RonovanWrites Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt Challenge #33 Fame&War

It’s

Challenge Number

33

Sunday inspired the words this week, again. I was attempting to write my Sunday Thought late Saturday evening into early Sunday morning and nothing was coming. Rather than force it, I shut everything down and waited. When I woke up the next morning, well actually the same morning, the thought was there. Patience. I had waited rather than force it.

One quick thing. I have noticed in my social network travels that we aren’t following each other on Twitter. I follow everyone I have a Twitter Handle for. Every one, follow our Haiku friends. You have a Twitter but I don’t have it? Just type it in the comments when you paste your link. One way I find Twitter Handles is when I click on your Haiku, I click the Twitter share button and get the handle from there. Your handle doesn’t show there? Click here to find out how to have it show up there. You know. I have a how-to article for just about everything. If not? Ask and I’ll write one.

Fame & War

I foolishly pick words at times and then I promise myself not to back out of them. Let’s see what I come up with this time, and I hope everyone has an easier time this week. This week I am going to attempt to stay to a truer sense of the opposites of the two sentences formed.

My Example

War does win glory,

For heroes of history,

Fame can be fleeting.

What has been done here is the following.

War does win glory, for heroes of history.

For heroes of history, fame can be fleeting.

You have two opposite meanings for the sentences with the middle line of the Haiku “for heroes of history” as the common phrase used.

Have you never ventured into our haiventure? “Hiaku, adventure? Haiventure? Yeah, I make up words. Just not for the purpose of the Haiku. Hmm, although that gives me an idea for next weeks Haiku Challenge. One thing I want to explain is about pingbacks.

A ping back is when you place the URL from the address bar of this page into the post you write your Haiku on. You also have to make certain the link is actually in there by clicking on the add link button which is next to the right alignment button. To me the add link button kind of looks like a paper clip. It’s the fifth from the right in the WordPress post editor. Read below for a couple or few more things that will help.

Then simply put a link to your Haiku in the comments of this Post and I’ll go look, as will others. The link is the URL. You can also do a PingBack. That’s when you put the URL of this post in your post. Don’t know how to do a Pingback. Click here to find out how.

The Deadline is Sunday by Noon, EST, or New York Time to people like me that just have no clue about time zones.

Haiku is simple and simply addictive. So be warned now. Once you start it’s difficult to stop. Here are two things to know:

Haiku can be broken into two sentences with the middle line of the three lines being the commonly used part, meaning 1&2 and 2&3 making sentences. That’s Haiku.
Opposite meanings in the first and last sentences. That’s Haiku.

For a full refresher or How to write Haiku in English click here. But you can use whatever Haiku style you want to. As long as you, do a Haiku.

For Tips and Guidelines refreshers click here.

If you have a Twitter and your handle has not appeared in a ReCap of a previous challenge, please let me know what it is so when I Tweet the ReCap on Sundays I may include it.

DEADLINE: Noon on Sunday New York Time.

(I hate doing deadlines, but it takes quite a while to complete the ReCap.)

There are TWO “A RONOVAN’S 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.

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RonovanWrites Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt Challenge 32 Review

February 22, 2015February 22, 2015 Ronovan Haiku Prompt Challenge Challenge, Haiku, Heart, Humor, List, Love, Lust, Poetry, Review, Romance, Sensual, The Daily Post, The Daily Post Challenge, wordpress challenge

First to Enter Thunder Dome this Week:

T.A. Wyatt of Finale to an Entrance: Prisoner. This one says a lot. I think everyone should read it and take a moment to sit and reflect. T.A. really delivered a message here that I envy. We were also given another poem titled Wrapped in Chains that is Haiku in a different sense. Another great message, with this one being about conformity in creativity. Remember to go purchase a book on Amazon by clicking here. Linger is only .99 and The Mill of Maisonneuve is 1.99. @FinaletoEntranc

Mira of They, You And Me: I call her Haiku Rare Love. I told her to keep this a secret but I guess I can’t blame her for letting the cat out of the lettuce crisper in the fridge. @BediMona

Sue Vincent from Daily Echo: Rare. This is one of those you can sit and think about a while. Sue is one of our resident Authors. Click here for her Amazon Author Page and all those books she’s written. @SCVincent

Kimberly of K.S. Fause: I had been worrying about Kimberly and am glad she has returned to us. Winter’s Spite. Love the inspiration aspect, as always. How appropriate a Haiku in so many ways. @KSFause

Patty of Strawberries Forever: Is that a great name for a blog or what? You all know Patty from I Am Not Sick Boy blog. Wow, this one is full of color and I just love it. It’s Me! is the name of her Haiku this week. Love the photo and you will too! It’s Here and Then It’s Gone is her second entry this week. Very cool image and concept for the Haiku. @pattythepa

Serins of Serins Sphere: Thirst. At first reading you don’t see two sentences but then take your time and read line two and three together again, and just think about it. @SerinsSphere

SW ysobel of Spunky Wayfarer. Two Haiku in this post today. The first I call The Vamp Life Sucks and the second I named Bugged Out. Why? Oh, I don’t know. Go find out. @SpunkyWayfarer

Nato of Chasing Life and Finding Dreams – Growing Cold. Such a well put together Haiku that just works. I don’t know what else to say. You need to read it. I’m serious about that. It’s a lesson for some. And don’t forget that Michelle also has something else other than great writing talent going for her. Visit Michelle Lunato Photography. @MichelleLunato

Elizabeth of Tea & Paper: Awake. This one describes my brain. @TeandPaper

Raquel of Battered Wife Seeking Better Life: Hidden Truth. I wonder sometimes how birds of a feather truly do flock together. There are so many people you meet in this world who experience the same things. @BWseekingBL

Steven Walsky of Simplicity Lane – Valency. Okay this so well thought out. I’m not certain how much time was put in to this one but even though the words chosen are different than what they represent you get it instantly. A very well done message. As always, Steven brings something different to the challenge. I greatly enjoy reading what he has to offer each week. I know it will be something that makes you go ‘whoa’. Simplicity Lane is free, go here for where you can get it. Through a Stranger’s Eyes here and Résumé for Love for free here.

