Kisses haunt my lips,
With a quivering loves touch,
Release my pleasure.
(the third of my haiku for my prompt challenge words haunt & release, screams pain, scent of fear)
Ronovan
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Poetry
Scent of Fear
Haunt wafts through the air,
Like a scent of man’s
Release of bowels.
Ronovan
(my second for my prompt challenge this week of haunt&release-screams pain.)
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Screams Pain
Misunderstandings
Release destruction on earth,
Like a haunt screams pain.
(my first for my prompt challenge this week of haunt&release-scent of fear.)
Ronovan
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Ode to the Eternally Dwelling
An ode to a thing that is so wrong is an ode to a thing that has lasted so long.
What could this thing be that cannot be ever broken?
Eternally dwelling in the crevices of a million dark moments like a token.
Yet no one having taken notice will ever to give a word, never to be spoken.
Is it a wish, a delight, or some type of torturous device?
Does it take hold of you and seizing you like a vice?
Cemented indefinitely as though planted by a plan.
What can one do but settle in and give in to the man.
A cyclical trace has been tracked through time.
Like a 19th Century unsolved London crime.
It does not deny what it is, no it admits.
Still we find ourselves tangled up in it’s enchantment in fits.
No, not I, I still remain and resist.
For I have never been one to give into this midnight tryst.
I alone stand forth ready to sound the horn.
As evil ones pass out last year’s uneaten devil spawned candy corn.
Respectfully Much
Ronovan
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RonovanWrites Weekly Wordless Haiku Challenge #16 Candy&Fruit
I first want to thank DazzlingWhimsy for creating this badge for the challenge.
#16
The rules are simple: For how to write a Haiku in English and using the 5/7/5 syllable pattern click here.
No words or numbers of any kind can appear in the images you use. This includes sign language . . . of any kind.
You can use just pictures and not put them in the format I have them here. I was being creative. The point of this is to have fun.
This is an example of one I created.
The Haiku was:
Moon Shadow Dancers
Heartbeats Stumble, falling in
Love Infinity
I know, not the best but it was better then the first one I posted.
Here’s the challenge; You created your own wordless Haiku for Wednesday or any day really, then either post a link in the comments here for everyone that visits to go see and/or ping back (or copy the URL for this post into your Haiku post) to this post in your Haiku post.
I will read it and comment on it. Once I comment come get the badge.
If some of you would like a theme to prompt you what to begin thinking of you can perhaps use. . .
Candy & Fruit
What do the words mean to you, and how can you connect the two words through that second line? You do not have to do the prompt, it is just a prompt to make you start thinking of things.
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RonovanWrites Weekly #Wordless #Haiku Rewind #15
Badge provided by Dazzling Whimsy.
REWIND #15
Click the site names to see the Wordless Haiku for each.
The prompts they participants COULD use if they wished to were Green & Red. The prompts are only if you cannot come up with an idea.
Georgia of Through The Eyes of Bastet : I am so envious of the things this lady gets to do. And then she puts it in her Haiku. I think she knows it’s torture for me.
Dianne of Sweeter than Honey: Okay, this was a timely one. Don’t scroll down too far or you see the answer. Try it for yourself. 🙂
Jen of Blog It or Lose It: Love the presentation of this was. Excellent!
See y’all next time,
Ronovan
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Ronovan Write’s #15 Haiku Prompt Challenge Rewind Promise& Gift
Here with the 15th Haiku Prompt Challenge Rewind, Recap, Round up . . . oh 
whatever you like to call it. It’s going to be a bit free flowing today to get things out to you. I love all the participation these prompts bring. I was told not to be so effusive with my excitement when I write about things, but I’ve decided that’s what is me and that’s what I will do. So let’s get his party started.
The prompt words were Promise & Gift. Both provided by yours truly. I being truly.
NEW To Us This Week!
Steven S. Walsky-Author whose blog is Simplicity Lane. “For Only Him“is what I am calling this one. You will find a few challenges on the page, interesting I thought. But the Haiku is there. I was most interested in the twenty word story. Not only check out the Haiku but also the books he has available. Should I dare say one mentions the word FREE? Oops, I see another one! Hope he doesn’t mind my pointing them out. And like I say on my LitWorldInterview site . . . Read a Book, Write a Review.
