For those of you wondering, the character in the center is the Chinese character for love or lovers, depending on context. For the challenge I used it in relation to my example Haiku and the source being love.

Week #43 Haiku Challenge Review of the Words Want & Tatters

Be aware all links and images if clicked will open in a new window. Links are in blue and usually underlined. I believe they look cleaner and nicer this way rather than having a URL showing on the page.

A piece of advice. Although Ping Back are seen and may be clicked on by visitors to the weekly challenge post, I am seeing that comment links seem receive more visitors, at least for newer members of the challenge.

New This Week

Oliana of Traces of the Soul: “Hello and Welcome to Traces of the Soul where I try to Whisper Insights.  This is a place to let ideas, thoughts, reflections and insights flow.  Some posts may be my sharing events in my life and other times just reflections…an idea stirring and has to get out.  I use a pseudonym here so I can freely write whatever crosses my mind.  I have another blog where I am the “public me” but that comes with restrictions that do not bind me at Traces of the Soul.”~From her Welcome page. I’m putting her in our New This Week because I am a touched confused about things. I think she has participated but you guyes know me. So playing it safe.  Source of Joy.  A very good and timely one for this time. @tracesofthesoul

Becky G of Becky G? Oh, That’s Me!: “How I wish that this world, could be a beautiful and safe passageway for us all.”~From her About page. A WHOLE LOT MORE there but I liked that one line best. The Haiku: Stuck. I think that title and the Haiku pretty much matches us all.

First to Enter this Week:

TJ Paris of La vie est trop courte pour boire du mauvais vin: Westminster. Perhaps an odd choice for a title for a Haiku, but it’s the name on the post, although it think it has more to do with the post than the Haiku, but I am using it anyway. I enjoyed the Haiku, the photography and the story attached to it. A good addition to our group. I think we will all enjoy his enthusiasm for all things ancient. So sayeth the Historian. @Roccoco_a_GoGo

Edwina of Edwina’s Episodes: Panic. The first up to comment on the meanness of my challenge. Okay, she didn’t say meanness, she said monster. Every now and then I like to throw something in to challenge all of us, including myself. I interpret her as the panic I as the “____” source. @Edwinasepisodes

Elizabeth of Tea & Paper: Nightmare. I am beginning to develop a complex now. I seem to be the source of panic and nightmares. Hmm. Must make challenge more difficult. 🙂 @TeandPaper

Mira of They, You And Me and To Wear a Rainbow blogs: Baby, Baby ,Baby. Um, not sure where that came from, but go check out Mira’s Haiku and you might figure it out. And she called it a difficult prompt. Hrmph. And Mira’s second one. What? You thought there would only be one? Misery. Really? My prompt words inspired misery? @BediMona

Greg of Potholes in the Road of Life: The Source of Wisdom. Well, he got the source right. 🙂 And no, it wasn’t me. Although I am a fount of knowledge and youth.   @greg_wolford 

Alyssa of Battered Wife Seeking Better Life: Kismet. OOOOOOO. Who knew Fonzi was making a comeback. 🙂 I mean, first, last, you know. It is what it is. Or is it Chachi? @BWseekingBL

Sue Vincent from Daily Echo: Thought. Who didn’t like this one this week? Geesh. I haven’t seen that many likes since, well, okay I don’t get that many likes so now I am depressed. Going to the garden to eat some worms. Sue is one of our resident authors with a LOT of books on Amazon. Click here to check them out. @SCVincent  But Check out her NEW BOOK by clicking the image. Available in Paperback and for Kindle.

Rachael Ritchey of Writing Rachael Ritchey: Full Spectrum of Love. Awww, but I do. 🙂 I now have, “I Run So Far Away” going through my mind. You know, when you have amnesia and a song starts going through your mind you have to google it go nuts thinking that you are actually going nuts because some of these songs just don’t make sense. Remember to check out her book The Beauty Thief is available on Amazon with great reviews. @RachaelRitchey 

Rajani of THOTPURGE: Source.  Okay, had to read it a couple of times to get it. Nice use of words, different words than we normally see in everyday language. I liked that. Very nice. MUST READ. @TP_Poetry

Ritu of But I Smile Anyway…: Two this week.  It and Child. People gonna love that second one!!!!  @PhantomGiggler

Sandra of Wild Daffodil: Sky. Hmm. Next week photo challenge for a prompt she does is LOVE. Interesting. Also she liked my image I created. I think she should like win all the choices this week. I can stop now.

