Okay everyone, we’re going to freshen this up a bit. Actually we’re going to try to make this simple for you, the poets. Please read the post to see what changes have been made, or unmade. You’ll get the picture. Basically this has to do with the whole pingback or not thing. If you are a veteran member of the family you can look for the sections that are this color and that will give you an idea of what you need to know. I think there are three sections. Two are numbered and one is below that area.
Speaking of picture, if you’re new here, don’t freak out at the image below. I make a new one each week and this week I kind of was going for a much more complicated image and it was going to take forever. The words this week are Think and Fresh. So below we have a bright idea burning away the cobwebs of old, stale ideas. I like to get a little creative, or whatever you call that below.
Challenge 47
I created this challenge to have a place for people to share creativity and gain a little exposure to other readers they might not have otherwise AND of course to enjoy Haiku. We all have different people who visit our blogs, so this way we get to meet new people. Just so you know, this is a community. You will get to know the people here and make several new friends along the way.
First one to submit an entry gets reblogged here on Ronovan Writes. But go for quality, that’s the important part.
First of all, if you don’t know how to write a Haiku in English format, don’t worry, there are links below to articles I’ve written to show you how. Or you can click that link there. They are easier than you think. And to be honest, as for the challenge, I don’t really have rules for people sticking to formats unless it comes down to having to decide between two people for one of the Choices of the week. Choices are the winners, my selections, for one Serious and one Humorous Haiku each week that just gets me. But staying to formats does make you a better writer of Haiku. And with practice, it becomes second nature.
So you write a Haiku, what do you do with it?
- You have the Haiku as a post on your blog.
- Within that post you can put one of the two links you will find below under “Use One Of These Links in Your Blog”. Just copy and paste and make sure they are active/live. That’s called a pingback for one of them, but not the other. What’s a Pingback? How do you do it? Click here to find out how if you don’t know how.
- If you don’t do the real pingback link, which will be called “Pingback Link” below, then make sure to put a link to your post in the comments of this Challenge post so we can all go read your Haiku. Either way is cool with me. Or you can do both.
- The Challenge Post is published each Monday at 9 AM Eastern Time, or New York Time for those like me who get confused with all those easterns and stuff. Don’t know what your time zone is compared to New York Time? Click here for a Time Zone Map showing times as of right this moment.
- You have until Noon Eastern New York Time Sunday to submit your Haiku. You may submit as many as you like, even multiple ones within the same post if you like. There is no limit.
- Why submit? We have several members of the challenge family and they visit other members, also people visit the challenge specifically to see what people write, and I do a weekly review of each and every Haiku written and put that out Sunday afternoon or Monday morning, depending on how much time it takes. That Review then gets shared on Twitter. I do at times keep tweeting the Review until I have included every Twitter Handle of every Poet who has participated, but I don’t always do that these days as the number is beginning to get big. But sometimes I do anyway.
Note: If you do both a Pingback and a Comment with a link, you will at some point notice the pingback on the Challenge Post here will disappear. I’ll be doing that to make it easier for people to visit each of you and not click on the same person twice not realizing the pingback and comment link are the same person. 🙂 I can tell the difference but when you are casually reading, who wants to bother with that, right? But don’t worry, the link is still active/live in your post.
One easy way to read the Haiku from the Challenge Post comments area is to right click and open the link in a new tab or window. That way you don’t lose your place in the list and you don’t have to keep revisiting my blog. Yes, it would give me a lot more visits but I know all those visits are all of you reading each others Haiku anyway.
People like to try different ways of doing Haiku and below are links to how to do some different kinds if you are interested.
Want to know How to write a Haiku Poem in English Form? Click here for the article. Also here you have an article that shows you a little about Haiku used in Haibun and Tanka as well. Haiku in English is the primary form for the challenge but you can use any of them. This is about being creative and pushing yourself to share a message or image in very few words.
The Prompt Words
Water & Bard
My Example
H20 sounds like
Bubbly Bubbly toil Troubly
The Bard wrote with glee.
Yes I know what he really wrote but this was funnier.
The following is how the sentences should read.
H2O sounds like bubbly bubbly toil troubly.
Bubbly bubbly toil troubly the bard wrote with glee.
You do not have to include the sentences within your post, but it does help others understand how Haiku works if you do.
Use One of These Links in Your Blog
Pingback Link
https://ronovanwrites.wordpress.com/2015/06/01/ronovanwrites-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-47-water-bard/
Non Pingback Link (This link will take a person to the category page for the Haiku Challenges. That page shows the most recent challenge at the top. It will not show as a pingback in the challenge Post. If you use this make certain to also leave a link to your post in the comments of this Challenge post so we can visit you and I can include you in the review.)
https://ronovanwrites.wordpress.com/category/haiku-prompt-challenge/
Remember you also have to make certain the link is active/live by clicking on the add link button which is next to the right alignment button for WordPress. To me the add link button kind of looks like a diagonal paper clip. It’s the fifth from the right in the WordPress post editor.
