She is a mid-life poet/photographer who lives in small-town Southern Ontario, Canada with her husband, her mom and their three cats. She writes in the morning after her coffee, but will often respond to prompts on the spot. She likes variety.
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“Don’t worry about cool. Make your own uncool. Make your own, your own world.”
These words by Sol LeWitt are to be found on Kat's blog, and I can see that she has taken them to heart.
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Kat Mortensen©2012 |
The Jump
by Kat Mortensen
Race you to the other side,
she said, toeing off her
beat-up sneakers and tearing
barefoot through the tunnel
without looking back.
He had other ideas.
Over his head, came
the old, worn tee-shirt
from his boyhood years,
and he squirmed out of
grungy jeans,
going down as far as
his under-pants.
Flip-flops kicked off
with ease.
He placed first one,
then the other foot,
on the cold iron
rails.
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Breathless, and grinning ear to ear,
(at last! she'd beat him
to the end),
she turned around,
but he was gone.
Kat has generously offered these beautiful photos for our poetic inspiration. If you add an image to your post, please acknowledge the name of the artist.
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Kat Mortensen©2012 |
I’m rediscovering my world from new angles...
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Kat Mortensen©2012 |
I’m not a photographer; I’m a poet who takes pictures.
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You are welcome to view more of Kat's images on her blog, My Little Town, Elora. However, we ask that you do not select one of those photos for this prompt without the express permission of the artist.
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Kat Mortensen©2012 |
The Sunday Challenge is posted on Saturday at noon CST to allow extra time for the creative process, so please do not link up old work which kind of fits the image. Members will only respond to poetry written specifically for this prompt: this is in the spirit of our Real Toads project to create opportunities for poets to be newly inspired.