Ruth of Mad Meandering Me: Worrier  Excellent. Love the form. The message is great. Identifiable by everyone. MUST READ

Marjorie of Kyrosmagica: 2 This week. One Humor and One Serious. Balloons and Butterflies. Okay, so I began to read the last one first and knowing the first is the humor, I began to worry about Marjorie a great deal. Even to my disturbed and mentally exhausted mind this was most certainly not a humor Haiku. Thankfully I noticed. Her humor one, well, the contents of that one I’m allergic to. Very traumatic experience all the way around. And here it’s after Midnight my Monday morning and I’m doing this review and being scarred even more for life than I am already. Fortunately, with my memory I will hopefully forget it by the end of the summer. @Marjorie_Mallon 

Khor Hui Min of Project Prose:  A Mystery. WooooOOoooOOOo. Does that make you wonder what it’s about? I liked the story the began the post. I love reading about everyone’s life and learning about stuff and throw in a nice photo of something I haven’t seen that is only in that one place and awesome sauce. I typed awesome sauce? I typed it twice and haven’t deleted it. Notice I rarely delete things. I’m cool with being crazy. @MinKhor

Shida Tahirah of 876LoveR: Nah Leff Yah. I am very happy to hear this. Hmm. An interesting source, but I get it. Someday though. 🙂 I want to visit this source. Also we learn words!!!! @RealRebel_R

SW ysobel of Spunky Wayfarer.  Secret Yarn Have I ever told y’all that every time I come to this particular poet I get this odd feeling my cat Spunky has learned to use the computer? I wouldn’t be surprised. Imagine for a moment that you arrive home at night and see this white image floating across the roof. Yes, that’s Spunky. He likes to get on the roof of the house, well in cool weather and chill. Kind of spooky. Ghostly even. Do I sound child-like? Go read the Haiku and you might see why I was inspired to be as such. @SpunkyWayfarer

Dr. KO of KO Rural Mad As Hell Blog: Erm, Umm, Dr. KO In the House. Those that have been around and have read the good doctor’s work will understand my choice of title. Especially if they’ve read the Haiku this week. I get it, but how do you come up with a title for that. I thought about Boa Cat, but well why not. Good as any. The Haiku is Boa Cat, you’ll see why when you go check it out.

Geoff Le Pard of TanGental:  2 of them things dis week.  Bird Stew and Gossip Take Care. Quite interesting ones. That first one takes a sharp turn and whams you in the face. Surprises you it does. But it’s Geoff. Why am I surprised? 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

Annette Rochelle Aben: Smiles: A Self Portrait. Okay, so it’s my title. Whatever, right? And why do I call it that? Hmm. Do you wonder? @YouAreTheExpert

Canaf of Faithful Devotionals: MOVE IT!!!!.  Okay so the real title is OUT OF MY WAY. Awesome use of the photo.

clickerwriter of Captured by Aishwarya: Origin of Life Another great and timely Haiku. Hadn’t thought of this possibility for the prompts and two were along the same lines even if not exactly of the same thoughts. Cool, right?

Serins of Serins Sphere: Solution. Computers, smart phones, software, or my Haiku image design. Seems to apply wherever you go. @SerinsSphere

Rose of Bohemian Nerd: Peace. Very true one here. Two words with different meanings that some don’t realize. Very nice. Sandra of Wild Daffodil called it Meaning-FULL.  @blurosemd

Florence of Meanings and Musings: Be GONE! No, not her. Some of you people are soooo literal. That’s the title of her Haiku. I wish it were possible. Wait. It is. I’ve been there and done that.
@FTThum

ladyleemanilla: Three this week. Thinking. Yeah, I know this is the same title I gave the last entry for our Lady Lee but it still applies. Thinky person much? Hmm. @ladyleemanila

Vashti Quiroz-Vega: Heartache. She wrote three. Okay, she done been talking about my business. I have been whatever that word is when you follow the restraining order. Why she done gone and aired out my laundry? Get Vashti’s current book, The Basement on Amazon by clicking here. @VashtiQV

Prakash of It’s PH:   Thinky. Man got thinky and tongue twisty again. Why he do that so much? :). @itsPhTweet

Melissa of The Aran Artisan:  Unclouded Thinking. Philosophy of sorts from our Aran Island Girl. I may speak to the subject of the post myself at some point. As always, my views may be predictable or may not. I am an odd one at times. I think it all depends on exactly how you think and view situations. Now people will read what Melissa has to say, then think of what I said, and make an assumption. Don’t you love it when that happens? @thearanartisan

Sarah Brentyn of Lemon Shark Reef:  Postpartum. There are two Haiku and that second one has great structure. Could be one sentence or two. Very nice. @SarahBrentyn

Josue Mapagdalita (pen name: Sueju Takeshi) of Takeshi’s Flight: The Heart Releases the Truest Kind of Magic. I like to call it The Heart Releases. I don’t know the Potter words that I could have applied. Would have been fun though. Go check it out. @suejutakeshi

Melissa M of This, right now: The Thinker. Very true. Very true in so many situations.

Marigold of Versus Blurb: Reflection. Glad to be so helpful in your studies. Go 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 Kindle by clicking here. @MarigoldDicer 

Evolving Ruminations: Broken.  Whoa, like some seriously deep broken-ness going on there. Go give a hug. I hope it’s like all just poetic license and not for real.

