mother earth revolves
on the fingertip of God
universe crumbles
A Haiku for my challenge this week: Finger&Planet
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Author: Ronovan
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 314 Finger&Planet
Please come by on Wednesday for the new Décima Poetry Challenge. I sometimes have the prompt related to the Haiku words. It’s kind of fun to have the two work together in your own poetry.
This week’s words are posing some problems, apparently. See what you can do. I dare you.
Scroll Down or click HERE to go to the Comments for links to our participants.
How to write Haiku in English. And how to do a Pingback.
Useful Links.
Thesaurus: Finger, Planet
HowManySyllables.com
Thesaurus.com
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
The Guidelines:
- Take the two words and write a Haiku. I use Haiku in English as my style, which is 5 syllables for the first line, 7 for the second, and 5 for the third, but you can use what you like.
- The link above has links on how to write Haibun and Tanka. You can also do the 3/5/3 form if you like instead of the 5/7/5 that I usually use. Write, share, and have fun. For syllable help, visit HowManySyllables.com. (You would be surprised at how many syllables some words actually have.)
- Words have different definitions and you use the definitions that work for you Haiku. You can also use SYNONYMS. Go to Thesaurus.com for synonym help.
- Copy the link of your finished haiku URL and paste in a comment below so we can all go and visit your Haiku.
- You can do a pingback. What’s a pingback? Place the URL from the address bar up top from this post as a link within your post. Your inclusion of the link encourages others to try the challenge, be creative, and join a community to find friends and more followers (hopefully). I honestly gain nothing with more people visiting the post. I don’t have ads running that generates revenue by your visit or by clicks on whatever WordPress has put up.
- Click HERE for a detailed post on PINGBACKS.
- If you like, copy the image in this post and place it within their post, just to show the Haiku is part of this challenge.
- I am not saying you need or even should, but if you would like to do so then go ahead.
The Challenge Words!
Finger&Planet
Not sure how to write a Haiku? Click HERE for a quick How to write Haiku Poem in English Form with links to posts for other forms of Haiku.
Much Respect-Much Love
Ronovan
Suppressed Youth – a poem in plain English… sort of.
This is what the alliteration masterpiece of yesterday meant, in almost plain English.
Good old boys with their good old ways,
influence minds newer of thought,
who know what voters want and sought.
Life long hand shakers give crass gaze,
causing new hopes dashed in a haze.
The old guard’s ways stay close and true.
Their weak platform made young minds spew.
Leaders are out of touch with time,
while hard-fought wins are in their prime.
Toady Congress brought want for new.
My entry for this week’s Décima Poetry Challenge No. 12 TRUE. (A New Challenge here on ronovanwrites.com)
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Suppressed Youth – a poem.
Daily dancing dalliance,
invades innocent intentions,
in insightful interventions.
Stately statesmen stage stalwart stance,
choking challengers’ cheerful chance.
Tragic traditions translate true.
Flawed floor flaunted… fledgling flames flew.
Strictly strait strategy stride’s strange.
Chad champions chiming–choose change.
Crap Congress crafted crowds craved crew.
I am never trying this again. Well, at least not for another week…or three.
My entry for this week’s Décima Poetry Challenge No. 12 TRUE. (A New Challenge here on ronovanwrites.com)
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Ronovan Writes Décima Poetry Challenge Prompt No. 13 (TRUE) This week, it’s the C rhyme line.
Welcome to the Décima Poetry Challenge. Each week we’ll be attempting a Décima, also known as an Espinela, poem.
If you don’t know how to write a Décima, click HERE to go to a post on how to write one.
Or…
Keep reading and find out, with an example included.
One last thing before we jump in the creativity pool, check out my weekly Haiku Challenge that often has prompts (Dwindle&Ripple this week) that share a central theme, at least in my head, with the Décima Poetry Challenge prompt.
Back to our schedule Décima Poetry Challenge how to and whatnot.
If you can’t come up with a Décima using the given prompt, you can use a Synonym instead. I don’t want to stall your creativity, and with the possibility of a synonym, you will certainly write something amazing…or in my case, something that rhymes.
Sites to help:
RhymeZone.com
Thesaurus.com
HowManySyllables.com
Here is the quick description of a Décima:
There are 10 lines of poetry that rhyme. 8 syllables.
There is a set rhyming pattern we must stick to. abbaaccddc
The prompt word given (in the post heading) must appear at the end of one of the given rhyme lines, either A, B, C, or D.
Let’s look at the rhyme pattern once again and you will see what I mean.
The rhyming pattern is abbaaccddc.
For example, if I say, “(NAME) This week it’s the A rhyme line” in the post heading, my Décima might be:
You took time, with a deadeye aim,
because you saw me scratch an itch,
this wound to my head needs a stitch.