Meredith and Martha of Meredith’s Musings Hee hee hee, Meredith said Phooey. Gotta love it. Pressure, Broken Trust, Cardinal, and Forbidden. Meredith is truly a bright, shining, and rare thing. You guys so need to see the image in the Cardinal. I had NO idea. Awesome! @Meredithlbl

Geoff Le Pard of TanGental: The Aspiring Novelist. A six line piece that, I believe, shows some of Geoff’s writing chops here. And the word selection and rhythm are very nice, just as if you were reading the passage of a book. Also I find this one humorous i the honesty of it. And we have another author to add to our family. Go to Amazon to get Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle. I don’t know who Sherry is but I mean what’s she doing with the dead flies? But yeah, click here for Amazon UK and here for the US. @geofflepard

Marigold of Versus Blurb – Remember Those Without. I very eye-opening message. I think the explanation is even more powerful than the Haiku itself. Or perhaps they are equally powerful. Go and purchase Marigold Deidre Dicer’s book The Black Swan Inheritance from Smashwords, Kobo, Barnes and Noble or the iBooks store or purchase it from Amazon on Kindleby clicking here. @MarigoldDicer

Melissa of The Aran Artisan: Bad Girl okay so she called it Blue. But I had to have a little fun, right? Well, I had to say it. I mean she knows and still does it so bad, bad. How often does she get called that? probably NEVER in her life. @thearanartisan (Wonder why I didn’t color the title of her Haiku blue? Hmm.)

Florence of Rambling On Blog: Patience. Although the word does not appear in the Haiku, after thinking about it and reading it several times this is the word that came to mind. Yes, I read the Haiku each person submits several times until I get a meaning for me out of it. @FTThum I Highly recommend you read this review and commentary on the movie and society storm of 50 Shades of Grey. It’s not like what you’ve been reading and not a bore. 50 Shades – Storm in a Teacup a Woman’s Thoughts by @FTThum This is on my LitWorldInterviews Site.

Faith Unlocked: What Do You Read, My Lord. Pretty much true. @FaithUnlocked

Melissa M of This, Right Now: Blue Skies. Someone’s tired of winter.

Canaf of Faithful Devotionals – Such Love. Sad message, but true. I so love the image with this and how it was put together. It adds a different element to the Haiku.

Grace of {Bloom} Pictures+Words: Discord. Very peaceful photo with this and sets the tone for the piece quite well.@grace_note58

Colleen of Silver Threading: Sugar. No, not what you are thinking. You wouldn’t want to eat this sugar. I hope. Such a cute thing! @ColleenChesebro

A mind-breakingly difficult decision this week. Yes, I know breakingly is not a word but I ain’t gonna change it now. ‘Nuff said bout dat. I hate to do it and I said I would never do it again but it’s a tie this week.

Nato of Chasing Life and Finding Dreams: Growing Cold. A heart Haiku that mirrors several this week, one of mine included. But with a personal touch. you can hear it. @MichelleLunato

Marigold of Versus Blurb: Remember Those Without. A message delivered. The message here and the idea Marigold thought this to put it into words is what got me as well as the Haiku itself. @MarigoldDicer

Geoff Le Pard of TanGental: The Aspiring Novelist. I enjoy this piece for the honesty of it and in honesty is when you most often find humor. It’s a must read for any writer/author/hack/wordsmith. @geofflepard

I had Two Haiku this week, although I planned only one. Your Rewards and Harsh Pleasure. I think I have lost my Haiku Mojo for the time being as the enjoyment factor from the masses doesn’t seem to be there. I will have to do something about that.

And the closing Haiku:

Rare is your caring.

When you see me suffering,

Give me a taco.

See y’all later,
@RonovanWrites

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RonovanWrites Week In Review Feb. 15-20

February 22, 2015February 22, 2015 Ronovan Week In Review #1000Speaks, 1000 voices speak for compassion, Be WoW, Haiku, Haiku Challenge, Hughs Views & News, Katy Perry, Movie Review, Poetry

Thought on Sunday

Being too sensitive?

This was basically something about how things had sort of being flying all over me lately. For those not speaking that way of speaking that means things that bothered me. I’m the sensitive type. I can’t help it. It’s the way I am wired. Heart on the sleeve and all of that stuff.

Poetry

Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt Challenge 31 Review

Each week I link to all the Haiku of those who enter the Haiku Challenge. This includes Two people chosen as Choices of the Week. Each person with a Twitter account is included in a tweet of the post as well as mentioned on a Google+ Post of the post. And if you’re my friend on Google+ then I also include your name on the Google+ post so you know I put you there. Then you can share if you like.

RonovanWrites Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt Challenge #32 Rare&Harsh

Last Weeks Challenge that ends at noon Today, as long as today is February 22, 2015.

Your Rewards.

A Haiku for my Challenge. Sometimes reactions are just not right in this world.

Harsh Pleasure.

A Haiku for my Challenge somewhat inspired by 50 Shades. But only after it was written.

Articles

By the Grace of God.

A song, video, and the story behind it. I sometimes run across a song that I need to share and I like to share the story that led to the song. Usually the songs are old classics but this one is much newer and a surprise. Click and just listen. If you have earbuds, put them in and wait for the bass to drop and you will swear you are at a concert. A very clean beautiful song in every sense of those words.

Be Wonderful on Wednesday. Be WoW.

A new weekly feature here on RonovanWrites that I would like everyone to join in and share a link to their own stories of how to Be WoW. A great way to share positive and uplifting moments you experienced during the week or a story that you just felt like people would get something wonderful out of. Looking forward to maybe a few people joining in. I hope you all join part of the Be Wow family of Bloggers. I may even make a badge for it to display on the sites of those would like to do so.

Confession Revealed.

The previous week, on Valentine’s Day I wrote a little something called Lasting (A Confession of Want) that you might want to read first. You can read it here. Then read the Revealed. I thought it amusing.

Give Hugh a Big Smiley.

My guest post on Hugh’s Views & News. I took advantage of Hugh being away on vacation and broached a subject that he would not have. I hope you click and head over to his blog to read and leave a smiley for him.

Ronovan Writes Weekend Mick Flick. You need to be The Quiet Man.

Sad to say I do a weekly movie review. These have to be movies I’ve seen but require a lot of research in order for me to actually do the review. A lot of research. Especially if they are old like this one. A classic but a surprise. Read the review and I think you’ll want to see it. Oh, and what’s a Mick Flick? Click and find out.

#1000Speak Hello, nice to meet you . . . again.

My contribution to the blogger campaign for compassion that occurred this past Friday. You don’t have to read it. But I wrote it so I include it in the review.

I hope you find something you like. And please make sure to follow me wherever I am. I really do enjoy all those follow numbers and seeing faces and names show up. Yeah, that’s an honest way of saying it. And I’m also in the process of writing a book that will be out this year. Keep your fingers crossed, so the more followers I have in places the better.

Oh, where all am I? (This post may be removed at some point due to the very personal nature of it.)