Claudette of to search and to find happiness in every day: Autumn. C00l. I like how this one flows. Very nice. Imagery is great.

E. Rawls of E. Rawls: Author creating stories and art: Keep Away From Bees and Never Alone  Yep, two of them. Now what is the likelihood of having two people use the word bees in one week for the challenge? Whoa. OOOOO, that second one, nice. Remember another author in the house. I think the best would be to her book page on her weebly site, http://erawls.weebly.com/ @VChronicles_ 

Ruth of Mad Meandering Me: Worrier  Excellent. Love the form. The message is great. Identifiable by everyone.

Canaf of Faithful Devotionals: MOVE IT!!!!.  Okay so the real title is OUT OF MY WAY. Awesome use of the photo.

And the Closing Haiku:

Think and remember,

My ill from weeks far removed,

The source has returned.

Much Respect,

Ronovan

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Week #42 Haiku Challenge Review of the Words Love & Last

Missed a few regulars this week.

5 New members joined in the fun this week.

Be aware all links and images if clicked will open in a new window. Links are in blue and usually underlined. I believe they look cleaner and nicer this way rather than having a URL showing on the page.

A piece of advice. Although Ping Back are seen and may be clicked on by visitors to the weekly challenge post, I am seeing that comment links seem receive more visitors, at least for newer members of the challenge.

New This Week

Annette Rochelle Aben of well, um, Annette Rochelle Aben: “Allow me to introduce myself, I am a writer, an author, a wordsmith and perhaps find myself to be more interesting than is necessary. So I shall NOT go into grand detail as to what I have done in my 40 + career of writing and instead shall use various pages of this blog site to reveal this energy. As with most writing it may take some time, so please bear with me.”~From her About Page. She must have memory problems because she forgot to mention she’s also the host of various blog talk radio programs each week. You can listen to one by clicking the TMH image to the left, it’s her interview of me from a while back. She jokes I took her Haiku virginity, seeing as this is her first. So let’s check it out. The Monster Within, yeah, she took the easy out with this one. When you read it you will like it and then you will be like, why did she have to write about that, I’ve been good today! @YouAreTheExpert

TJ Paris of La vie est trop courte pour boire du mauvais vin: “I am an Australian who enjoys photography, art, collecting, poetry, writing and all things French.”~From his About page. Much more there to find. Three Haiku: Insight, Love Token and Fall. A prolific Haikuist. Yes, I made up another Haikuism. See, I did it again. @Roccoco_a_GoGo

Skybright1 of from heart to head: Claudette sent our new poet our way. YAY CLAUDETTE!!! Okay, stop the applause. She gets enough of it as it is. So the Haiku, Love Last Ever After. That’s my name for it. Could be Love Everlasting. But you know me. I get weird. Go read and find your own title.

Shida Tahirah of 876LoveR: Okay, I tried to pick out parts of her About page to share as I normally do with our new members, but one problem. I love all of it so much and I got so into it that I forgot to pick out anything. Yes, I enjoyed her story that much. From Jamaica, jealous already, drummer, again jealous and starting to hate on her a bit, great beaches and food. Okay, I am officially jelly hating on her now. (That’s a compliment in case people don’t know.)  Read her about page here. Okay, Haiku time. The Heart Doesn’t Lie. Oooo, another almost tongue twister Haiku. Liking that this week. Good message and thought here. And from the title you know it’s true. Too bad we don’t listen to that heart all the time, right? Or is it that we don’t understand it’s language? @RealRebel_R

Sarah of tuckedintoacorner: “I’m Sarah, a coffee-drinking, writing-obsessed bibliophile. I majored in English, studied several facets of literature and still can’t decide what I like most, though I’m leaning towards Gothic literature… or Victorian, or maybe Chaucer. It is very difficult to decide. Hang on, what about modern novels… I also studied German and have a special brand of terror reserved for The Sandman.”~From her About page. And there is a lot more there. Looks like we have a very nice and open member added to the Haikumily. I just made that up. Haiku+Family=Haikumily. Muahahahahah! Sorry. Where was I? Ah, Haiku, Love Lasting, a good question and one I think a lot of people should ask at some point. @tuckedinacorner

First to Enter this Week:

Greg of Potholes in the Road of Life: Love. Awwww, he got all mushy.   @greg_wolford 

Mira of They, You And Me and To Wear a Rainbow blogs: 2 this week.  Eternity. A somewhat image abounding Haiku this week. I wonder what happens when they retreat? And now from her other blog, The Kiss, hmm, makes me think here. A future post perhaps. If I remember. @BediMona

Meredith of Meredith’s Musings: Prompts and Lover’s Knots. Well, you know, you just have to love that first one for sure, right? I might as well stop the review now.  @Meredithlbl

Khor Hui Min of Project Prose:  Leaf My Heart Alone Hey, if a bow can be taken, I can name the Haiku what I want to. Hrmph. @MinKhor

clickerwriter of Captured by Aishwarya: A Mother’s plight Ew. I just…ew. ew.ew.ew.ew.ew.ew. And I just ate breakfast. EW.