In order of appearance:
A.C. Elliott of File Cabinet Ramblings must have some of the quickest synapses in the east or west depending on where you are sitting right now. He gave us His Abundant Gift. The words beautiful, peaceful and lovely were repeated throughout the comments. @elliott_ac
Colleen of Silver Threading is up next with The Agreement. All around one of the most solidly
structured Haiku I have come across. She did the making two sentences with the middle line being the end of one and the beginning of the other and she even slipped in a touch of seasonal imagery. Plus the Haiku itself was entertaining and her words were very nicely chosen. A RONOVAN’S CHOICE! @ColleenChesebro
Meredith and Martha of Meredith’s Musings, My Literary Angels provided 
2X2 again this week. I chose Thoughts of Love for the title of their offerings as each one dealt with the subject. Someone even suggested the two should think about putting their efforts in a book. They range from humorous to serious. I never know what I’m going to come across from one week to the next. @meredithlbl
Ruth of Mad Meandering Me brought two Haiku this week, Embryo and 
Unborn. I have to say that I enjoyed and did not enjoy her subject at the same time. One was an aw moment, and the other was a moment of I really don’t know how to explain it. I think that’s why I will say I enjoyed them both in that they brought out those conflicting emotions in me. It wasn’t where I had thought the words would lead anyone but I like to see how minds work.
Cyril Bussiere gave us what I titled “Foolish Thought“. Cyril’s of
ferings always make my head hurt because they make me think. This week didn’t fail in that area. I’m not certain if he delves deep to find his words or if he just lets them flow. If not delving, I would be frightened how bad head would feel if he did. @cyrilbussiere
T.A. Wyatt of Finale to an Entrance gave us Halloween. I like that, straight 
forward. Go and see it. It is most definitely Halloween centered. Does that frighten you? Would it help if I said Elizabeth called it a “cutie”?
Also, Wanderer: A Mistake Haiku. This one is A RONOVAN’S CHOICE! This is one to check out for certain. @FinaletoEntranc
Kimberly of K.S. Fause gave us Eloquence. Is anyone surprised that she 
would give us something titled that? But did she deliver? You have to go see to find out, but I will give you a hint. A RONOVAN’S CHOICE! @ksfause
Carolyn of Reviews and Recommendations nailed the Haiku structure 
amazingly with I Promise You This. I really liked this one a lot. Lovers, read this one. Those who want to be lovers, read this one. Those who failed as lovers, read this one. A RONOVAN’S CHOICE!
Elizabeth of Tea & Paper brought us what I call “Vanishing Gifts“. A 
enjoyed the Haiku and I love the colors of her blog this week. So festive and cheerful. Much like what I think of her when I see her commenting on people’s Haiku.
Wendy of Wendy Anne Darling certainly delivered a message with
Indian Giver. I would so not want to be on the receiving end of that nor do I understand who would ever be that insane with her. I imagine this must be simply a work of fiction. A RONOVAN’S CHOICE! I loved the attitude! @AuthorWDarling
Becca of On Dragonfly Wings with Buttercup Tea came up with Thousand 
Drops of Blood. Becca gave the two sentence structure and the opposing meaning that is key to a true Haiku. A great meaning in this one and tells a beginning of a story and the end of a story. A RONOVAN’S CHOICE! @rgbickerstaff
Canaf of Faithful Devotions shared Grace this week. A great message, of
course. Grace is always a great message. Check out exactly what the message is.
Hugh of Hugh’s Views & News gave his seasonal offering of “Bearing Gifts“. 
Notice the spelling. We do keep things PG here. But with Hugh I do have to be careful when I click at times. Never know what might pop up. @RobertHughes05
Angie of Angie Does Until She Doesn’t, don’t you just love that blog name? 