@RonovanWrites Facebook Google+ GoodReads

And very soon, you’ll be able to join me in one more place, just as soon as I get the hang of it. I’ll let you know when.

Much Respect and Love to all of you.

Ronovan

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Harsh Pleasure. (Poetry)

February 17, 2015February 17, 2015 Ronovan Poetry Haiku, Love, Pleasure, Poetry, Sex

I thought I would go a bit of a different route with this one. As with all poetry, the reader should take what they will from it.

Some may call them harsh,

Moments you give me pleasure,

Are rare in failure.

Share and Reblog if you wish.
For my Haiku Challenge this Week.

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Your Rewards. (Poetry)

February 16, 2015February 16, 2015 Ronovan Poetry Abuse, Confusion, Haiku, Hurt, Life, Pain, Poetry, Sadness, Spousal Abuse, Verbal Abuse

I normally have an image with my Haiku. Today I couldn’t come up with one that matched the words that I was able to truly capture what was in my mind. Perhaps later it will come to me but for now here are the words. I believe words some of us can too often identify with. This is my one Challenge Haiku of the week. I do hope you enjoy, or rather not enjoy.

Rare Loving Moments,

Are your rewards for Your Heart,

Receiving Harsh Words?

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RonovanWrites Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt Challenge #32 Rare&Harsh

February 16, 2015February 18, 2015 Ronovan Haiku Prompt Challenge Challenge, Daily Post, Haiku, Haiku Challenge, Haiku Prompt, Poetry, Poetry Challenge, Poetry Prompt, Prompt, The Daily Post, Weekly, Weekly Challenge, wordpress challenge

It’s

Challenge Number

32

Rare & Harsh

My Example

Rare Loving Moments,

Are your rewards for Your Heart,

Receiving Harsh Words?

My two entries this week as examples.

Your Rewards.

Harsh Pleasure.

The Deadline is Sunday by Noon, EST, or New York Time to people like me that just have no clue about time zones.

Haiku is simple and simply addictive. So be warned now. Once you start it’s difficult to stop. Here are two things to know:

Haiku can be broken into two sentences with the middle line of the three lines being the commonly used part, meaning 1&2 and 2&3 making sentences. That’s Haiku.
Opposite meanings in the first and last sentences. That’s Haiku.

For a full refresher or How to write Haiku in English click here. But you can use whatever Haiku style you want to. As long as you, do a Haiku.

For Tips and Guidelines refreshers click here.

If you have a Twitter and your handle has not appeared in a ReCap of a previous challenge, please let me know what it is so when I Tweet the ReCap on Sundays I may include it.

DEADLINE: Noon on Sunday New York Time.

(I hate doing deadlines, but it takes quite a while to complete the ReCap.)

There are TWO “A RONOVAN’S 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.

@RonovanWrites

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Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt Challenge 31 Review

February 15, 2015 Ronovan Haiku Prompt Challenge Challenge, Haiku, List, Poetry, Review, The Daily Post, The Daily Post Challenge

NEW THIS WEEK!

Alice de Sturler of Defrosting Cold Cases: Okay don’t you just love her name? I mean really? Her blog is perhaps the most unique I have come across. “DCC is a resource blog for those interested in old unsolved homicides and wrongful convictions. Many cases have no web presence or a very limited one.” I call her Haiku this week ‘Sprint’ . I was so thrilled to see Alice throw her glasses in the ring I had to share here there and well that’s kind of it, you know. You know, she looks athletic from her photo. I think I might would become a cold case of fear if she got mad at me, thus the big write up here today. @Vidocq_CC

SW ysobel of Spunky Wayfarer. Isn’t that a great name for a blog? “Spunky Wayfarer is my nom de plume. Also known as SW_Ysobel. I love words and do not hesitate to use the Thesaurus to investigate its definition and synonyms. Or to see if I have written them correctly. Haiku, short novel, micro fiction, children’s rhymes or flash trilogies have been written, but not all of them became blog post. I love challenges and will use Prompts from many other blogs to get my creativity going.” So I know I named this in a Tweet, but you know me, I Tweet a lot. So here goes another try. ‘What the?’ Okay, you have to read it to get where I am coming from. I do hope we have regular to our family here because the mind that came up with this is just going to be entertaining beyond belief. @SpunkyWayfarer

Alka Girdhar of Magnanimous Word: Okay, first thing. I had to keep looking back to spell magammonimonsous. I so have to find out how she named her blog. I know what. I’ll read her About page and see if it says why. “The name of my blog ‘Magnanimous Word’ just came by, like some revelation. Probably because words fascinate me.” See, I knew it would be there. And there is a lot more there as well. You have to check it out. From her Gravatar page~“Have been called ‘closet party girl’ as well as a simple girl-woman at the same time. But hang on, that was years ago… Years down the track, I am still discovering myself though I too realise I am a mixed soul – refined and literate vagabond, tactlessly blunt yet guileless, extrovert yet never bored when alone. With an ultimate goal of renunciation, I often find myself preaching as I have so much spiritual to say. Well…see the real me in my writings…” She called her series of Haiku for us LOVE: Facts and Facets. Yeah, sometimes I am like, “These guys make me look sooo bad as a poet in my own challenge.”

First to Enter the Fray this Week:

Sue Vincent from Daily Echo: Dancers. Talk about reader reaction. Wow. Then she was also the second to enter with Caterpillar.I love this one! Sue is one of our authors with her works on Amazon here. I would mention all of her works but there are just so many of them. @SCVincent

Mira of They, You And Me: I call her Haiku Smoldering Passion. ooooooooooo. I think Hugh needs his bucket of ice water. So I make my way down the list and Mira says, “Hi Ron, this week, I’m back with a love haiku… 🙂” I do suppose that first one didn’t HAVE to involve love. o,O (That’s my um, wondering/confuzzled/I can’t believe you said that look.) But it’s called Love. @BediMona

T.A. Wyatt of Finale to an Entrance: Empathy Lost. I enjoyed this Haiku a great deal. I felt a bit of a challenge with the depth of reveal given by it and wrote one in response, although not quite dealing with the same feelings but it is what came to mind. I enjoy finding a Haiku that I can ‘fight’ back with, so to speak. Remember to go purchase a book on Amazon by clicking here. Linger is only .99 and The Mill of Maisonneuve is 1.99. @FinaletoEntranc

Elizabeth of Tea & Paper: red dress. I think she put in an order. I hope the hubby was reading this.. @TeandPaper

Meredith and Martha of Meredith’s Musings came in early this week. Four this week as usual; Never-Magic-Spring-Love. Love was most definitely a cold shower moment! @Meredithlbl

