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Poetry
The Burning At The Lake – A poem
from deep dark, he rose
to spread wings, to fly and scorch
the men of the lake
My poem for my Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge. https://ronovanwrites.com/2020/10/05/ronovan-writes-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-326-scorch-shade/. © 2020 Ronovan Hester Copyright reserved. The author asserts his moral and legal rights over this work.Long Gone – A poem.
Long Gone
I loved those days, him in his swing,
and those when he giggled to swim.
Hopes to play in the big boy gym,
or watch Pooh and Pig’et and sing.
Now I see him sinking, drowning,
‘neath pressure not meant his to be.
I reach out to lift the weight free,
receiving rebukes for my care.
Being told it’s not my affair,
just a father in name only.
My entry for this week’s Décima Poetry Challenge No. 26 SWING.
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Décima Challenge 25 Poets Collected
12 Poets from last week’s challenge of STILL and their Décimas. All links open in a new window when clicked on.
Nice to see some join in that missed the previous week. That almost made up for the ones out this week. Crazy world right now. I’ll do a better prompt word for #26 and it’s in the A rhyme spot so this should be good.
Arthur Richardson | Poems, Polemicks and Licks: https://arthurrichardson.org/2020/09/30/haiku-and-decima-challenge/
The Debate
At the heart of a good debate
might be ideas proffered well,
a give, a take, a stunning swell
of thought on what might be our fate.
But no, not this, to decimate,
to thrash with rage, with vitriol,
the man, his clan; this playground brawl
demeans us all, a sadness, yet still
we watched until we had our fill,
grieving for what might next befall.
Frank Hubeny: Still – Holy Spirit – Poetry, Short Prose and Walking
The Hidden Edge: Gin – Laura McHarrie @ The Hidden Edge
Like Mercury Colliding: if only… | like mercury colliding…
Mindfills: ghost-a-decima/
MMA Storytime: And Still…
Mystical Strings: Call to Rest #Decima #Poem | Mystical Strings
Revived Writer: Truly | revivedwriter
Ronovan Writes:
Someday – a poem. | ronovanwrites
Mad Mad…what was I talking about again? A poem. | ronovanwrites
The Tenth Zodiac: Behind those Eyes – The_tenth_zodiac
willowdot21: Ronovan Writes Décima Poetry Challenge Prompt No. 25 (STILL) This week, it’s the D rhyme line. | willowdot21
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Mad Mad…what was I talking about again? A poem.
Today, Tuesday, October 6th, is Mad Hatter Day, so get your imbecilic nonsense on. I know I did.
Mad Mad…what was I talking about again?
I’m neither here nor there but yonder
smudging the windows of your pains.
Did you know I’ve been seen in seines,
while you stink of Salamander?
Have I seen a girl, much blonder,
than that tailored swift one just there?
Such a question is plain not fair,
I’ll be the hook of her next trill.
But she’ll not catch me standing still
for I’ll pull out my Joyn Mayair.
You might have a bit of fun figuring out some of the words and how they’re used in the story of the poem. Some happened by accident when I read back through. And with a little word change here and there, it jelled. I even ventured into the Lord of the Rings stories, but fortunately thought better.
My entry for this week’s Décima Poetry Challenge No. 25 STILL.