Okay this week she gives us what I titled “Today is Your Gift!” I shouted because I think sometimes we don’t hear it when we remind ourselves of that message. Go give Angie a Virtual Hug with a Like today as she did some serious overcoming at work this week. Show her how proud we are! A RONOVAN’S CHOICE!, and not for the overcoming but the reminder in the Haiku. @mrsreadmorbooks
Kate of Dazzling Whimsy gives her what I call “Gifts of Devotion“. Kate only 
knows one way to write and that is with her heart. It doesn’t matter if it’s about a recipe or a poem, she’ll write it with heart. @17katelee
Claudette of to search and find happiness in everything returns to us this week 
with what I call “Dubious Entanglement“. There is humor here but also seriousness. I suppose it depends on which side of the entanglement you are on.
Florence of Rambling On brings what I have named “Denied Honor“. That 
might not fit exactly but thought about this for a time and thoughts swirled around in this addled mind of mine. A sad Haiku but then again when you read it from a positive side it is not so sad, and then it is both sad and not sad. I am totally confused now so I will stop. A RONOVAN’S CHOICE! @FTThum
Battered Wife Seeking Better Life wrote my named “Resonating“. The 
reason for the name is partly that the message of the Haiku resonates with you as you look at it’s meaning and word choices. I always look at the words people use in their Haiku because I think those words as opposed to a different word of similar meaning says a lot. @bwseekingbl
What a selection this week. From one end of the spectrum to the other. I think this might have been our most varied take on prompts yet. Kind of puts the pressure on to choose some good ones for #16. I have to put my thinking blanket on for this one.
Thank y’all for participating.
Much Respect
Ronovan
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Never Gonna Be Like That
Took a walk through the park
What I saw nearly broke my heart
You were there with another lover
You smiled at me, no undercover
What game have you been playin’
What have you been whisperin’ sayin’
Do you want to see me dyin’
Do you expect to see me cryin’
Never gonna be like that
No not like that
Even for you oh no not like that
Never like that oh no oh no
I keep moving on and say
Never gonna be like that
No not like that
Even for you oh no not like that
Never like that oh no oh no
You wanted to find it elsewhere
It’s funny but I don’t seem to care
There’ll be no fightin’ from me
You picked your bed, I’ll let it be
If you choose some other to hold tight
Then what makes you think you’re worth a fight
Sorry to burst your bubble
But if you’re wantin’ from me some trouble
Never gonna be like that
No not like that
Even for you oh no not like that
Never like that oh no oh no
I keep moving on and say
Never gonna be like that
No not like that
Even for you oh no not like that
Never like that oh no oh no
Never gonna be
Never gonna be
Never gonna be
Like that
No
Never
No
Oh
No
Ronovan
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Soul Lives
Flipping through the lines of lives every day, I have to say
Where are the regrets to be had
By the officially clad
Shining lives
Spinning knives
What do we need
You and me
Is there so much hurt
In the universe
That we can’t be
In unity
We strive
Soul lives
Soul lives
Soul lives
Soul lives
There’s travesty
In their majesty
Battle lines
Over conscious minds
Why does it mean
No more obscene
Draw the fire
With one soul liar
Soul lives
Soul lives
Soul lives
Soul lives
It matters not what we know . . . but what we’re told . . . no no no NO
Our lives, revives, Soul lives, yes what we know . . . is more–than–we–hold
Be beautiful in the moment, every day, be what you say, no no no . . . no don’t–no never give way
Soul lives
Soul lives
The travesty, of your majesty, your arrogance, of your extravagance, of your dominance no no no NO
Soul dies
Soul dies
But I don’t give . . . my Soul Lives
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RonovanWrites Weekly Wordless Haiku Challenge #15 Green & Red
I first want to thank DazzlingWhimsy for creating this badge for the challenge.
#15
The rules are simple: For how to write a Haiku in English and using the 5/7/5 syllable pattern click here.
No words or numbers of any kind can appear in the images you use. This includes sign language . . . of any kind.
You can use just pictures and not put them in the format I have them here. I was being creative. The point of this is to have fun.
This is an example of one I created.
The Haiku was:
Moon Shadow Dancers
Heartbeats Stumble, falling in
Love Infinity
I know, not the best but it was better then the first one I posted.
Here’s the challenge; You created your own wordless Haiku for Wednesday or any day really, then either post a link in the comments here for everyone that visits to go see and/or ping back (or copy the URL for this post into your Haiku post) to this post in your Haiku post.