Gidget of Battered Wife Seeking Better Life: Sitting Still. Hmm, I think of the opposite. The one never leaves but yes, there is that anticipation of the next to happen. @BWseekingBL

Nato of Chasing Life and Finding Dreams – Waiting For Your Move. Gotta love the title. Now let’s look at the Haiku. A great one about relationships. Actually all facets of a relationship depending on where you let your mind wander. @MichelleLunato

Geoff Le Pard of TanGental: two of them. Dilemma and Pieces. Um, er, a personal problem apparently being revealed in that first one and a more globally aware one with the second. I may never be able to think of Geoff again without thinking of the first one. Now THAT’S a dilemma. And we have another author to add to our family. Go to Amazon to get Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle. I don’t know who Sherry is but I mean what’s she doing with the dead flies? But yeah, click here for Amazon UK and here for the US. @geofflepard

Grace of {bloom} Pictures+Words: Whispered Prayer. oooooo Pretty. The words and image. Awesome. Yeah, I know, expecting something a little more intelligent from me. I try, I fail. I try again, it hurts. I stop. You can also find this Haiku on the WordPress blog {bloom}. @grace_note58

Carolyn from Reviews & Recommendations: Wow! Four this week and all for me!!!! Move Over-Don’t think she’s talking about someone hogging the bed. Baby Steps-Been there done that one. Move again-I say stay. Shaken World-I thought this was as James Bond Haiku at first. Google+ Carolyn Injoy

Kate by Dazzling Whimsy: Two thoughts today for Ronovan’s Challenge. Hmm, romance in her mind? Maybe even more than that. Mhmm. Hugh, take a fire extinguisher. Ice water may not help. Actually Hugh already liked it and was struck speechless. @17katelee

Canaf of Faithful Devotionals – Move. Actually, I say good message on a lot of Haiku, but this one is really a good one. Some sit and wait. Some wait and pray. But really, you gots ta move.

Marigold of Versus Blurb – A Contented Hermit. I think this would describe me most days. Hermit? Yes. Contented? Well,ou know sometimes you need to be content or be driven insane. Those first three lines are excellent for the challenge. Honestly, I thought of a crab when I saw the name at first. Go and purchase Marigold Deidre Dicer’s book The Black Swan Inheritance from Smashwords, Kobo, Barnes and Noble or the iBooks store or purchase it from Amazon on Kindleby clicking here. @MarigoldDicer

Serins of Serins Sphere: 1000 Voices. So here it is. And I think it’s time for all of us to get involved. I am officially in it although I think I have sort of been in it from the very beginning, just never clicked anything. . @SerinsSphere

Steven Walsky of Simplicity Lane – Party trays await haiku. Um, seriously? Whoever thought party trays would show up in a poem? But then that’s Steven for you. One thing to expect from him is the unexpected. But then does that make it the expected? Whoa, way to deep here. HA! Okay, I just read it. My kind of message! Simplicity Lane is free, go here for where you can get it. Through a Stranger’s Eyes here and Résumé for Love for free here.

Florence of Rambling On Blog: She blinded me!. Technically that’s what the image did to me. I think she’s saying don’t stand still. and with that in my eyes I wouldn’t. I would fall down. @FTThum

Colleen of Silver Threading – Heart Stone. A good introductory to something Colleen has been working on for quite some time. Go check it out. @ColleenChesebro

Vashti Quiroz-Vega: Longing. Um, whoa. I am like so not going to Vashti’s for a Valentine’s party. If this is remotely about life there is some seriously dumb person out there. You can purchase Vashti’s debut novel The Basement on Amazon by clicking here. @VashtiQV

Claudette of to search and to find happiness in every day: Complete is what I call this one. Okay, she got me. I read the comments and was so in the wrong direction on this one, but at least Hugh was as well.

Melissa of This, Right Now: Waiting. Two of them this week! One as I read I immediately thought not in the literal sense but in more of an emotional patriotic sense of the way things are today. The second, okay she got all lovey dovey mushy smushy. Yeah, she went for the awwww factor. NAILED IT!

Cindy of dreamsinalaska: Wistfully She Waits. Hmm. Like the Haiku. But there is an image within the image that is just freaking me out. Right below the heart I see an image and seriously, freakage is happening. @dreamsinalaska

Faith Unlocked: Pausing with Purpose. You know, just when you get a little frustrated in the world something comes along to remind you of something. This one reminds me of my favorite verse, Psalm 46:10. @FaithUnlocked

The Serious Haiku goes to Serins of Serins Sphere: 1000 Voices. The reason being the purpose of the message and it has been a burden on her for the past few weeks. @SerinsSphere

The Humor Haiku goes to Sue Vincent from Daily Echo: Caterpillar. @SCVincent

I had Three Haiku this week. I know, but it happens. Dweebzus, a poke at the self importance of a rap performer. 35 Do not wait, a Haiku related to the need of Kate of Dazzling Whimsy’s parents who lost their entire home and everything in a fire. Toward Heartbreak, a truer haiku about the inevitability of love. This coming week, although I do not know the words as of the writing of this, I plan to focus and bring to you ONE Haiku.

And the closing Haiku:

I waited for help,

My call fell upon deaf ears,

So I moved elsewhere.

See y’all later,
@RonovanWrites

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Sprint. (A Guest Poet Haiku) from @Vidocq_CC

February 14, 2015 Ronovan Poetry Defrosting Cold Cases, Haiku, Poetry

From guest poet

Alice de Sturler of Defrosting Cold Cases.

@Vidocq_CC

Try and catch it,
sprint, stay ahead or forever
stay left behind.

As written and left for us in the comments of the weekly Haiku Challenge.

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Toward Heartbreak (Poetry)

February 13, 2015 Ronovan Poetry Haiku, heartbreak, Lost, Love, Poetry, Searching

I write this in response to another Haiku this week as I said there was a challenge of sorts there. Even though that person displayed a desire to search for feelings to move a dark soul, I know of that feeling and even though it may lead to disaster at times, it is still worth the search and the destruction.

I wait a heartbreak,

It is inevitable

I move toward love.

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Do not wait. (Poetry)

February 12, 2015February 12, 2015 Ronovan Poetry Charity, Elderly, Haiku, Need, Poetry

A timely one this week going along not only with my Haiku Challenge prompt words but also the focus of my blog this week, a need that cannot be kept waiting.

Do not wait to help,

As the winds of fate spread word,

Move to those in need.