Feel so bad, don’t know my own name.
Not hiding, because there’s no shame.
Get ready for when I get healed,
for your ending will be revealed.
It’s too late when you hear the crack.
That’s when it’s time for some payback.
Then I’ll be carried far afield.
Notice the example prompt word ‘name’ is in the fourth line A spot, and its rhymes are in lines one and five, matching the rhyming pattern of abbaaccddc.
For today’s challenge, the word TRUE must be one of the C line words. Then the other C line(s) word(s) must rhyme with TRUE.
Sometimes you break the rhyme into two stanzas using the following rhyme pattern. abba/accddc.
Once you complete your poem and post it on your blog, copy the link and place it in the comments in this post. That way other people can visit your post and check out your poem. You can also put the link of this challenge in your post to let your followers know where to go if they want to participate. This is called a Pingback. This is not mandatory to join in or to put your post link in the comments. Click HERE to find out how to do a Pingback.
Reblogging is great as well.
Some people like to copy and paste the challenge image into their posts. That’s okay with me.
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Untitled 3 – a poem
Dwindle in anger and
you will find much happiness,
in ripples of love
there will be ups and the downs,
with each mountain and valley.
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Untitled 2- a poem
A soft ripple in
time will bring the end nearer,
this pain will dwindle.
A Haiku for my challenge this week: Dwindle & Ripple
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Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 313 Dwindle&Ripple
Please come by on Wednesday for the new Décima Poetry Challenge. I sometimes have the prompt related to the Haiku words. It’s kind of fun to have the two work together in your own poetry.
Click HERE for the links in the comments section of those who have participated so far. Link jumps to the Comments below. All other post links open in new tabs unless otherwise noted.
How to write Haiku in English. And how to do a Pingback.
Useful Links.
Thesaurus: Dwindle, Ripple
HowManySyllables.com
Thesaurus.com
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
The Guidelines:
- Take the two words and write a Haiku. I use Haiku in English as my style, which is 5 syllables for the first line, 7 for the second, and 5 for the third, but you can use what you like.
- The link above has links on how to write Haibun and Tanka. You can also do the 3/5/3 form if you like instead of the 5/7/5 that I usually use. Write, share, and have fun. For syllable help, visit HowManySyllables.com. (You would be surprised at how many syllables some words actually have.)
- Words have different definitions and you use the definitions that work for you Haiku. You can also use SYNONYMS. Go to Thesaurus.com for synonym help.
- Copy the link of your finished haiku URL and paste in a comment below so we can all go and visit your Haiku.
- You can do a pingback. What’s a pingback? Place the URL from the address bar up top from this post as a link within your post. Your inclusion of the link encourages others to try the challenge, be creative, and join a community to find friends and more followers (hopefully). I honestly gain nothing with more people visiting the post. I don’t have ads running that generates revenue by your visit or by clicks on whatever WordPress has put up.
- Click HERE for a detailed post on PINGBACKS.
- If you like, copy the image in this post and place it within their post, just to show the Haiku is part of this challenge.
- I am not saying you need or even should, but if you would like to do so then go ahead.
The Challenge Words!
Dwindle&Ripple
Not sure how to write a Haiku? Click HERE for a quick How to write Haiku Poem in English Form with links to posts for other forms of Haiku.
Much Respect-Much Love
Ronovan
Free to Scream – a poem
What does this day mean to you?
Do you think of the red white and blue?
People we know died for us to exist.
Some lost their lives never being kissed.
I think of how it must have been.
But all I know is what they did back then.
Some scream there is no American Dreams.
I guess we’re lucky that we are free to scream.
Do you ever think about how other countries in far lands,
punish resistance and stealing candy by chopping off hands?
No, this country may not be the best,
but I would choose it over all the rest.
No matter the color of my skin
This country is where all have a chance to win.
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Nonsense and Such: The Animal Minded or None-A Poem?
Nonsense and Such: The Animal Minded or None
by: Ronovan
I never saw the flight of a turtle dove,
its shell must weigh so much.
But when the howler monkey screeches
why does he choose to say it such?
And how much tross could an albatross tross
if an albatross could tross tross?
The truth of the matter is so simple.
You determine it by a coin toss.
Where does the rilla go
when he must be somewhere?
Wherever it must be,
he will go in his suit of hair
What does the snake wear with its rattle,
when it attends a formal function?
Whatever it is, it must be secure,
lest there be a wardrobe malfunction.
And how will the old coot bandi about,
when the season does change?
Most likely find another place,
but still in down under range.
Some may wonder what has happened,
to the mind of this odd man
I will explain to you someday,
when I can catch it with my hand.