I will read it and comment on it. Once I comment come get the badge.
If some of you would like a theme to prompt you what to begin thinking of you can perhaps use. . .
Green & Red
What do the words mean to you, and how can you connect the two words through that second line? You do not have to do the prompt, it is just a prompt to make you start thinking of things.
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RonovanWrites Weekly #Wordless #Haiku Rewind #14
Badge provided by Dazzling Whimsy.
REWIND #14
Click the site names to see the Wordless Haiku for each.
The prompts they participants COULD use if they wished to were Leaves & Summer. The prompts are only if you cannot come up with an idea.
Everyone, click and enjoy the work of the Beautiful Lady Georgia.
Georgia of Through The Eyes of Bastet : The photography used and the imagination always blows me away.
Now for the talented Jen!!
Jen of Blog It or Lose It: Nice, used the words from the prompt and a very nice use of the photography to get the message across.
See y’all next time,
Ronovan
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RonovanWrites Weekly #Haiku Prompt Challenge Rewind #14
REWIND #14
The prompt words were:
Take Your Potential,
To Unexpected Results,
The Shine is Tarnished.
Shine & Potential. Sian chose great words for the week’s challenge. Sorry guys, but #15 Prompts are all on me. What people did were inspiring, thought provoking and in some cases nailed me on the head.
Some people don’t realize what you can do with three lines, the story you can tell, the message you can relay. Once they try it and see what they can do, the end up loving it. I encourage everyone to give the next one a try. Funny or serious, there is no wrong interpretation.
One thing I want to mention; Go and check out the Haiku for each person. Some of these poets have been here every week, and some have really stepped out of a comfort zone to find they have talent for Haiku and enjoy it.
My Picks This Week
Wendy Anne Darling with her Haiku: Glow
Colleen with her Haiku: Beauty Within
Elizabeth with her Haiku: Shine Shine Little One
Becca with her Haiku: Divine Love
K.S. Fause with her Haiku: Rise and Shine
Hugh with his Haiku: Past the Faces
Our New participants this week.
Let’s start the week off with our first time participants in order Haiku was submitted:
S.J. Takeshi
Haiku: Counter Ev’ry Gloom
A very good message and it was nice to see some of our regulars visit and not only comment but ‘like’ the Haiku. We hope Takeshi joins us with #15.
If you are not following this blog, I dare say you may be missing out on some potentially amazing things. Just click and find out all about him. IMPRESSIVE!
Carolyn
Haiku: Posted on my fb page
A very nice addition to our Challenge.
Wendy
Haiku: Glow
I loved this Haiku. It made me think and reflect.
A RONOVAN’S CHOICE!
NOW THE USUAL SUSPECTS
Canaf
Haiku: Faith
Great message in how potential is guided.
Angie
Haiku: Without Limits
As she said she “got fancy” this week. Love the image. Inspires me to the idea of starting a Greeting Card business.
Colleen
Haiku: Beauty Within
Reactions included ‘Wow’. This one was so just right and unique. Loved it.
A RONOVAN’S CHOICE!
Ruth
Haiku 1: Hiding the Light…
I liked this one as it made me think of my early teaching days.
Elizabeth
Haiku: Shine Shine Little One
Fabulous comments. Made me think of my son.
A RONOVAN’S CHOICE!
T.A. Wyatt
Haiku: A Life Too Ordinary
I really liked Elizabeth’s comment.
A.C. Elliott
Haiku: Wasted Potential
A.C. connected and was thought provoking this week with his readers. What more can you ask? (I swear that face looks familiar? Wonder if he was ever a politician in N.J.)
Meredith and Martha
Haiku: Grandchildren, Storms &Romance
The two Literary Angels came through again. Four 4 Us as always. Under the right circumstances I could fall in love with at least one of these two. But shhh . . . don’t tell them. I meant the Haiku, yeah, the Haiku.
I’ll make note here of C.J. Black and his Haiku he put in comments on Meredith’s Haiku post.
Watch the blood moon shine
Those clouds on the horizon
Potential conflict.
Cyril
Haiku: Fear and Ignorance
A very good use of the prompts that causes one to imagine a variety of interpretations.
