Tanka Tuesday Challenge : Prompt: resilience https://tankatuesday.com/2026/05/05/tankatuesday-poetry-challenge-no-63-april-showers-bring-may-flowers-05-05-26/ Black-Eyed Susans Sown for their resilience Black-eyed Susans hardy and lovely; with yellow frills a pretty, cheery face. Kaci Rigney ©2026 Photo credits: Kaci Rigney
Category: Just Thoughts
So Sorry
I just realized I had ads all throughout my pages. On one page over 15! I couldn't believe it. As a premium WordPress customer, I shouldn't have any ads. Figured out that it was my error (probably in the week I was revamping my site). Anybody remember Monty Python's "My brain hurts"? LOL! By the … Continue reading So Sorry
The Crash
I've been participating in prompt challenges. My brain happens to take me to strange places. This one, to a fictional crash scene. SundayWhirl.com always has 12 great prompt words. Join in the fun! This week the words are: ravenous, lurked, shame, space, found, glass, hollow, flicker, rattled, slip, red, crash. Here's the result. The Crash … Continue reading The Crash
I’m a grasshopper
We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them. Numbers 13:33 I can relate to these timid spies that were sent in to scope out the promised land. I have also faced giants that seemed very … Continue reading I’m a grasshopper
Tracking Traitors
SundayWhirl Challenge!Word you must use: shroud symbols water rock sun tracks spear stolen cross promise moon trailTracking TraitorsTracks upon the trail;The fellows followThose who had blatantlyStolen the shroud.Cross the countryside,They track the traitors,Neath the scorching sunAnd the menacing moon.The symbols of servanthoodMark their mail and shields.Spears steady in their hands, they trudgeThrough rock slides and … Continue reading Tracking Traitors
Winter’s Nap
W3 #198 For more information or to join the fun go to https://skepticskaddish.com/2026/02/11/w3-prompt-198-weave-written-weekly/
Cloudy Conflicts
A link to a poetry collaboration with a friend from Israel. Writing this rengay with David was super fun. Hope you like it. https://skepticskaddish.com/2026/02/09/cloudy-conflicts-or-a-rengay/
This Melody
This MelodyA timbre rich and deep,In blissful cadences,This melody is my home.I listen for his voice,The voice which calls my name,A timber rich and deep.And when I hear him call,My soul sings his nameIn blissful cadences.Stay within this momentSinging this song with me.This melody is my home. ~ Kaci Rigney Copyright 2/6/026Photo Credit: Kaci Rigney … Continue reading This Melody
W3 #197
An Erasure Poem. I chose part of a song I wrote and created a new poem with it.For more information on how to join in on the W3 challenge visit SkepticsKaddish.com
W3 Prompt #195: Wea’ve Written Weekly
Posted on January 21, 2026 https://skepticskaddish.com/2026/01/21/w3-prompt-195-weave-written-weekly/I have a round red pin from my childhood that says peace. Wish I could find it in my box of mementos.PeaceEach person, I believe, would say,Peace, the thing we hold dear;Our stance.We need this peace to light the way!The time of peace is near.Perchance.Obedience, the price to pay:Raise your glass! … Continue reading W3 Prompt #195: Wea’ve Written Weekly