by @nixscriptum

]]><![CDATA[March Poetry Prompts | 6-8]]>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 19:15:51 GMThttps://www.kaatiba.com/poetry/march-poetry-prompts-6-8

❝ my icarus, with all your warnings — 404: heart not found — and all those so sorry signs — better luck next time! — my icarus, with all your faults — strapping wings of wax to my hopes — my icarus, laughing, pulling me along — and the earth falling away beneath my feet — my icarus, my icarus, watching me fly too close to the sun again—

and i fall—
and i fall—
and i fall— ❞

✧ march poetry prompts by @nixscriptum

]]><![CDATA[March Poetry Prompts | 1 - 5]]>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 19:14:35 GMThttps://www.kaatiba.com/poetry/march-poetry-prompts-1-5

❝ this is my ballast in storms great and small (i am a sailor chasing a lighthouse glimpsed on the horizon, out of reach but reaching, leagues of unfathomable depths between us) — this is rapture at my fingertips, blazing like a wildfire in small rooms of shadow and mirk and misery consuming (searing all into vanishing, until nothing remains but light unburning) — this is my saint of almosts — this is my promise unfulfilled and forgiven — this is irreplaceable to me — this is all i need — this is all i seek. ❞

✧ march poetry prompts by @nixscriptum

]]><![CDATA[february poetry prompts | day 15]]>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 20:17:59 GMThttps://www.kaatiba.com/poetry/february-poetry-prompts-day-15❝ the softest surrender
in the deep of clinging shadows
in the twin rivers salt and sorrow
in the quiet carved by heartache

the softest surrender
in the knowing i am loved
in the lowering of the wall
in the opening of the door

the softest surrender
in the letting it be ❞

✧ february poetry prompts by @nixscriptum

]]><![CDATA[february poetry prompts | day 9 - 14]]>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 20:16:59 GMThttps://www.kaatiba.com/poetry/february-poetry-prompts-day-9-14❝ this is a modern love, but an antique ache
(heartbreak's as old as time, after all)
they say don’t romanticize the ruin
but how can i not when there are roses left unclaimed?
when what i called fate they called affection, reluctantly given?
of course i romanticize it all - of course i keep waiting - of course i keep believing - of course i tell myself that one day
you’ll give me a valentine’s day with no disclaimers ❞

✧ february poetry prompts by @nixscriptum

]]><![CDATA[february poetry prompts | day 8]]>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 20:15:54 GMThttps://www.kaatiba.com/poetry/february-poetry-prompts-day-8❝ something old fashioned in the way i care—
a patina, all sepia and warmth and worn out lingering
faded as soft leather, lined by ages of caressing care
something old fashioned in the way i love—
a reminiscence, all nostalgia and long ago longing
a memory of a yesteryear, never quite replicated
only mourned ❞

✧ february poetry prompts by @nixscriptum

]]><![CDATA[february poetry prompts 2026 | day 6 & 7]]>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 20:12:47 GMThttps://www.kaatiba.com/poetry/february-poetry-prompts-2026-day-6-7❝ could be somedays, would be one days
shoulder to shoulder, palm in palm
an almost that still lives here
hushed and hopeful and held
a waking dream
half a hope and nothing more
(what we hid in plain sight
fragile as frost on the breath) ❞

✧ february poetry prompts by @nixscriptum

]]><![CDATA[february poetry prompts 2026 | day 1 - 5]]>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 20:02:54 GMThttps://www.kaatiba.com/poetry/february-poetry-prompt-2026-day-1-5I.

a heart raised on romance — flushed pink and petal soft // all laughter — whimsy — tenderness envisioned — daydreams cradled — collated // all willowy wisps of promise — of plenty — of pleasure // so much for lighthearted yearning // so much for sweet nothings // so much for the shimmering haze // seared to nothing by unrelenting summer

II.

a heart bruised by loss — now withered, now worn // but still lushly scented — enriched in essence — crushed to refinement // full of sought-after softness — hard-won, lingering // the gentleness i stayed for

III.

a heart healing slow — maze-rooted and twined, entwining // strengthened in the darkling depths — in the here, now, this — in the you, me, us — in the truth unflinching, uncruel — in the unbreaking but not unbending — in the loving without vanishing

IV.

a heart upheld ( for this is how i keep myself ) // a support, strong but supple — earth, turned over, tilled — space cleared and guarded — sun and shade in equal measure, dappled // this is how i grow — skyward, sunward — solid and sound — bold and beaming

V.

this is how i become my own favorite story — by living, by dreaming — by seeking and by finding // this is how i hold my heart // this is how it healed

✧ february poetry prompts by @nixscriptum

]]><![CDATA[a snippet]]>Thu, 15 May 2025 13:35:45 GMThttps://www.kaatiba.com/poetry/a-snippet❝ Once upon a time, I loved you. Once upon a future, I will love you again.
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