Sandra of Wild Daffodil: Hope. Awwwwwwwwwwwwww. Seriously, awwwwwwwwwwww.

Ritu of But I Smile Anyway…: Three this week.  Longevity of love and Read Between the Lines and One Live. Ha. Okay, that second one. Ha. She book ends that one with these two nice sentimental ones and you might miss it but, again, ha. You can’t hear me, I’m phantom giggling.  @PhantomGiggler

Serins of Serins Sphere: His Love. The comments indicate she connected to some people on this one. @SerinsSphere

Sacha Black of Sacha Black: Sadness. Her last Haiku? I couldn’t click like. 😦 @sacha_black

Rose of Bohemian Nerd: Ordinary Love. Most interesting Haiku. In part one I can most assuredly identify with.   @blurosemd

Rachael Ritchey of Writing Rachael Ritchey: Go or Stay. OOOOO, deep one. Wow. Another MUST READ from Rachael. I’m not surprised but I am surprised at the same time. Remember to check out her book The Beauty Thief is available on Amazon with great reviews. @RachaelRitchey 

Chennai of Twisted Tales on Life: Three this week. The Humanity, The Tragedy, and The Truth. Funny how things work out. I did a comic strip somewhat related to her first of the three Haiku. As for that second one, I don’t think it died. It’s still there alive and well. 🙂 You just need to have a very small taste each day to satisfy your desire and you will be fine. @ramblingchennai

ladyleemanilla: Two this week. Thinking. No, that is my title for them. Why? Because they make me think. It is almost as though that first one was written about me. I know it’s not but, elements of it fit so well. @ladyleemanila

Claudette of to search and to find happiness in every day: Beyond. A very good message and piece of advice for all. I wish people would realize this and skip all of the in between by knowing this one simple little thing. She said the wanted to go one way and the words wanted to go another and they won. I think they won for a reason. It amazes me how all parts of the world suffer the same things that seep into our creative outlets in some form. Perhaps the intents of our messages are not as others read them but they are put out there for a purpose and this one speaks volumes. And she needs to add the Twitter option to the sharing buttons. Hrmph.

SW ysobel of Spunky Wayfarer.  Mystery Mayhem. I have to say, this one is excellent. Two sentences. Correct syllables. The reason I mention that is, it is also a short story. Perhaps this is one of the best pieces of flash fiction I’ve seen. I am ashamed it only has 4 likes. People must not have found it yet. There is no way you can read this and not like it. This is my MUST READ of the entire challenge.  @SpunkyWayfarer

Martha of Meredith’s Musings: Forever Love, Illusive Love, and Love Speaks. That’s right, three of them. I love these because she finally came out about our secret. 🙂 Okay, so it’s wishful thinking on my part. Love my Literary Angels so much. Oh to be a few years younger, they both say I’m too old for them. I truly appreciate these because she, well go read about it and see. A dedicated part of our family.  @Meredithlbl

Nato of Chasing Life and Finding Dreams –  Last Love of the Heart. Can’t blame her. I mean, when you’ve got it good you just have to tell it. And don’t forget that Michelle also has something else other than great writing talent going for her. Visit Michelle Lunato Photography. @MichelleLunato

Ruth of Mad Meandering Me: Epitaph  I want to say her blog has changed. I focus so much on the Haiku when I visit places that I can’t be certain but it looks different. I like how I can see her bouncy picture better here. Who votes we get to see a picture of her face? Show fo hands! Okay, the Haiku, since everyone raised their hands. Great message, to the heart, great structure and I like the way the layout of it progresses in visual form.

Geoff Le Pard of TanGental:  Love’s Race. Hmm, I see. Okay first of all, I have to admit, every time Geoff visits I can’t help thinking of Def Leppard. I know, I know, not the same at all but it helps me remember. With my memory I have to use association. Okay, the Haiku. Sounds like how some young love think what love is but need to discover what it is truly about. 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

Sue Vincent from Daily Echo: Aflame. Girls got passion, and some to spare. Not sure if she’s written a bodice ripper but I bet she could. With or without the bodice. Sue is one of our resident authors with a LOT of books on Amazon. Click here to check them out. @SCVincent  But Check out her NEW BOOK by clicking the image. Available in Paperback and for Kindle.