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Our Past Our Future – a Haibun poem
earth blisters from guilt
of mankind’s ignorance,
shade is cast on all
Remember this is a rambler of a thought withoutt editing, so it went where it went. Enjoy or scream. The environment has been a concern since Adam took his first breath. Actually, it was before then. God did make the Garden of Eden. Note to some, the Garden was in Eden, not named Eden. You wouldn’t believe how that’s not taught in Sunday School. But back to my thoughts. Environmentalists and the casual green supporters consider they do all they can to stop the killing of our planet. But, none of us really do. We all take, but we can never truly give back in equal measure what we take. There is only so much matter on the planet and it’s recycled every day in one form or the other. But each time, a bit more is lost in the processing. There is always processing. You grow the tomato plant organically from the compost and fertilizer you gathered for the purpose. The plants grow and give. You take. You consume. And then you recycle back into the world. No matter how you recycle it, some is lost in the process by your body. I guess maybe we should just stop having babies and eat up all the cows and pigs and chickens as well as all the other types of animals we raise. So long Emu and Ostrich. Yum. Yes, I’m being weird today, but this is one of my stream of thought posts that I like to do sometimes. I’m not even sure what I started out to write anymore. But I think it was basically that we all need to do more, go above and beyond what we think we need to do in order to keep this planet burning and turning into a ball of nothing but a sky filled with swirling dust that once was meant to feed living, breathing creatures of all kinds. Then next year? Step it up another notch. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle? About Reduce, Reduce, Reuse, Reuse, Recycle?
Shade here is not one of the traditional dictionary definitions.
The term can be found in Jane Austen‘s novel Mansfield Park (1814). Young Edmund Bertram is displeased with a dinner guest’s disparagement of the uncle who took her in: “With such warm feelings and lively spirits it must be difficult to do justice to her affection for Mrs. Crawford, without throwing a shade on the Admiral.”
In other words, it’s an insult but an insult of another level.
The first major use of “shade” that introduced the slang to the greater public was in Jennie Livingston‘s documentary film, Paris Is Burning (1990), about the mid-1980s drag scene in Manhattan.[2][4] In the documentary, one of the drag queens, Dorian Corey, explains that shade derives from “reading”, the “real art form of insults”. Shade is a developed form of reading: “Shade is, I don’t tell you you’re ugly. But I don’t have to tell you, because you know you’re ugly. And that’s shade.”
I’ve seen the documentary and I can attest to the truth that shade is a whole other level of insult. If done correctly, it’s done with style, grace, and directly to your face.
See quotes in Throw Shade Wikipedia.
My poem for my Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge. https://ronovanwrites.com/2020/10/05/ronovan-writes-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-326-scorch-shade/.
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Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 326 SCORCH & SHADE
Note: I’ve changed the syllable counter I link to. My antivirus has been giving me a ‘blocked threat’ message the last several times I tried it. It could be an error, but this one works nicely. Just put your entire Haiku in.
Drop by on Wednesday for the Décima Poetry Challenge. Sometimes the two challenges have similar themes you can unite over the week.
Check out the COMMENTS for entries this week, and come back throughout the week to see more links to poems as they come in.
Click HERE for last week’s collected links for easy access to the poems of last week’s poets.
Click HERE. To learn about the new style I’ve created called Shi Rensa Haiku and how to write one, maybe even for the challenges.
How to write Haiku in English. And how to do a Pingback.
Useful Links.
Thesaurus: Shade, Scorch
SyllableCounter.net
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!
SCORCH&SHADE
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
Pray Good Sense – a Shi Rensa poem
Pray Good Sense
by
Ronovan
~
gulf storms and sea swells
waves ravage innocent sands
calm beauty returns
*
calm beauty returns
at the final gust of breath
the ear knows silence
*
the ear knows silence
and the roaring void is hope
the listless will stir
*
the listless will stir
when empty truths are laid bare
pray good sense prevails
My Shi Rensa for my Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge. https://ronovanwrites.com/2020/09/28/ronovan-writes-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-325-calm-storm/.
To learn more about my poetry form please click HERE.
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They Thirst Alone – a tanka poem
to storm the chaste
we slowly prepare the plots,
for thirsty readers
hearts yearn for their passion tales
then break in hushed loneliness
My poem for my Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge. https://ronovanwrites.com/2020/09/28/ronovan-writes-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-325-calm-storm/.
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Indignant Nature – a poem
gulf storms and sea swells
waves ravage innocent sands
calm beauty returns
My poem for my Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge. https://ronovanwrites.com/2020/09/28/ronovan-writes-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-325-calm-storm/.