For Tips and Guidelines refreshers click here.
DEADLINE: Noon on Sunday New York Time.
There are TWO “CHOICE!” recipients each week. One for Humor and one for something more Serious. The Haiku are quite good each week and I am having to turn to the structure guidelines of a Haiku at times to help determine my selection.
Really each Haiku is a choice of mine, and I’m not just saying that, so I feel a bit odd even having something called A RONOVAN’S CHOICE, but hey, it’s a thing, right? And it does make it kind of fun.
Much Respect
Ronovan
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weird or the fact he wrote double double? 🙂
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thinking was all… but I nailed it! dude
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Troubly?
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Poetic license. 🙂
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I do as well. I did like the reference to the witches 3 witches of Hamlet. Did you see the Witches of Eastwick? Loved the scene where they were eating cherries.
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Checkmate: http://wp.me/p3UZPT-NJ
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http://wp.me/p4ayEo-Cv mine! what fun… mean it!!
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I say use that poetic license because that was just delightful 😀 I love the words today. They were an inspiration 😀
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thank you 🙂
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https://theyyouandme.wordpress.com/2015/06/01/poetry-in-motion-haiku/
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Here is my contribution today (thanks so much for the opportunity): https://mbarkersimpson.wordpress.com/2015/06/01/charmed-by-a-witch-ronovan-writes-weekly-haiku-prompt-challenge-47/
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Here’s my tongue in cheek attempt for this week 🙂 https://madmeanderingme.wordpress.com/2015/06/01/haiku-prompt-challenge-water-and-bard/
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Here’s a batch of four from me… and if there is a worse pun than mine this week, then I’ll be impressed! 🙂
https://altheauthor.wordpress.com/2015/06/01/haiku-challenge-water-bard-poems/
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Here are mine, two again.
https://janedougherty.wordpress.com/2015/06/01/haiku-challenge-bard-water/
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Forgive me Bard, for I know not rhyme
http://prairiechat.com/2015/06/01/ronovans-bard-water-challenge/
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Tempting The Fates
http://prairiechat.com/2015/06/01/ronovans-bard-water-humour-challenge/
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Another thought-
http://prairiechat.com/2015/06/02/ronovans-bard-water-humour-challenge-third-attempt/
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Thanks for yet another real challenge! I have tried two with this one, serious and lighthearted. Thanks so much for your inspiring blog! https://amaviedecoeurentier.wordpress.com/2015/06/02/haiku-challenge-water-bard/
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This was such a fun prompt, thank you Ronovan. Here’s my shot at it: https://thotpurge.wordpress.com/2015/06/02/water-bard/
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3 this week!!! The last one, i thought I would share with you all here:
here we are again
a Haikumily of Bards
splashing in water
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https://odaciuk.wordpress.com/2015/06/01/ronovanwrites-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-47-water-bard/ Using ‘bard’ was a unique challenge.
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Hi Ron, I’m not sure the pingback isn’t showing up, but it’s working, I added it to the photo, if show up later, please remove it. Thanks!
http://teandpaper.com/2015/06/02/haiku-bard-and-water/
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Hi Ronovan, I got sorta silly….
https://drkottaway.wordpress.com/2015/06/02/water-bard/
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Hey all! Hope your day/night is going well. This could’ve been very art-imitating life, but had a narrow escape:
https://tuckedintoacorner.wordpress.com/2015/06/03/the-riverside-bard/
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I’ve had a second go at this prompt… Ever wondered what Shakespeare would sound like in haiku form? 🙂
https://altheauthor.wordpress.com/2015/06/03/haiku-challenge-water-bard-cntd-poems/
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Had me stumped for a few days but I found inspiration!
http://wp.me/p51loS-8W
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Mine for the week. https://faithfuldevotionals.wordpress.com/2015/06/03/empty-heart-a-haiku/ Thanks.
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Hello everyone, here is my entry for the week. Hope you all enjoy reading. https://serinssphere.wordpress.com/2015/06/04/haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-47/
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Here I am for the week Ron: http://silverthreading.com/2015/06/04/ronovanwrites-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-47-water-bard/ I couldn’t find my pingback. ❤
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I sometimes want more – syllables 🙂
http://ceenoa.com/2015/06/05/weekly-haiku-prompt-challenge-47-bard-and-water-no-oasis/
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Hi everyone, hope you all having a great Saturday. Here is my latest haiku for this week’s challenge:http://beckygblog.com/2015/06/06/beckys-haiku-water-and-bard/
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Toil troubly…I’m still deciphering that. 😉
https://rawlse.wordpress.com/2015/06/07/haiku-requiem/
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I remember on Sundays that it’s our last day for Haiku challenge attempt. After this the dilemma occurs – to be or not to be. Then i say – Let it be. And the result is often my new genre Haiku-Essay.
https://alkagirdhar.wordpress.com/2015/06/07/purge-your-heart-and-mind/?preview_id=6004
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