Rajani of THOTPURGE: Impossible.  Very interesting imagery, concept, and thought. Makes you step back and consider it. Very cool. Love those thinky surprises. Might deserve a Thinky Prize. @TP_Poetry

Sarah Brentyn of Lemon Shark Reef:  I know I don’t always put the last name up there but don’t you just love her name? This is her first official foray into the brink of destiny. I have no idea where that came from. But anyway, she did some tweet Haiku previously and I put it here as a guest Haiku and on the challenge. But here is her first real entry into the challenge. Lost. Nailed her first entry. Go read and support. Can read this many ways. @SarahBrentyn

Prakash of It’s PH:   Tongue Twisted. Yeah, interesting title for a theme of Love and Last, right? Yeah, again, I came up with it. It’s because of the Haiku wording. He had fun with this one. Wordsmith dude. @itsPhTweet

Marjorie of Kyrosmagica: Loves Careless Pieces. I have no idea how she comes up with these things. Especially that second one. Who would have thought of using that thing in the first line in a Haiku about love? @Marjorie_Mallon 

Josue Mapagdalita (pen name: Sueju Takeshi) of Takeshi’s Flight: Neglect Ended. Like that second line here. You want to make it continue on to be one long sentence and can, but it also breaks down into two sentences. Very nice. @suejutakeshi

Vashti Quiroz-Vega: Ebullient Eating. Um, Vashti sort of went off the deep end with this one. And yes this was the go to the dictionary Haiku name of the week. Get Vashti’s current book, The Basement on Amazon by clicking here. @VashtiQV

Elizabeth of Tea & Paper: the size of love. Have to admit I was concerned when I first saw the title of this one. Whew. Actually turned out to be a lovely Haiku. Well, not really surprising, is it? But I am still keeping an eye on her. She’s mischievous she is. @TeandPaper

Florence of Meanings and Musings: Waiting. No Haiku response this week. And the title is mine, spoken as if in answer to her Haiku of that who awaiting. Does one await? Hmmm. @FTThum

Melissa M of This, right now: Empty Nest. Sad and cool at the same time. Love the butterfly in the photo. Haven’t seen that color before

Alka Girdhar of Magnanimous Word:  For Love That Lasts. Two this week, with explanations and well done as always. If I read her comment correctly I am afraid she is taking a break from the challenge. 😦 @girally

Melissa of The Aran Artisan:  A run on sentence. How many things does this woman do? By the way, does anyone, when they see her commenting, start signing Island Girl by Elton John? Sad thing is I had to look up to find the name Elton John. @thearanartisan

Evolving Ruminations: Writer’s Inspiration and Teenage Love.  Two this week, hmm, kind of the same thought but with different endings. 🙂

Canaf of Faithful Devotionals: The Last Shall be First. Messaged delivered, now for those to receive.

E. Rawls of E. Rawls: Author creating stories and art: An Author’s Dream Yep, that’s the dream alrighty right write right. Remember another author in the house. I think the best would be to her book page on her weebly site, http://erawls.weebly.com/ @VChronicles_ 

Edwina of Edwina’s Episodes: Waiting Truly. Two Haiku. You know me. I like coming up with one title for both. She’s telling us some of her secrets. 🙂 @Edwinasepisodes

Rachael Ritchey of Writing Rachael Ritchey: Go or Stay. OOOOO, deep one. Wow. Another MUST READ from Rachael. I’m not surprised but I am surprised at the same time. Remember to check out her book The Beauty Thief is available on Amazon with great reviews. @RachaelRitchey 

Vashti Quiroz-Vega: Ebullient Eating. Um, Vashti sort of went off the deep end with this one. And yes this was the go to the dictionary Haiku name of the week. Get Vashti’s current book, The Basement on Amazon by clicking here. @VashtiQV

And the Closing Haiku:

I was ripped apart

the last time I heard the sound,

I love you, I died.

Much Respect,

Ronovan

© Copyright-All rights reserved by ronovanwrites.wordpress.com 2015

Week #41 Haiku Challenge Review of the Words Want & Tatters

Be aware all links and images if clicked will open in a new window. Links are in blue and usually underlined. I believe they look cleaner and nicer this way rather than having a URL showing on the page.

A piece of advice. Although Ping Back are seen and may be clicked on by visitors to the weekly challenge post, I am seeing that comment links seem receive more visitors, at least for newer members of the challenge.

New This Week

Chennai of Twisted Tales on Life: I like that blog name. Twisted tales, twisted tails. 🙂 Okay, moving along. “But for those millions of screaming fans out there (regardless of the fact that you are screaming at some megastar who just earns a bit more and is fabulous looking), I am just a normal woman in Chennai who has nothing else to do (except work, read and listen to music now and then), passionate about a few things – humour, reading, bloghopping and actually reading a few (especially if they are accompanied by snaps of cute guys). I am also nuts about coffee. I am currently head over heels in love with this darling man who thinks the world of me, as he should.” I Think Ronovan Writes is the best blog I’ve ever come across.~From her About Page. Okay, some of that might be from her about page and some might not be. You’ll have to go visit to figure out which is which. Now for the Haiku: Roving Hands. Very good one here. At first I am thinking of  one thing but then as I read it a second time I got it. Well, I think I did. Men sometimes show their Twisted Tails. @ramblingchennai

First to Enter this Week:

Sue Vincent from Daily Echo: Fire. A lot of people enjoyed this one this week. I mean A LOT. The photograph with it makes you see one thing until you step back a moment and break it down. A very illusional image. Yeah, I made up another word. Sue is one of our resident authors with a LOT of books on Amazon. Click here to check them out. @SCVincent  But Check out her NEW BOOK by clicking the image. Available in Paperback and for Kindle.