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Décima Challenge 24 Poets Collected
14 links to the Poets from last week’s challenge of LOOK and their Décima. All links open in a new window when clicked on.
Thanks to all for making this a good week for the challenge. Great poetry. Go check out the ones you haven’t already.
Arthur Richardson | Poems, Polemicks and Licks: https://arthurrichardson.org/2020/09/25/the-stream/
Bob Fairfield: https://bobfairfield.org/2020/09/23/ronovan-writes-decima-challenge-prompt-24/
Charmed Chaos: Shades of Blue Charmed Chaos
EASTELMHURST.A.GO.GO: The Mantle – eastelmhurst.a.go.go
Directions of A Truly Concerned Literate Citizen
The storm skirts in from the far west,
the east to some, to some the same,
but no matter the gale, the name,
I huddle, wait for nature’s test.
In most things, I am a person blessed,
pleasure found in my cozy nook,
the odd glance, a slight probing look
at the gloomier side of life,
hardship, war, hunger, so much strife,
glad for the bliss of a good book.
Frank Hubeny: Look – Poetry, Short Prose and Walking
The Hidden Edge: Six Months (Weekly Decima Challenge #24 – Look) – Laura McHarrie @ The Hidden Edge
Like Mercury Colliding: dark days | like mercury colliding…
Meanings and Musings: Truth will emerge – MEANINGS AND MUSINGS
Mindfills: https://mindfills.wordpress.com/2020/09/24/look-a-decima/
MMA Storytime: The Journey
Mystical Strings: Looking for Love #Poem | Mystical Strings
Prairie Chat: Quest – PrairieChat
willowdot21: Ronovan Writes Décima Poetry Challenge Prompt No. 24 (LOOK) This week, it’s the C rhyme line. | willowdot21
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Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 325 CALM & STORM
Drop by on Wednesday for the Décima Poetry Challenge. Sometimes the two challenges have similar themes you can unite over the week.
Check out the COMMENTS for entries this week, and come back throughout the week to see more links to poems as they come in.
Click HERE for last week’s collected links for easy access to the poems of last week’s poets.
Click HERE. To learn about the new style I’ve created called Shi Rensa Haiku and how to write one, maybe even for the challenges.
How to write Haiku in English. And how to do a Pingback.
Useful Links.
Thesaurus: Calm, Storm
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!
Calm&Storm
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
Throned – a poem
queen’s reign abated
her anguished swarm’s fury hunts
in the bonfire’s flame
*
in the bonfire’s flame
frenzied life is fed and born
a limited drones’ race
*
a limited drones’ race
an heir appears slaying foes
by force of nature
*
by force of nature
with dead foes’ her steps to climb
the new queen is crowned
This is a Shi Rensa poem for my Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge. https://ronovanwrites.com/2020/09/21/ronovan-writes-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-324-furyslow/. To learn more about the Shi Rensa and How To Write One, click HERE.
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Bonfire – a poem
queen’s reign abated
her anguished swarm’s fury hunts
in the bonfire’s flame
My poem for my Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge. https://ronovanwrites.com/2020/09/21/ronovan-writes-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-324-furyslow/.
© 2020 Ronovan Hester Copyright reserved. The author asserts his moral and legal rights over this work.
Décima Challenge 23 Poets Collected
11 links to the Poets from last week’s challenge of FALL and their Décima. All links open in a new window when clicked on.
EASTELMHURST.A.GO.GO: The Nature Of Evil – eastelmhurst.a.go.go
Wither the Weather
Nature seems in a foul mood,
Fires, hurricanes, floods, and all,
the smoky skies: we enter Fall
anxious …but what should we conclude?
Fatalists state that we are screwed,
the end is near or fairly close.
Optimists won’t say adios
just yet, suggesting we amend
our harmful ways, forestall the end
with green tech plans quite grandiose.