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Untitled 1 – a poem.
It’s time we disconnect the net.
Be calm, take breaths then weave and wind
on the path, to a refreshed mind.
Step back, work your alphabet,
and make a feel-good novelette.
Or it could be about a cause,
with depth, to make a genius pause.
Maybe write a steamy romance.
One to make your mom look askance.
Be creative and bring applause.
My entry for this week’s Décima Poetry Challenge No. 11 WIND. (A New Challenge here on ronovanwrites.com)
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Advice to the Paid – a poem
Any advice or thought,
brief each one set to carouse,
or they’ll loose their pay.
I thought I would do a few challenges in one today. And I did mean to spell the word as “loose.” I chose four this week. Jibber Jabber with Sue’s – Advice, One Daily Prompt’s – Carouse, Pensitivity’s Three Things Challenge, and my own Haiku Challenge – Intent&Thought.
Advice
Carouse
https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2020/07/02/three-things-challenge-284/
any brief each
https://ronovanwrites.com/2020/06/29/weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-intent-thought/
intent thought
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Ronovan Writes Décima Poetry Challenge Prompt No. 12 (WIND) This week, it’s the B rhyme line.
A REMINDER. For some of us when we get an idea in our head, we forget everything else. Remember, WIND has two pronunciations that will change what rhymes you could do.
Welcome to the Décima Poetry Challenge. Each week we’ll be attempting a Décima, also known as an Espinela, poem.
If you don’t know how to write a Décima, click HERE to go to a post on how to write one.
Or…
Keep reading and find out, with an example included.
One last thing before we jump in the creativity pool, check out my weekly Haiku Challenge that often has prompts (Intent&Thought this week) that share a central theme, at least in my head, with the Décima Poetry Challenge prompt.
Back to our schedule Décima Poetry Challenge how to and whatnot.
If you can’t come up with a Décima using the given prompt, you can use a Synonym instead. I don’t want to stall your creativity, and with the possibility of a synonym, you will certainly write something amazing…or in my case, something that rhymes.
Sites to help:
RhymeZone.com
Thesaurus.com
HowManySyllables.com
Here is the quick description of a Décima:
There are 10 lines of poetry that rhyme. 8 syllables.
There is a set rhyming pattern we must stick to. abbaaccddc
The prompt word given (in the post heading) must appear at the end of one of the given rhyme lines, either A, B, C, or D.
Let’s look at the rhyme pattern once again and you will see what I mean.
The rhyming pattern is abbaaccddc.
For example, if I say, “(NAME) This week it’s the A rhyme line” in the post heading, my Décima might be:
You took time, with a deadeye aim,
because you saw me scratch an itch,
this wound to my head needs a stitch.
Feel so bad, don’t know my own name.
Not hiding, because there’s no shame.
Get ready for when I get healed,
for your ending will be revealed.
It’s too late when you hear the crack.
That’s when it’s time for some payback.
Then I’ll be carried far afield.
Notice the example prompt word ‘name’ is in the fourth line A spot, and its rhymes are in lines one and five, matching the rhyming pattern of abbaaccddc.
For today’s challenge, the word WIND must be one of the B line words. Then the other B line(s) word(s) must rhyme with WIND.
Sometimes you break the rhyme into two stanzas using the following rhyme pattern. abba/accddc.
Once you complete your poem and post it on your blog, copy the link and place it in the comments in this post. That way other people can visit your post and check out your poem. You can also put the link of this challenge in your post to let your followers know where to go if they want to participate. This is called a Pingback. This is not mandatory to join in or to put your post link in the comments. Click HERE to find out how to do a Pingback.
Reblogging is great as well.
Some people like to copy and paste the challenge image into their posts. That’s okay with me.
© 2020 Ronovan Hester Copyright reserved. The author asserts his moral and legal rights over this work.
Writer’s Block Décima
This one should hit home for everyone reading this blog. Not just the poets out there. Of course this NEVER EVER NEVER happens to me. (So what if I didn’t write for 4 years.)
Writer’s block is an artist’s mite;
Tumbleweed blowing in the wind.
The malicious blank canvas grinned,
He cocked his head, and laughed in spite.
Who transmitted this parasite?
I want my thoughts to merge and mesh,
Creating poems filled with flesh.
Who ran away with my ideas?
This has confirmed all of my fears.
I buffer when I press refresh.
In response to Ronovan Writes’ Décima Challenge #12 found here
The Architect of the Queen – a poem
she works in earnest,
to create a home for her queen,
requires great instincts
A Haiku for my challenge this week: Intent&Thought (Earnest&Instincts)
You should click HERE to check out the Worker Bee Wikipedia page. I didn’t know the Worker Bee was female. There are ELEVEN tasks the Worker Bee performs listed on the page. Amazing. Think about how many societal structures of living creatures are based around a female with females being the hardest workers.