Mira of They, You And Me and To Wear a Rainbow blogs: 2 this week.  Want. Ooohhhh, yeeeaahh. All I am saying. Mira has a second one on her To Wear a Rainbow blog, Smile Away. I can see the meaning of it as it was intended, but initially, well, after reading the first few Haiku this week, my mind went somewhere else, but the smile showed up just the same.  @BediMona

Greg of Potholes in the Road of Life: Tattered Life. Greg has the right attitude. As Teddy Roosevelt would say, “CHARGE!” No, the Haiku isn’t about riding rough. (Wonder how many will get that?)  @greg_wolford 

Alyssa of Battered Wife Seeking Better Life: I’ve Said Too Much. I will pretend this one I never saw when the investigators ask me. @BWseekingBL

Edwina of Edwina’s Episodes: For Want of Peace. Edwina noted it was a tricky prompt this week but her result was better than I think she knows. I am thinking of my mind as the object in this Haiku. It is great need of it this past week or so with not much relief to it @Edwinasepisodes

Serins of Serins Sphere and Mystified Memoir: Jelly Tots. This Haiku is on her other WordPress blog, thus if you go there and it looks odd, it’s still her. Tumblr does not support ping backs. You actually have to use a plug-in to make it work. I did some research when she first started having the problem. @SerinsSphere

Elizabeth of Tea & Paper: Nonsense. Makes complete sense to me. Try coming up with new prompt words each week. 🙂 @TeandPaper

Ritu of But I Smile Anyway…: Two this week.  Heartbreak and Little Beggar Girl. Emotional offerings this week, as if Ritu has anything else to give, right? Hmm, odd that’s what I think of when I see Ritu pop up, emotions. @PhantomGiggler

Sacha Black of Sacha Black: Haters. I’m sad. She’s thrown me to the side. Sniff, sniff. Tears on my laptop, pain in my mouse. Hmm, doesn’t have the same lyrical qualities of the original song. Technology ruins a good doo wop song. @sacha_black

Martha of Meredith’s Musings: Heartbroken and Desire. YES, that’s Martha for all of those who have wondered what she looks like. I’ve been wanting to share but wouldn’t until she outed herself. 🙂 She’s dealing in love this week. You know, you never like sad love, but especially so when it comes from sweet people.  @Meredithlbl

Rachael Ritchey of Writing Rachael Ritchey: Fickle. She outs the fluidity of my mind as it passes from one though to the next and forgets the previous only slightly sooner than the current. MUST READ. Remember to check out her book The Beauty Thief is available on Amazon with great reviews. @RachaelRitchey 

Khor Hui Min of Project Prose:  Astray?. Set’s up the Haiku with an intro image giving the mood then gives us the Haiku. Quite interesting. I also find it interesting how people look at the prompt words this week. @MinKhor

Steven Walsky of Simplicity Lane: Tatters of Water. A very interesting use of the prompts and makes sense. Impressed.  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.

Nato of Chasing Life and Finding Dreams –  Tattered Hope of my Heart. I think one a lot of people can identify with. And don’t forget that Michelle also has something else other than great writing talent going for her. Visit Michelle Lunato Photography. @MichelleLunato

Josue Mapagdalita (pen name: Sueju Takeshi) of Takeshi’s Flight: Thrifty. Life advice here for us all. Advice too many of us don’t take. @suejutakeshi

SW ysobel of Spunky Wayfarer.  The Mark of Z? Huh? Okay. Liking this one. . @SpunkyWayfarer

Meredith of Meredith’s Musings: Healh and Porch Sitting. Haiku and a health update from Meredith. And not to be outdone, I am sharing a recent photo of her. Porch sitting works for me. Looks like a good day for it.  @Meredithlbl

clickerwriter of Captured by Aishwarya: I don’t want a tattered heart! Go give some hugs. 🙂 Pats on the back. Good words. Any of that kind of lovey dovey stuff. 🙂

Rajani Radhakrishnan of THOTPURGE: Tattered.  Three of them, and the last is most appropriate for April. Can any of you think of the reason why? Except for Rajani that is. @TP_Poetry

Sandra of Wild Daffodil: Tatters. Ha, a dilemma, I think. Hmm. But then is the second one an issue?

Florence of Meanings and Musings: Soaring while Grounded.
Now your dreams are yours
In a life new and waiting,
Dreams watch patiently
@FTThum

Canaf of Faithful Devotionals: What a Girl Wants. So, saying no Tacos, eh? Well, I do suppose too many tacos would probably be counter to want a girl wants in this case.