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Loving You

February 11, 2015February 11, 2015 Ronovan Poetry Creativity, Friendship, Love, Poetry, Relationships, Writing

I think of you every minute of the day

Wishing and praying all your cares away

But I don’t always know what to say

So I spent the day

Loving you

You know, sometimes you begin writing and things happen. I opened up the post this morning to write an article, ended up beginning a poem, a lyric poem, then as I went to the Chorus it occurred to me, what else is there to say? I think my message is clear. I think it is received. And love can be love as in friendship as well.

Sometimes we write and write because we lock ourselves into the constraints we see in place in a type of writing. Truly what you write is what you write and how you feel. What you end up with is the type of writing you end up with. Criteria? Never do that to yourself. Write. Write from the heart and people will know. Write from a form or checklist and people will know.

Spend the day loving you and loving your talent.

Just as I will spend the day loving you.

Ronovan

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Dweebzus (A Haiku)

February 9, 2015February 9, 2015 Ronovan Poetry Beck, Commentary, Grammy Awards, Haiku, Humor, Kanye West, Music, Poetry, Rude

Sometimes you get inspiration from the strangest places. This one is the strangest of all. I didn’t even have to watch the Grammy Awards and heard about this one.

Move super egos

Dweebzus is in the house now

Wait for disaster.

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RonovanWrites Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt Challenge #31 Wait&Move

February 9, 2015February 8, 2015 Ronovan Haiku Prompt Challenge Challenge, Daily Post, Haiku, Haiku Challenge, Haiku Prompt, Poetry, Poetry Challenge, Poetry Prompt, Prompt, The Daily Post, Weekly, Weekly Challenge, wordpress challenge

It’s

Challenge Number

31

Wait & Move

My Example

I wait for that time,

As the moment comes closer,

Move with me faster.

The Deadline is Sunday by Noon, EST, or New York Time to people like me that just have no clue about time zones.

Haiku is simple and simply addictive. So be warned now. Once you start it’s difficult to stop. Here are two things to know:

Haiku can be broken into two sentences with the middle line of the three lines being the commonly used part, meaning 1&2 and 2&3 making sentences. That’s Haiku.
Opposite meanings in the first and last sentences. That’s Haiku.

For a full refresher or How to write Haiku in English click here. But you can use whatever Haiku style you want to. As long as you, do a Haiku.

For Tips and Guidelines refreshers click here.

If you have a Twitter and your handle has not appeared in a ReCap of a previous challenge, please let me know what it is so when I Tweet the ReCap on Sundays I may include it.

DEADLINE: Noon on Sunday New York Time.

(I hate doing deadlines, but it takes quite a while to complete the ReCap.)

There are TWO “A RONOVAN’S 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.

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Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt Challenge 30 Review

February 8, 2015February 8, 2015 Ronovan Haiku Prompt Challenge Challenge, Haiku, List, Poetry, Review, The Daily Post, The Daily Post Challenge

NEW THIS WEEK!

Geoff Le Pard of TanGental: From the About page. I live in South London, in leafy Dulwich surrounded by all the varieties of life that London can throw at you. I will nail my colours to the mast here: I LOVE LONDON. There, said it. So part of this will be to proselytise about my city, and especially the bits where taxi drivers are fabled to hate to go after 10 pm (‘Sarf of the river, mate? Yer kidding me? I’d need inoculations and all sorts’).

The Haiku this week is, well there are two of them actually. Bordeamos Por la Paz and Jam with Everything. That last one is a funny. I can see it.

And we have another author to add to our family. Go to Amazon to get Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle. I don’t know who Sherry is but I mean what’s she doing with the dead flies? But yeah, click here for the UK and here for the US. @geofflepard

First to Enter the Fray this Week:

Mira of They, You And Me: I call her Haiku Feeling. It didn’t take her long to put this one together. I hope she was simply channeling my own thoughts and not her own. @BediMona

T.A. Wyatt of Finale to an Entrance: Corset: The Beauty Bound Haiku. You know, being an amnesiac will send you off on searches across the internet. Wyatt sends me there often. Okay, so I didn’t go there with the clown last week. Sorry to all of you clownophobes for reminding you it. His subject matter this week sent me researching and what an interesting person. One more disturbing piece of the mind that is T.A. Wyatt. Okay maybe this has nothing to do with the mind. I’ll leave it at that. Remember to go purchase a book on Amazon by clicking here. Linger is only .99 and The Mill of Maisonneuve is 1.99. @FinaletoEntranc

Serins of Serins Sphere: Three Haiku for You this week. a lot of comments this week over there. @SerinsSphere

Sue Vincent from Daily Echo: Freedom. Bubble burster!!!! I refuse to admit to any of what you wrote. I remain forever in that which I am. And yes, as I said Sue is one of our authors with her works on Amazon here. I would mention all of her works but there are just so many of them. @SCVincent

Carolyn from Reviews & Recommendations: Goodbye My Friend. You always hate to say it but I know about this one. The third of her Haiku dedications is for our challenge. I too had the same situation with an American Bulldog/Boxer mix. Google+ Carolyn Injoy

Elizabeth of Tea & Paper: Shovelling. Her poor husband. Slave driver you. @TeandPaper

Melissa of The Aran Artisan: Free Spirited. OOooOooo a hand drawn picture. OOooOooo @thearanartisan

Faith Unlocked: Free to be is on the actual Faith Unlocked this week. No changing things up on us. Good idea in the Haiku for us all. And now the real Faith Unlocked shines through with, yes, another Haiku. Free to Choose. @FaithUnlocked

Cyril of Cyril Bussiere comes in with Voices Bound. An interesting one. I see a message delivered. Interesting. Remember to get Cyril’s books from Amazon by clicking here. @CyrilBussiere

Nato of Chasing Life and Finding Dreams – Forcing Freedom. Hmm, still thinking on this one a little. @MichelleLunato

Meredith and Martha of Meredith’s Musings came in early this week. Four this week as usual; Dance, Chaos, Parenting and Faith. Um, Dance. Urr, Umm, I think Meredith’s site got hacked. Whoa! @Meredithlbl

Gertrude of Battered Wife Seeking Better Life: Winning Hand. OOoOooOOOoo a dedicated page for the Haiku. She named the poem otherwise I was gonna call it Trump This you Piece of… Okay I’m better now. Gertrude is not her real name but I thought I would come up with cool names each week. She’s tired of being simple letters and a blog site name. So this week, call her Gertrude. Next week I am thinking maybe Oprah. @BWseekingBL

Steven Walsky of Simplicity Lane – The f’orce be with you’ Lil-Doggies. First of all, I didn’t name this one. Had to get that out there. Just did. Umm, I would say epic, but I am still recovering. Just when you think the mind is sound, Steve shows up with his geek on and I have to stake a step back. I am forced to step back as I attempt to free my mind of this one. Simplicity Lane is free, go here for where you can get it. Through a Stranger’s Eyes here and Résumé for Love for free here.