BWSBL
Battered Wife Seeking Better Life
Haiku: Dare to Shine
Another good message Haiku.
Becca
Oh Dragonfly Wings with Buttercup Tea
Haiku: Divine Love
The name says it all.
A RONOVAN’S CHOICE!
Faith Unlocked
Haiku 1: Electric Potential
An unexpected Haiku at first, but then as I read it again, not so much unexpected after all.
Haiku 2: Light the World
Somewhat of a theme once one things about the two Haiku.
K.S. Fause
Haiku: Rise and Shine
This one sparked some conversation and I have to say I had so many interpretations of it that I had a difficult time keeping quiet.
A RONOVAN’S CHOICE!
Florence T
Haiku: My Lovely
Oh I so enjoy these. She has a humor that I don’t think is intended by I find humor anyway.
Carol
Haiku: The Ambiguous Weather Report
Kind of matched my weather.
Hugh
Hugh’s View & News
Haiku: Past the Faces
Each time I read Hugh’s Haiku I get a different thought. It could be an offspring graduating into the big adult world. It could be someone forcing themselves to soldier on past the smiles of doubters and naysayers. Hugh has really made Haiku his own thing.
A RONOVAN’S CHOICE!
Elke
Haiku: Write here, Write now
I just love not only the playful way of the opening but the message as well. 🙂
Two more humorous Haiku from Elke
Haiku 2: Shiny Teapot
Haiku 3: Shiny Intruder
See Y’all Next Time,
Ronovan
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Eloquence ain’t my forte.
Eloquence ain’t my forte.
Although I never seem to lack for something to say.
Be it some advice or something less nice,
I will continue on until I think my words suffice.
Look at these lines, how they seem intentionally designed.
But if truth be told, they are falling out of my head on their own.
Is there a rhyme or reason or anything to do with the season?
If that were the case then I believe my brain has lost the chase.
Now look to your left and then to your right.
If you did that and you’re alone, I imagine you are quite a sight.
Yes there is randomness in my offering today.
But as I’ve said before, just say what you would like to say.
This rhyming is not all that problematical.
In fact I find it rather interestingly grammatical.
It’s not about love or any of my usual fare.
Even I have my moments where the meanies make me not care.
Oh those meanies, blue, red or green.
All we need is love from four chaps in a yellow submarine.
Singing some songs to push our way through it.
I am sure if they had burped Suwanee River it would have been a hit.
Isn’t that fun, just writing where the words take me?
Who knew the Fab Four would be used so poetically?
Now I will end this before I get into trouble.
You know me, I am bound to burst someone’s bubble.
Much Regards and I give you Much Lovin’
From your poet The Writer known as Ronovan
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Inspiration in the Leaves of Autumn
Inspiration in Loss.
More than likely some of you are looking at those three words and thinking of sports. As they came to mind sports did not. But they apply just as readily. If you follow college football in the U.S. of A. and like your team mascots in the feline variety with stripes and/or confusingly have a mascot that isn’t even your actual team name mascot, you perhaps do not see inspiration in loss today. But never fear, the other teams are inspired by your losses. Your teams have done a fine service to canine fans everywhere.
For me, as I write this, I am thinking of Autumn here in the United States and the loss of the leaves as they fall from the trees. I see them outside my window as the wind blows and they look like brightly colored snowflakes. Very large brightly colored snowflakes.
This time of year brings a bit of a feeling to me. Nostalgia? I wonder if it is possible. Even without memories I can think of, somehow I believe they must be buried inside somewhere because I get this feeling of brisk mornings outside as I go into the school building and late afternoons waiting to play football on a Friday night. The skeletal like trees barely hanging on to that last cheerful bit of color are just like my football team in school and any possible lead it ever had . . . give up dear tree, you are going to lose it.
Sometimes I wonder if those are memories or things I’ve read about and learned lately. But leaves falling from the trees here now are like worries falling away, or dare I say it, the loss of friendships.
We spend time in agony as we lose a friendship for whatever reason. We drift apart. We don’t connect any longer. We perhaps don’t communicate in the right way. For me, I literally lose the memory of a person that was a friend. And often times it’s really no fault of either friend.
