“You don’t know reality until someone makes fiction of it. Reality needs the completion of fiction.” Tony Wilson   Thesaurus.com Merriam-Webster.com Use the above links to discover the various interpretations of the word of the week. Don’t limit yourself to the first one that comes to mind. Expand your thinking. A new form of poetry … Continue reading Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #64. Use COMPLETION as your inspiration this week.

“He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.” Immanuel Kant   Thesaurus.com Merriam-Webster.com Use the above links to discover the various interpretations of the word of the week. Don’t limit yourself to the first one that … Continue reading Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #63. Use PET as your inspiration this week.

“If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.” John F. Kennedy   Thesaurus.com Merriam-Webster.com Use the above links to discover the various interpretations of the word of the week. Don’t limit yourself to the first one that comes to … Continue reading Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #62. Use ART as your inspiration this week.

“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” Virginia Woolf   Thesaurus.com Merriam-Webster.com Use the above links to discover the various interpretations of the word of the week. Don’t limit yourself to the first one that comes to mind. Expand your thinking. A new form of poetry for us … Continue reading Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #61. Use FOOD as your inspiration this week.

Sometimes you don’t need a quote.   Thesaurus.com Merriam-Webster.com Use the above links to discover the various interpretations of the word of the week. Don’t limit yourself to the first one that comes to mind. Expand your thinking. A new form of poetry for us to try. Yes, the Décima Challenge has come to an … Continue reading Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #60. Use EMOTION as your inspiration this week.

“The family you come from isn’t as important as the family you’re going to have.” Ring Lardner And what family do you consider to be the one you have? Is that made up of the biological or those you come to love as if they were biological? And are you allowed to disassociate yourself from … Continue reading Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #59. Use FAMILY as your inspiration this week.

“I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.” Epicurus   Thesaurus.com Merriam-Webster.com Use the above links to discover the various interpretations of the word of the week. Don’t limit yourself to the first one that comes to mind. Expand … Continue reading Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #58. Use PLEASE as your inspiration this week.

“Life is a song-sing it. Life is a game-play it. Life is a challenge-meet it. Life is a dream-realize it. Life is a sacrifice-offer it. Life is love-enjoy it.” Sai Baba Living life without achieving any of that quote is a wasted life. Why else are we here? Simply to exist? To help others exist? … Continue reading Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #57. Use PLAY your inspiration this week.

“The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.” Bruce Lee I guess Bruce knew what he was talking about. Short life but lived it well and worth remembering. There are times of the year, maybe certain special dates, when I think of what I planned for my life and how I’m doing … Continue reading Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #56. Use FIRST your inspiration this week.

“The hard part about following your purpose is the distraction everyone pulls you toward.” Kimbal Musk The past calendar year I planned to finish a book I’ve worked on for a long, long, long, time. 10 years since the first draft. That didn’t happen. Then I decided maybe I can get another, less complicated one … Continue reading Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #55. Use DISTRACTION as your inspiration this week.

“Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.” Edsger Dijkstra The past two years have been anything but a picture of reliability for me. Well, maybe that’s a little incorrect. I know what’s going to happen in regards to the day, but that isn’t a reliable source of encouragement, creativity, or living. It’s just a source of existing. … Continue reading Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #54. Use RELIABLE as your inspiration this week.

“There’s satisfaction and contentment in direction.” Manivannan And boy is he right. When you’re floating around and it’s not your intent, you feel lost and frustrated. There is no sense of accomplishment. If your point is to relax and read a book by the sea, but you’re working in a cubicle, then maybe your not … Continue reading Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #53. Use CONTENTMENT as your inspiration this week.

Life is an adventure, you may just not know you’ve been on one until it’s over. Practically everything we do is an adventure, at least those FIRSTS. First dates. First days of school. First jobs. First marriage (hopefully only). First child. First apartment on your own. First time driving a car alone. Adventures are everywhere, … Continue reading Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #51. Use ADVENTURE as your inspiration this week.

I’ve learned patience, a lot. Apparently in my early adulthood I was incredibly patient as a teacher and then as a manager. In the personal life, well, I think it was the lack of others consideration of time that worked my last nerve. But I was still patient. Until for about 5 seconds I wasn’t. … Continue reading Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #51. Use PATIENCE as your inspiration this week.

Ah, sweet temptation. Some may think of a certain type of temptation that can get some people in trouble. But then you will think of things like ice cream, pizza, cheesecake, Chinese Food, Tacos… or is that just me? But people have many different views on if temptation is all bad or perhaps some are … Continue reading Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #50. Use TEMPTATION as your inspiration this week.

Oh how many times and ways I’ve been disappointed. It’s even brought me to the point of wondering if it’s worth the bother to attempt to reach the end of the rainbow even if it is possible.   “Happiness does not mean success. Disappointment does not mean failure. One may succeed and still be disappointed. … Continue reading Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #49. Use DISAPPOINTMENT as your inspiration this week.

Pace. I suppose the question is, for each of us, what pace means. I have a difficult time keeping a pace in my writing, and my blogging. Life can do that to you. But maybe that is my pace. Maybe those peaks and valleys are how my pace works. But if the pace doesn’t achieve … Continue reading Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #48. Use PACE as your inspiration this week.

An odd word for sure. I’m sure the first thought will be escaping from some type of monster or criminal. But I am thinking more along the lines of to a vacation or from a bad relationship. But there are a lot more escapes. You finally escape that job you’ve hated for years and now … Continue reading Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #47. Use ESCAPE as your inspiration this week.

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune. – Arthur Schopenhauer Thesaurus.com Merriam-Webster.com Use the above link to discover the various interpretations of the word of the week. Don’t limit yourself to the first one that comes to mind. Expand your thinking. A new form of poetry for us to try. Yes, the Décima … Continue reading Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #46. Use FORTUNE as your inspiration this week.