Step back everyone. It has happened. The Return of, dare I say it? I dare it, I dare it.

HUGH of Hugh’s Views & News: The crowd goes wild. Meredith and Martha have the mosh pit going folks. And Colleen has the mechanical bull set up for later. New Day is the Haiku to bring Hugh back. Big reaction he has had with this. @RobertHughes05

Marigold of Versus Blurb – Cheap Love. Kinky sex? No. A book? No. A movie? No. Do you think I have lost my mind? Probably. Go read the Haiku and you’ll get it. Go and purchase Marigold Deidre Dicer’s book The Black Swan Inheritance from Smashwords, Kobo, Barnes and Noble or the iBooks store or purchase it from Amazon on Kindleby clicking here. @MarigoldDicer

Colleen of Silver Threading – Shrouded in Pain. Girl done gone deep on this one. @ColleenChesebro

Vashti Quiroz-Vega: Life Finds A Way. Very good in structure and keeping with the Haiku idea. You can purchase Vashti’s debut novel The Basement on Amazon by clicking here. @VashtiQV

Patty of I Am Not Sick Boy: Dreams or Nightmares. Spooky. Click it and be like (teen-girl scream). @pattythepa

Elke of writingindevizes: Peace. Very cool images. And that last line goes so well with them. Very cool. Or should I say cold? @Wetterwachslady And look! She has a Twitter now!!!!

Canaf of Faithful Devotionals – Free to be. There you go. A message I think goes in so many directions but seems to only be vocalized in one direction. No not the boy band thing from the UK. OOOO did I call them a thing?

Melissa of This, Right Now: Forced Spring. Okay, this is so funny. Not the Haiku, but the subject. I heard these mentioned in the house yesterday.

CLB of dreamsinalaska: The Force To Be Reckoned With. Hmm, do I want to go read? Is she sending me a message? Should I be frightened? Why am I typing all these questions? Notice she said THE and not A. Yeah. Okay, manning up. Gonna go look. Awww, I like it. She likes me, she really likes me. I accept this Oscar because—oops, channeling someone there. Yeah I went all weird stream of thought here for a moment. Scary, huh? @dreamsinalaska

Carol of Mama Cormier gives Teaching Strategies. Well, have to say, proud of those few that turned them down. @carol_cormier

Florence of Rambling On Blog: Free to Dis. You’ll need to go to Twitter to find this one from our resident therapist and attorney who was speaking at a convention this week. Excuses, excuses. But click the title of the Haiku, which I named, and it will take you directly to the TweetKu. @FTThum

Vashti Quiroz-Vega: Life Finds A Way. Great structure of the Haiku along with the contrast of the first and last messages. For urban dwellers think of the flower in the sidewalk. @VashtiQV

The Humor Haiku goes to Meredith’s Musings with Dance. Just the surprise of it and picturing the ladies doing this still has me chuckling. Yes, I chuckle. @Meredithlbl

My Haiku offering this week was Free Me To Death. Not a well received one this week, but I’m okay with that. The great thing about Haiku is meanings are sometimes hidden in so few words that the obvious is often times mistaken for the true.

And the closing Haiku:

Don’t say you force me,

To write what I write or how,

I am free to flow.

See y’all later,
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Not Quick Enough (A Poem of Tragedy Explained)

February 3, 2015February 5, 2015 Ronovan Poetry Amnesia, Child, Death, Loss, Pain, Poetry

I hear your voice

Two words

They hammer at the wall

Of my mind’s death

Heaven sent

Or heart found

I am pulled from the darkness

I breathe

I grieve

I mourn

I want the death again

Why this torture for me

Why the agony of this loss

Why so here and so not

Why

Days of pleading prevail

Please, God bring my ease

Please, God bring me release

Please, God break my mind again

Please, God

Knowing but still nothing

Two words

Freeing me from death

Condemning me to worse

Why were you taken

Why

Where is the never ending joy

Where is my peace

Why does my heart need ache

Why every day

Free me from this tearing of my soul

I pray for an end

Not quick enough

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The story of a poem. Think of a man who is in the hospital and unconscious. He hears a voice calling to him, he sees a face. He sees a little girl’s face. He opens his eyes to a place he doesn’t know, with a broken mind. The little girl isn’t there. Where is she? The little girl was never born. She called out to the man. It wasn’t his turn. She used what she could to tell him it just wasn’t his time yet.

Flash forward and the man remembers about the little girl. He remembers who the little girl is. He wants it to be his time. But his time is not quick enough. He wants the memory to go away. But it won’t go away quick enough.

I have seen comments to this poem and I have even seen poems written as a response in which I am tagged in. Thank you for the thoughts and the words, but the suppositions are nowhere near the mark. This is one that cannot recover, cannot be brought back, cannot be made to have a better day. If you pray, pray I forget that I once gain forget the memories that came to me that inspired this poem. Please do so.

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Free Me To Death-A Haiku

February 3, 2015February 3, 2015 Ronovan Poetry Amnesia, Haiku, Loss, Love, Pain, Poetry, wordpress challenge

Two words created to inspire creativity. For some it pulls out of them a positive and uplifting experience as they tap into either a fun and joyful memory or moment. For others it may be the complete opposite. That is the magic of words. You never know for certain what will be brought to the mind, even to the mind of the one creating the words. Or perhaps for some there is no surprise where this lost mind travels.

I hear you calling,

Forcing my lost mind to break,

You free me to death.

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RonovanWrites Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt Challenge #30 Force&Free

February 2, 2015February 1, 2015 Ronovan Haiku Prompt Challenge Challenge, Daily Post, Haiku, Haiku Challenge, Haiku Prompt, Poetry, Poetry Challenge, Poetry Prompt, Prompt, The Daily Post, Weekly, Weekly Challenge, wordpress challenge

It’s

Challenge Number

30

This week’s prompt words were again based on my thought from my Sunday post. Take the words the way you like. I even usually end up defining them differently when I do a Haiku myself.

One quick thing. I have noticed in my social network travels that we aren’t following each other on Twitter. I follow everyone I have a Twitter Handle for. Every one, follow our Haiku friends.

Force & Free

My Example

I am free to love

As I wish and as I like,

I force through the pain.

The Deadline is Sunday by Noon, EST, or New York Time to people like me that just have no clue about time zones.