I’ve learned a lot this past year, and one is to push through loss and look at how I can go forth because of that loss. Yes, because of that loss.
Have you ever really noticed what people do with leaves? They put them in scrap books and press the leaves to save them, like photograph memories. Some even take leaves and press them into clay to imbed the pattern of them so that memory will be forever in a work of art. Some rake up the leaves and have their children jump into a big pile and have fun. Those old friends are useful, even if no longer what they once were. Each leaf falling to a new purpose somewhere else for someone else.
I recently read an article that said you should mow over those leaves and give the nutrients back to the earth, the grass, like mulch instead of raking them up. I am not sure about mowing over my lost friends. I think that would be illegal somehow. And I am not really into Chianti and Fava Beans.
I use losses as a way to put feelings into writing scenes in novels, writing this article for my blog, and in truth perhaps freeing up a bit of myself for other things. Yes, freeing up time. That is a rather sad thing to think about. For a writer time is something rare. As a friendship somehow begins to crumble there is a lot of time put into thinking about it and feeling about it.
Don’t feel guilty about thinking of something like ‘now I have time for . . .‘ It’s okay, think it. It doesn’t mean you care about that friend any less. You simply are accepting what has happened, putting it into perspective, and finding something positive to take from it.
Let those negative thoughts of what you have lost go. Move on. Push through. Use any cliche that works for you. Just do it. Just beat it. It’s on like Donkey Kong. Once you pop you can’t stop.
Inspiration in Loss. I am using loss to inspire me to fulfill my dreams. To not waste time because things really can be and are lost in a moment. You have a dream, a goal, then go for it.
Every inspiration and every drive for a goal is lined with beautiful leaves.
Inspiring times are those not so easy.
Inspiring times are those that make you feel queasy.
Inspiring times are ones are perhaps not of your making.
Inspiring times are, however ones for your taking.
See y’all next time,
Ronovan
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RonovanWrites Weekly Wordless Haiku Challenge #14 Leaves & Summer
I first want to thank DazzlingWhimsy for creating this badge for the challenge.
#13
The rules are simple: For how to write a Haiku in English and using the 5/7/5 syllable pattern click here.
No words or numbers of any kind can appear in the images you use. This includes sign language . . . of any kind.
You can use just pictures and not put them in the format I have them here. I was being creative. The point of this is to have fun.
This is an example of one I created.
The Haiku was:
Moon Shadow Dancers
Heartbeats Stumble, falling in
Love Infinity
I know, not the best but it was better then the first one I posted.
Here’s the challenge; You created your own wordless Haiku for Wednesday or any day really, then either post a link in the comments here for everyone that visits to go see and/or ping back (or copy the URL for this post into your Haiku post) to this post in your Haiku post.
I will read it and comment on it. Once I comment come get the badge.
If some of you would like a theme to prompt you what to begin thinking of you can perhaps use. . .
Leaves & Summer
What do the words mean to you, and how can you connect the two words through that second line? You do not have to do the prompt, it is just a prompt to make you start thinking of things.
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RonovanWrites Weekly #Wordless #Haiku Rewind #13
Badge provided by Dazzling Whimsy.
REWIND #13
Click the site names to see the Wordless Haiku for each.
The prompts they participants COULD use if they wished to were Harvest & Fallow. The prompts are only if you cannot come up with an idea.
EVERYONE used the prompt words this week! Awesome!
Dianne of Sweeter Than Honey: Dianne used the prompt words this week and nice to see her back!! If you scroll very slow and not past the pictures you can try to guess before you get to the answer.
Blog It or Lose It : Great use of the prompt words and I learned something by reading the comments about another image app out there. Awesome!
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JohnMarkMiller of The Artistic Christian : Another use of the prompts this week and even a lesson thrown in with it. Excellent.
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Georgia of Through The Eyes of Bastet : As with the others, she used the prompt words. Scroll down slowly and see if you can guess before the reveal.
See y’all next time,
Ronovan
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RonovanWrites Weekly #Haiku Prompt Challenge Rewind #13
REWIND #13
The prompt words were Spirit & Flight.
Provided by Me this week, but Sian has awesome ones for #14.