Frank Hubeny: Fall – Décima – Poetry, Short Prose and Walking
The Hidden Edge: Fall – (Weekly decima challenge #23) – Laura McHarrie @ The Hidden Edge
The Indie She: https://indishe.wordpress.com/2020/09/17/ronovan-writes-decima-poetry-challenge-prompt-no-23-fall-this-week-its-the-b-rhyme-line/
Like Mercury Colliding: alternative mentality | like mercury colliding…
Mindfills: https://mindfills.wordpress.com/2020/09/17/soul-food-a-decima/
My Fresh Pages: Life’s Pearls Décima – My Fresh Pages
Mystical Strings: Autumn Dream #Poem | Mystical Strings
Ronovan Writes: NO!
willowdot21: Ronovan Writes Décima Poetry Challenge Prompt No. 23 (FALL) This week, it’s the B rhyme line. | willowdot21
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Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 324 FURY&SLOW
Drop by on Wednesday for the Décima Poetry Challenge. Sometimes the two challenges have similar themes you can unite over the week.
Check out the COMMENTS for entries this week, and come back throughout the week to see more links to poems as they come in.
Click HERE for last week’s collected links for easy access to the poems of last week’s poets.
Click HERE. To learn about the new style I’ve created called Shi Rensa Haiku and how to write one, maybe even for the challenges.
How to write Haiku in English. And how to do a Pingback.
Useful Links.
Thesaurus: Fury, Slow
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!
Fury&Slow
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
Carving a Masterpiece- a Shi Rensa poem
clip these broken wings to find a new way of flight put your mind to work
put your mind to work bringing art from cobwebbed wings we carve through despair
we carve through despair to discover a masterpiece fly beyond limits
fly beyond limits to create your own meanings form fierce confidence
Click HERE to learn about the new style I’ve created called Shi Rensa Haiku and how to write one, maybe even for the challenges.
My poem for my Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge. https://ronovanwrites.com/2020/09/14/ronovan-writes-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-323-clipwings/.
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The mind – a poem
clip these broken wings
to find a new way of flight
put your mind to work
My poem for my Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge. https://ronovanwrites.com/2020/09/14/ronovan-writes-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-323-clipwings/.
© 2020 Ronovan Hester Copyright reserved. The author asserts his moral and legal rights over this work.
To Fly – a poem
fly high on loosed wings
away from the nation’s noise,
clip traditions’ hold
My poem for my Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge. https://ronovanwrites.com/2020/09/14/ronovan-writes-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-323-clipwings/.
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Décima Challenge 22 Poets Collected
10 links to the Poets from last week’s challenge of TIP and their Décima. All links open in a new window when clicked on.
EASTELMHURST.A.GO.GO: Satan’s Ball, Or Kneel For the Right Reason – eastelmhurst.a.go.go
The Poet When Asked
When asked when he most likely penned
the poem that ensnared the sun,
not unlike a Babe Ruth home run,
he said, that ode’s my sweetest friend.
It’s my heart, my mind, a rich blend
of verse, of dreams, that still of night
when the eye sees beyond the light,
that place outside this earthly plane,
past love, past death, past grief and pain,
a journey where the muse takes flight,
heaven bound to an untold height.
Frank Hubeny: Blend – Poetry, Short Prose and Walking
The Hidden Edge: Let’s Dance – (Decima Poetry Challenge #22) – Laura McHarrie @ The Hidden Edge
Like Mercury Colliding: I Don’t Get It – A Décima | like mercury colliding…
Mindfills: https://mindfills.wordpress.com/2020/09/14/in-the-end-a-decima/
MMA Storytime: A Blending of the Arts
Mystical Strings: A Simple Gift #Poem | Mystical Strings
Prairie Chat: Bell Ringer – PrairieChat
willowdot21: Ronovan Writes Décima Poetry Challenge Prompt No. 22 (BLEND) This week, it’s the A rhyme line. | willowdot21
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