Haiku is simple and simply addictive. So be warned now. Once you start it’s difficult to stop. Here are two things to know:

Haiku can be broken into two sentences with the middle line of the three lines being the commonly used part, meaning 1&2 and 2&3 making sentences. That’s Haiku.
Opposite meanings in the first and last sentences. That’s Haiku.

For a full refresher or How to write Haiku in English click here. But you can use whatever Haiku style you want to. As long as you, do a Haiku.

For Tips and Guidelines refreshers click here.

If you have a Twitter and your handle has not appeared in a ReCap of a previous challenge, please let me know what it is so when I Tweet the ReCap on Sundays I may include it.

DEADLINE: Noon on Sunday New York Time.

(I hate doing deadlines, but it takes quite a while to complete the ReCap.)

There are TWO “A RONOVAN’S 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.

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Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge 29 Review

February 1, 2015February 2, 2015 Ronovan Haiku Prompt Challenge Challenge, Haiku, List, Poetry, Review, The Daily Post, The Daily Post Challenge

Week 29 for the Weekly Haiku Prompt Challenge had the prompt word of Fret & Chill. So many definitions could have been used for these two words. Let’s find who participated and then you can find out what they did with them.

NEW THIS WEEK!

Melissa of The Aran Artisan – This might be extra long because she called me a debonair wordsmith. A lady of Maine her Irishman adores her. Thus, she moved it Ireland and the Aran Islands. Even with the Red Sox shirt on I saw the motherland in him and oddly I see it in her as well. So let’s see what she has to say for herself.

“My idealism is expressed in my tagline “Making a living by creating every aspect and ingredient of daily life.” These are the words of a friend who used them to describe my family. Ya, it’s a bit of an exaggeration, but I like it anyway.

Me, my husband Johnny, and our five children make up our family. We have one dog, three cats, five ducks, twelve chickens, a hamster, a goldfish, and a dozen or so goats that share a nice life with us.

p.s. I wrote about how the move from America onto the Aran Islands came to be in my post I live in Aran.” Her Haiku this week is called, well I will be naming it. Let’s seem, hmm, Well Worn Heart. You have to see the image that inspired this Haiku and I think you will get why I chose the name. Now go give Melissa a warm welcome to the family! And for sure read her I live in Aran page. She needs to write a book based on this telling of how she got to Aran. And her writing style is wonderful. @thearanartisan

Vashti Quiroz-Vega of well Vashti Quiroz-Vega’s Blog. You’ve seen author Vashti Quiroz-Vega on the site before and even in another challenge but I don’t believe she’s been in the Haiku Prompt challenge before, so here we are. Her Haiku is Prelude to Death. People are loving it. @VashtiQV

From her About the Author Page – “Hello! My name is Vashti Quiroz-Vega. I know, my name is a mouthful, but if you can learn Arnold Schwarzenegger, Saoirse Ronan, Charlize Theron, M. Night Shyamalan, Jean Claude Van Damme, and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau––mine will be a snap. ⇒JUST KIDDING!

I share quite a bit about myself on this page (maybe too much?), I don’t know. I’m an open book (no pun intended) to the dismay of some of my friends. Pretty much what you see is what you get with me. I have been told that I have a bizarre sense of humor, a funny laugh and a raspy voice (you’ll hear for yourself when I post vlogs). I apologize in advance. Ha,ha! I hope you enjoy the info.”

You can purchase Vashti’s debut novel The Basement on Amazon by clicking here. @VashtiQV

First to Enter the Fray this Week:

It took some time before anyone posted an entry this time around. I began to fret a little that I had made it too difficult. But the along came T.A. Wyatt of Finale to an Entrance and it was time for me to chill. T.A. went for a serious and then tried for humor. Well there was admission of a fail on the humor. And man was it ever a fail. I still can’t sleep. His ‘serious’ Haiku was Night Terrors: An Ambition Haiku. Well, then the ‘humor’ Haiku showed up and put the first terror to shame. Can’t Sleep: The Clowns Will Eat Me Haiku. My apologies to those with clown issues. T.A. did it. If you forgive T.A. for that clown thing go purchase a book on Amazon by clicking here. Linger is only .99 and The Mill of Maisonneuve is 1.99. @FinaletoEntranc

Meredith and Martha of Meredith’s Musings came in early this week. Four this week as usual; End of the Party and Edgar by Meredith and No Worries and Mommy’s Reprieve from Martha. Okay, so I haven’t read them. Simply wrote the names and saw the images so far. I’m concerned. Okay. I’m good now. I have to say Mommy’s Reprieve made me actually chuckle. Yes, I chuckle at times. Yes, Chunks can chuckle to. Don’t know what a Chunk is? Chubby Hunk. Or so I’ve been called. Well I call myself that. Makes me feel better about myself. STOP JUDGING ME! @Meredithlbl

Sue Vincent the author returns from Daily Echo. Yes, Sue, I may be an amnesiac but I do remember I have your books and am to read them for our interview. Oops, was that supposed to be a surprise. My bad. Where’ the delete on this thing? Oh bother. Anyway, Sue brought her talent to us in the form of Chill. Let’s see what it’s about. Mhmm, I think some are going to disagree with you Sue. And yes, as I said Sue is one of our authors with her works on Amazon here. I would mention all of her works but there are just so many of them. @SCVincent

Elizabeth of Tea & Paper: Chill out. Hmm, she’s devious I think. Need to keep an eye on her. @TeandPaper

Grace of Bloom -Picture + Words: Tempest. Good use of the words and description. @grace_note58

Carolyn from Reviews & Recommendations: Three. Yes as in three Haiku. Lost Music-I was hoping someone would pick on this. Lighten Up and Lullabye.

Nato of Chasing Life and Finding Dreams – Gave us a to the point message with freaked Finding Peace Through Prayer. I think she has some issues. All these things going on at the same time? I know someone you can talk to for that. FLORENCE!!!! @MichelleLunato

BWSBL of Battered Wife Seeking Better Life: Chill to the Bone. Okay, so I gave her’s a name this week since she didn’t. This is what she gets for forgetting. But once you read you’ll see where I got the name. @BWseekingBL

Kimberly of K.S. Fause: Fret. A nice history lesson here. Very cool. I think you will all enjoy it. Don’t just read the Haiku, scroll down and read the inspiration as well. @KSFause

Patty of I Am Not Sick Boy: Lazy Day. I think you guys will like this one. The imagery is very nice. Patty has a way of describing things we can all identify with.

Serins of Serins Sphere: Two Haiku for You again this week. Things are a bit confounded over there this week. @SerinsSphere

Canaf of Faithful Devotionals – Just Chill. Someone’s throwing a tantrum I see. It’s okay Canaf. We understand. There, there. Don’t fret. Well I didn’t say Just Chill, right?