Alka Girdhar of Magnanimous Word:  Types of Tatters. A very good subject this week. In truth the best subject matter yet. MUST READ. @girally

Marigold of Versus Blurb: Don’t. The issue of love? You know I read and I assume that’s the subject many chose this week, but maybe it’s not. You know really when you read something it could be something entirely different. If you intentionally go in with the purpose of not looking at it from the love angle it could take on other lives. Go 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 Kindle by clicking here. @MarigoldDicer 

Dr. KO of KO Rural Mad As Hell Blog: Want some taters. So she combined two challenges this week, so what. She said she cheated but she didn’t.

Vashti Quiroz-Vega: Eve’s Temptation. Shame shame, getting spicy over there. Get Vashti’s current book, The Basement on Amazon by clicking here. @VashtiQV

Melissa of The Aran Artisan:  Trashy Romance. Yes, my title. You’ll get it when you go and read. 🙂 @thearanartisan

Colleen of Silver Threading: Tattered and Beaten. Nope, not what you are thinking. Awesome photo to go with it too. @ColleenChesebro  Also remember to drop by the LWI site and read Colleen’s Book Reviews. She is excellent. Click here to see everything she’s written.

Claudette of to search and to find happiness in every day: Complete. Yeah, another thinky one from Claudette. But you get it after a couple of times. I like those though. This one seems kind of deep to me..

Marjorie of Kyrosmagica: Bronze Alice. Loved her source of inspiration. And the photo to go with it was awesome. Everyone needs to go take a look. @Marjorie_Mallon 

Melissa M of This, right now: Tatters. I find it interesting the different types of certain things in this world. When I think if the object here, being from a state where the flower and tree is this but a different variety.

Wendy Anne Darling of Silver Lightning: Prosperity. A good way of looking at things. Remember Wendy is one of our Authors. Get Silver Lightning Volume One at Amazon by clicking here. @AuthorWDarling

E. Rawls of E. Rawls: Author creating stories and art: Potatoes for Soup and The Sea’s Hunger A touch of humor I think you will all enjoy with that first one, especially literary types, and nature sneaks in with the second. Remember another author in the house. I think the best would be to her book page on her weebly site, http://erawls.weebly.com/ @VChronicles_ 

Evolving Ruminations: Materialistic Glutton.  Actually that’s two Haiku but I thought the titles worked so well together. Um, erm, well, y’all go read now, you hear?

Alka Girdhar of Magnanimous Word:  Types of Tatters. A very good subject this week. In truth the best subject matter yet. @girally 

E. Rawls of E. Rawls: Author creating stories and art: Potatoes for Soup   @VChronicles_ 

And the Closing Haiku:

Memories tattered,

In days and nights with no rest,

I only want peace.

Much Respect,

Ronovan

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Week #40 Haiku Challenge Review of the Words New & Time

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New This Week

Rose of Bohemian Nerd: “I’m a practicing bibliophile who seeks refuge among dusty paper magic and the Dewey Decimal System. I’m an inspiration pack-rat always looking for my next “information high.” I lust for linguistics and daydream about the likes of Susan Sontag, Philip K. Dick, Neil Young and Aerosmith.”~From the About page. The Haiku: Teacher or Student. Hmm, interesting, interesting. Could be read as one whole sentence or two. Hmm. As fro the photo here. I had a few to pick from but this one was just awesome. @blurosemd

So many names to use. Miss O-CD, Geeker, Noisy Dancer. Maybe she’ll tell us what to use. But her blog is Dancing Echoes: Beats Stumbling Around in Silence. “I am a scientist by trade and artist by soul. My creative outlet used to be dancing but due to injuries and age, I must now find another path. I am hoping my writing, poetry and photography can be this new path. Picture straightener.”~Her About Page, Her Twitter. Possible tattoo on her foot says O-CD Rules, it does, I say it DOES!  Yes, I’ve been at this for hours now and I think I am a little slap happy. On to the Haiku: Empty Nest. Mix of the use of life and nature. Cool. Liked it. @cjdraper 

First to Enter this Week:

Edwina of Edwina’s Episodes: A New Spring Outfit. Staying with nature. And staying with her theme of, well her theme of entertainment. I’ll put it that way. @Edwinasepisodes

Ruth of Mad Meandering Me: Hangover…  Yeah, it’s about someone else. Mhmm.

Mira of They, You And Me and To Wear a Rainbow blogs:  Your Beauty. Very much seems to have played off of my image Haiku. Liked it. Then she gave us another from her They, You And Me blog, Forget Me Not.  @BediMona

Sandra of Wild Daffodil: Emotion. You have to go see. It’s never just a Haiku when you visit Sandra. Photography, now with Friends and a story to go along with it. I enjoy those. You get a piece of life along with a pinch of it you get from a Haiku. I love having her in the Haiku Family. Yes, I as going to say Haikumily.