Badge provided by DazzlingWhimsy.
This week people were mostly reflective it seemed. Some of course did take the fun of the words, as I was hoping they would. It is the month of Halloween here in the U.S. of A. and I thought perhaps people might go for the spook factor.
My Picks This Week
Tale of two Tales: KiwiBee with “Mere Mortals” did well using the middle line to create the two sentences of some contradiction.
Humorous Haiku: I think I will go with Ruth’s “Frequent Flyer” with an honorable mention for Elizabeth’s comment on it. I also found Florence T’s “Earthly Pleasures” fun.
Hitting Home/Heart Haiku: Angie with “A Great Man”. K.S. Fause with “Restless Spirit”.
Good Harmony of Image and Haiku: Ellie with “Ready to Flee”. KiwiBee with “Mere Mortals”.
Look For A New Badge When #14 Comes Out
Let’s start the week off with our first time participants in order Haiku was submitted:
Serins
Haiku: Broken Wings
A lot of comments on Serins’ first attempt at Haiku. Several of our regulars enjoyed it and encouraged her to continue doing more.
Canaf
Haiku: Oneness
A very calming Haiku from our first time participant.
Angie
Haiku: A Great Man
A very nice and personal Haiku from Angie. I once again encourage you all to go visit and read.
Ellie 
Haiku: Ready to Flee
I enjoyed the Haiku but her photograph used is perfect and just absolutely perfect for her Haiku.
Now for our Regular Celebrity Haiku Heroes in order they submitted:
Colleen
Haiku: A Moral Compass
A very good conversation between Colleen and Hugh in her comments.
(Visit her site and see her daughters and her together.)
Ruth
Haiku 1: Life After Death . . .
Several comments for Ruth’s first offering to the prompts.
Haiku 2: Frequent Flyer
I really enjoyed Elizabeth’s comment on the site as well as the comments on the challenge post.
Elizabeth
Haiku: Softening Spirit
Great comments, especially over her first line.
T.A. Wyatt
Haiku: Dream the Oasis
Becca made the perfect comment about the Haiku.
A.C. Elliott
Haiku: Infallible Words
Becca agreed with me in the comments!!!! I feel validated.
Meredith and Martha
Haiku: Spooky, Sadness, Seasonal, Spiritual
Our two literary angels inspired some nice comments this week for sure.
Cyril
Haiku: The Spirit Can’t Rise
Cyril’s offerings always start a conversation between he and I, but this week there were several other exchanges. A very good offering, if not a bit tardy for our student poet. (Yes, I went there, Cyril. “Had a couple of exams yesterday so I’m a bit late.” Some excuse.)
BWSBL
Battered Wife Seeking Better Life
Haiku: Yearning to take flight
Everyone, you should check this one out. Not only do you get to see the most recent offering, but she has all of the challenges below it so you can see everything. Her Pinterest images are also great to check out for her Haiku offerings.
Becca
Oh Dragonfly Wings with Buttercup Tea
Haiku: On Autumn’s Edge
I love the image used this week. Brought thoughts of when I was a kid to me.
Faith Unlocked
Haiku 1: I Choose Peace
A Haiku with a very good message that many should live by.
Haiku 2: I Seek Rest
Something I have been thinking of a lot lately.
K.S. Fause
Haiku: Restless Spirit
Made me think a lot.
Deborah
Haiku: Wings of the Spirit
A very inspiring and somehow reassuring Haiku for some.
Florence T
Haiku: Earthly Pleasures
The image is as good as the Haiku in giving the same message, I believe.
KiwiBee
Haiku: Mere Mortals
Excellent image to Haiku. You will love the photography for sure.
Carol
Haiku: The adventure soars
Love the image that matches the Haiku so well.
See Y’all Next Time,
Ronovan
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Otis and the Cow (My Week 13 Haiku Prompt Challenge Haiku)
For this weeks Haiku Prompt Challenge the words were Spirit & Flight. My example was:
Otis flees with cow,
Full of spirits for the night,
He is put to bed.
Underneath my example I asked if anyone could guess what inspired the Haiku. As no one has answered I decided to go ahead and share the Haiku today with the answer.