Florence of Rambling On – I call this one Get over it. Okay, so it’s a little harsh sounding and not the tone of the Haiku at all, but deep down you know she really wants to say it. I can even hear her voice saying it. Or maybe she’s saying that to me? Hmm. Having a therapist for a friend makes you begin to analyze everything. @FTThum

Marigold of Versus Blurb – Lethargic Heat. So when I first read this I saw Lethargic Heart. Oh, I feel so sorry for her. Boo Hoo. Okay, I don’t really. Hmm, actually I do, I’m allergic to the heat. Wonderful, right? living in the South here in the U.S. of A. and allergic to heat. Gotta love it. So I am mad at Marigold. I go and buy her book, then she puts it out for free with a new cover. What’s up with that? That being said, go and ~~purchase~~ download Marigold Deidre Dicer’s book The Black Swan Inheritance from Smashwords, Kobo, Barnes and Noble or the iBooks store or purchase it from Amazon on Kindle for only .99 by clicking here. @MarigoldDicer

Colleen of Silver Threading – Chilled Pomeranians. Odd name? Well, I did name it, so there you go. Go find out why. Be afraid, be very afraid. Sounds like some weird dish in some weird country. @ColleenChesebro

Steven Walsky of Simplicity Lane – I always like to see what our resident authors come up with. Steven has a mind that I feel a kinship to. No, not a lost one, hmm, unless he hasn’t told us something. He has a really interesting way of looking at things. Let’s see what this week holds for us. Last Kiss Memory. You know, I didn’t even know the name of the Haiku as I began writing Steven’s portion of the review. Who knew memory would be in there? Well, Steven did. A different imagery from Steven this week. I think you will enjoy. Must go see. Simplicity Lane is free, go here for where you can get it. Through a Stranger’s Eyes here and Résumé for Love for free here.

Melissa of This, Right Now: Yes, the upside down lady. She gives us a Joyful Noise. One I hoped to see. Love the way people think in a different direction at times.

Carol of Mama Cormier gives Canadian Winter. Have to say, Love the look. And you never really think of where people are from. Hmm. @carol_cormier

Faith Unlocked: If you want to see Faith Unlocked’s Haiku for this week you need to go to @FaithUnlocked on Twitter. Not able to be here this week but did put in one on Twitter after I begged for one. That’s right. When you are a mainstay of the group and don’t show up I go looking for you. I get worried. Normally I give it a couple of weeks but not in this case. Faith has been here every week. So one starts to worry a little quicker.

Cyril of Cyril Bussiere comes in with Soul to the Clouds. This is the one I thought of when I put the prompts in play. Remember to get Cyril’s books from Amazon by clicking here. @CyrilBussiere

Melissa of The Aran Artisan: Well Worn Heart. This was a tough one to pick this week but the heart of this one, and I don’t just mean the image, got to me. A great story and a great discovery of a new blog. Yes, I am taking credit! @thearanartisan

The Humor Haiku goes to Martha Dixon Brice of Meredith’s Musings with Mommy’s Reprieve. This could have been Daddy’s Reprieve as well. Or even Brother’s or Sister’s. I think you get the idea. Go check it out and get it for real. @Meredithlbl

My Haiku offering this week was Bruised Heart. Just one and I did because someone hoped I would this week. Perhaps not the best ever but I did it.

And the closing Haiku:

Dude, you better chill,

‘Cause they gonna bust you up,

You best be Frettin’.

See y’all later,
@RonovanWrites

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Ronovan Writes Week In Review

February 1, 2015 Ronovan Odds and Ends Blog Tips, Haiku, Peyton Manning, Poetry, Tom Brady, Writing Tips

In case you missed something from this week, here they all are. Hope you find something you enjoy.

Maybe more next week,
Ronovan Writes

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Bruised Heart-A Haiku

January 27, 2015 Ronovan Poetry Coping, Haiku, heartbreak, Loss, Love, Poetry

My plan for the week was, let me actually rephrase that, I wasn’t going to write a Haiku this week. In fact there was no plan for poetry at all in my foreseeable future. It’s not that I have given it up or don’t like poetry, it’s just something I am not feeling right now. I’m not a poetry mill. I’ve been there and done that.

Writing poetry, at least for me is about tapping into an honest place and sharing honest things that can be tender places in the heart that shouldn’t be touched. Even when I write a funny poem it doesn’t begin that way. It begins serious and turns humorous out of defense. Defending the tender places.

Some reading this are likely about to hurl. They don’t see how poetry is that big of a deal or how it can really be any more than a few words to rhyme about puppies, clouds and rainbows. True, some poetry is about those things, for that writer. Perhaps those things have meanings for them. I don’t know where the inspiration came from so I can’t say good or bad.

However, even though poetry was not in the heart for me this week, which is a requirement, even though I didn’t want to go there a friend expressed a hope I would write something for the challenge I host each week. How could I not write something when so many faithfully participate each week?

Do not fret, my heart,

While you beat slowly for now,

The chill of loss fades.

Much Respect
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Challenge Number

33

Fame & War

War does win glory,

For heroes of history,

Fame can be fleeting.

DEADLINE: Noon on Sunday New York Time.

There are TWO “A RONOVAN’S 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.

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First to Enter Thunder Dome this Week:

And the closing Haiku:

Rare is your caring.

When you see me suffering,

Give me a taco.

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Thought on Sunday

Poetry

A Haiku for my Challenge somewhat inspired by 50 Shades. But only after it was written.

Articles

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Some may call them harsh,

Moments you give me pleasure,

Are rare in failure.

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Rare Loving Moments,

Are your rewards for Your Heart,

Receiving Harsh Words?

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Challenge Number

32

Rare & Harsh

Rare Loving Moments,

Are your rewards for Your Heart,

Receiving Harsh Words?

DEADLINE: Noon on Sunday New York Time.

There are TWO “A RONOVAN’S 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.

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NEW THIS WEEK!

First to Enter the Fray this Week:

And the closing Haiku:

I waited for help,

My call fell upon deaf ears,

So I moved elsewhere.

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Try and catch it, sprint, stay ahead or forever stay left behind.

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I wait a heartbreak,

It is inevitable

I move toward love.

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Do not wait to help,

As the winds of fate spread word,

Move to those in need.

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Challenge Number

31

Wait & Move

I wait for that time,

As the moment comes closer,

Move with me faster.

DEADLINE: Noon on Sunday New York Time.

There are TWO “A RONOVAN’S 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.

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Try and catch it,
sprint, stay ahead or forever
stay left behind.