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To Know the Future – a poem
Do you have intent
while you dream of the future,
give thought to your past.
A Haiku for my challenge this week: Intent&Thought
Inspired by the quote below. One I live by, a mantra if you will, as a former History teacher and writer of Historical fiction. When you do know history you look at what is happening today and you know what will happen tomorrow. And it’s heartbreaking.
George Santayana‘s famous aphorism “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” is inscribed on a plaque at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Polish translation and English back-translation
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Haiku/Tanka Challenge (6/30/20)
I asked Clarence of PrairieChat.com to write another poem using the image from the video he shared in his Haiku for the challenges this week. And here it is.
Very nice. Give him a round of applause and a big kiss.
Same picture different take
Taming open range
Man’s steel stretched mile after mile
-Wild meadowlarks singBarbwire strung for land’s control
Rebel sings the sweetest song©2020 cj holm
https://ronovanwrites.com/2020/06/29/weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-intent-thought/
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 312 Intent&Thought
Examples Provided using this week’s prompt words, just in case you are new to Haiku.
Please come by on Wednesday for the new Décima Poetry Challenge. I sometimes have the prompt related to the Haiku words. It’s kind of fun to have the two work together in your own poetry.
Click those links in the comments to love your fellow poets Haiku. Click HERE for a quick jump to the comments section below for those links to Haiku.
How to write Haiku in English. And how to do a Pingback.
Useful Links.
Thesaurus: Intent, Thought
HowManySyllables.com
Thesaurus.com
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Example #1:
Do you have intent
while you dream of the future,
give thought to your past.
Example #2 A Nature Haiku:
worker bee’s intent,
to create a home for her queen,
great thought is given
The Guidelines:
- Take the two words and write a Haiku. I use Haiku in English as my style, which is 5 syllables for the first line, 7 for the second, and 5 for the third, but you can use what you like.
- The link above has links on how to write Haibun and Tanka. You can also do the 3/5/3 form if you like instead of the 5/7/5 that I usually use. Write, share, and have fun. For syllable help, visit HowManySyllables.com. (You would be surprised at how many syllables some words actually have.)
- Words have different definitions and you use the definitions that work for you Haiku. You can also use SYNONYMS. Go to Thesaurus.com for synonym help.
- Copy the link of your finished haiku URL and paste in a comment below so we can all go and visit your Haiku.
- You can do a pingback. What’s a pingback? Place the URL from the address bar up top from this post as a link within your post. Your inclusion of the link encourages others to try the challenge, be creative, and join a community to find friends and more followers (hopefully). I honestly gain nothing with more people visiting the post. I don’t have ads running that generates revenue by your visit or by clicks on whatever WordPress has put up.
- Click HERE for a detailed post on PINGBACKS.
- If you like, copy the image in this post and place it within their post, just to show the Haiku is part of this challenge.
- I am not saying you need or even should, but if you would like to do so then go ahead.
The Challenge Words!
Intent&Thought
Not sure how to write a Haiku? Click HERE for a quick How to write Haiku Poem in English Form with links to posts for other forms of Haiku.
Much Respect-Much Love
Ronovan
The Truth of Peace – a poem
harmony’s intent,
isn’t peace but self’s progression,
in truth wellbeing
A Haiku for my challenge this week: Intent&Thought
Inspired by the Theory of Active Peace. Not a perfect representation of it, but the best I could do with 17 syllables… this time.
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To use this word instead of that?
In recent months, the number of articles related to race and skin color has increased. Now you can add an article to capitalize a letter or not. On this blog, I supply a creative outlet for an unrestricted audience to express feelings and thoughts based on whatever theme they choose including the current protests and the riots. Thus, I share the article.
The attached article titled The Case for Capitalizing the “B” in Black is about language, and so is this blog. Our poetry is language. Our ideas are language. Every moment of our lives is language. I will share my opinion another time.
The article is not a history lesson. I mention this now because the article refers to a few historical points as they relate to the topic. I don’t want people who don’t like history not to read this.
The article is a walk through the thought processes behind the terms Negro, African American, and now Black. The reasoning for the capital “W” in white is given. The author gives unbiased telling and in someways leaves it to the reader to develop their own opinion.
I encourage you to read and learn. I’m not begging you to read the article. The author doesn’t preach in the article. You learn things, such as an origin of the “N” capitalization in Negro, and the beginning of the term African American.
The above articled mention is by Kwame Anthony Appiah, a professor of philosophy and law at New York University and the author of The Lies that Bind: Rethinking Identity, which appears in The Atlantic.
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