This is the Episode 18 of Season 5 from 1965 of The Andy Griffith Show. Otis is the town drunk who shows up riding a cow. Otis normally only gets drunk one night a week and then shows up at the jail to sleep it off. This time Barney, the deputy decides to rehabilitate Otis and offends Otis.
Why did this come to mind when I saw Spirit & Flight? Well I decided to go with some fun and Spirits is another name for liquor and that led me to Otis and the cow was just funny.
And here it is without the words. The red is used in such a way above because if you notice the black and whites of the photo overlapped so much it was almost impossible to find a good color to use.
Ronovan
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How to get in a poetry groove.
Talking about how I write a poem today. I don’t mean as in line by line or how to rhyme.
I was having a conversation with Florence from LitWorldInterviews about my poem ‘Caught in the Deed’ and how the last line totally twisted the entire meaning of the poem and how I was getting some nice feedback for it. That has been a nice thing to have. If anyone who writes say they don’t care about feedback and compliments, I would question that a bit. And I say that simply for the fact that for the things I write there is often a lot of, and I mean a lot of emotion behind it so feelings evoke feelings and it’s nice to hear that those feelings came across. Of course I mean that in regards to other poems, not necessarily ‘Caught in the Deed’.
The truth of the matter is I had no idea what that last line was going to be. She asked what was the other possibilities, and I honestly said there were none. I seriously just had a thought of “I’m sneaking out to get something to fill my needs and I don’t want anyone to catch me.”
This turned into a conversation about how we both write. I am a go for it type. Some play it safe. Let me explain why I can be a go for it writer.
I can delete anything I write and not share it.
Interesting concept, eh?
One of my more popular poems is “Would you . . .” When I first started writing that day I was writing one of my more typical lame poems and I just was not feeling it, and I should not have been feeling it. So I hit enter a few times to space down to a clean area, closed my eyes, paused for a few moments to get that lame garbage out and just center on the first emotion that came to me, and then began to type.
I’ve told people before to just type with their eyes closed and don’t stop. When I say that I literally mean don’t stop for typos or anything. You are going to type words you never use and sentence structure that is completely outside of your normal style. One sentence may not make any sense in the stream of things but keep going. Nothing is wrong at this point, nothing is off limits.
Once you have exhausted it all, open your eyes and take a look.
Other than typos there are few things I change. I might change the length of a line because it ruins the flow of the poem, or I will change a word that is just a glaring horror to the rest of the poem.
What you accomplish when you use the no eyes technique is you rid yourself of all those outside visual distractions and you tap into inner images and emotions.
Another example of letting the worlds flow is the lyric poem “Look what you’ve done to me, oh oh”. To tap into a more primal/sensual feeling I had to close my eyes and just climb inside of my thoughts. For that one I had to ‘see’ what I was writing, but in order to ‘see’ I had to close my eyes to my humdrum surroundings and picture inspiration for those words.
Eventually you will be able to write without closing your eyes. I don’t. I actually play my laptop keys like a piano when writing at times. I even actually move my hands that way and groove to the feel. I know a real poem is happening if that is how I am writing.
Am I a professional or expert at poetry? Far from it, but I do enjoy it a great deal and use it to get a lot of feelings out that I need to get out. “Writing for Therapy’ is one of my things I say repeatedly. I guess if you look at those poems mentioned you’ll get a glimpse into what I need help with. Also, don’t look at my poetry as what poetry is suppose to be like, because as I said, I am not an expert. I am just a hack who has to get it out.
Much Respect
Ronovan
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Caught in the Deed
We venture out looking for delight
Away from home, eyes darting in fright
Will we make it, will we succeed
Or will we get caught in the sinful deed
We check the mirror as we drive the lanes
We feel the beginnings of the churning pains
Is it all worth this feeling of guilt
Simply to visit a house that sin built
I tell you yes, I will not lie
I cannot turn back, nor will I try
The taste is on my tongue
My caution to the wind has been flung
Yes, yes, I see your faces of shame
But with but a glance you would not blame
For on this day I must do or die
To have Dairy Queen’s Blizzard of Pumpkin Pie
Much Caloric Goodness
Ronovan
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