Meredith & Martha of Meredith’s Musings Antiques and Son from Meredith then Golf and Friends from Martha. Good ones again. I liked Meredith’s Antiques. And we see where Martha’s passion lies.  @Meredithlbl

Ritu of But I Smile Anyway…:  Beauty Queen and Standing Still. We have two. One a commentary I do believe and the other a thinky piece. She has two minds I think. And who does not love her Twitter Handle? I mean, seriously. @PhantomGiggler

Sacha Black of Sacha Black: New Bum. Um, I’m not sure if this is a self help tip or what. If anyone tries it, let me know if it works. @sacha_black

SW ysobel of Spunky Wayfarer.  Who? Yes? What? No, Who.. Who is right but you have to go and read to find out what I am talking about. Well, we were told there might be a second one. A Vegas Love Story. Ha. And so many did not go and read this one. I am ashamed. Tsk Tsk. @SpunkyWayfarer

Elizabeth of Tea & Paper: Spring power.  Can you tell what part of the world some people are in by what they right? @TeandPaper

Rachael Ritchey of Writing Rachael Ritchey: Before It’s Too Late. I like this one a lot. MUST READ. Remember to check out her book The Beauty Thief is available on Amazon with great reviews. @RachaelRitchey 

Greg of Potholes in the Road of Life: Springtime. Greg gone Nature. I think he and Elizabeth were on the same page.  @greg_wolford 

clickerwriter of Captured by Aishwarya: Cure for the pain. Do you agree? Do you not agree? Go find out what you are agreeing to or not agreeing to.

Felicity of The Dark Night Chronicles: Brutalized Blossoms. She went high tech this week. She put her Haiku on an image. From the likes, people like it. Felicity is also one of our Authors. You can get her book Erotic Passages at Amazon by clicking here. @FelicityJohns1

Khor Hui Min of Project Prose:  You got to move it, move it. Image and Haiku go perfectly together. The one makes the other work and makes you want to well, move it move it. @MinKhor

Nato of Chasing Life and Finding Dreams –  Longing for Love. Tsk tsk tsk. You keep looking in the wrong places. Do I have o draw a map? Geesh. 😛 And don’t forget that Michelle also has something else other than great writing talent going for her. Visit Michelle Lunato Photography. @MichelleLunato

Daleen of My Grandfather was an Undertaker: Clock Face. Hmm. Giving a somewhat inanimate object human characteristics. Interesting. Nice.

Serins of Serins Sphere: Has Been. Sometimes you get a message that may not be the message but that’s what I got. Maybe I’m past my prime and need to be silent. @SerinsSphere

Geoff Le Pard of TanGental:  Times and Tides. Two this week. I definitely like the first which he has called untitled. Great imagery with that one. 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

Rajani Radhakrishnan of THOTPURGE: Time & Again.  oooo, very nice ones. Awesome. Must Reads. @TP_Poetry

As a side note, are banana flavored popsicles not like so awesome?

Alyssa of Battered Wife Seeking Better Life: Heart & Soul. Three this week from the mystery lady. Yes, mush for certain this week. But we have some mushy parts to us at times. No comments from anyone, please. She was concerned her third Haiku did not use the word new, however I think she missed the fact the use of the last four words in the third line infer something new is about to happen. So she got it. Those of you who have not been visiting need to start. Each week has a post of its own and her Haiku have come a long way from where she was. Hmm. I think that speaks to a lot of things about her perhaps. @BWseekingBL

Marjorie of Kyrosmagica: New Life Replaces Old and New Life Surrenders. Two Haiku both with different environments and meanings. I liked them a lot. As always perfect images to go with them. @Marjorie_Mallon

Colleen of Silver Threading: Poof, You’re a Fairy. Does the title have anything to do with the Haiku? Maybe. Perhaps. A little? A word maybe? You have to go see to know for certain. @ColleenChesebro  Also remember to drop by the LWI site and read Colleen’s Book Reviews. She is excellent. Click here to see everything she’s written.

Steven Walsky of Simplicity Lane: Seconds Pass. A serious one from our often times humorous friend. Anyone else been concerned about our missing maestro of merriment?  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.

Claudette of to search and to find happiness in every day: Glory. Always has me thinking with these. Okay, as I am thinking I think I thought thoughts that were not thought of as this was being thought out.

Marigold of Versus Blurb: It’s Raining Men. That has nothing to do with her Haiku, but the little image at the top instantly brought that to mind. No idea why. But who knows what was going through her mind to make her so sun shiny at the time? Go 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 Kindle by clicking here. @MarigoldDicer 

Florence of Meanings and Musings: Coffee Time. I based that title on her first Haiku. Read it, think about it, and you’ll get it. Maybe I’m wrong, but maybe I’m right. Also it was her birthday when she posted so go wish her a belated birthday. @FTThum

Vashti Quiroz-Vega: Let Me Go. At first when I saw the title I thought she meant she wanted me to stop the fan mail I send each day. Then I read it and I think it still might mean that. Either that or it’s a new theme song for a Disney movie coming up. You decide.. Get Vashti’s current book, The Basement on Amazon by clicking here. @VashtiQV

E. Rawls of E. Rawls: Author creating stories and art: Here One Day, Gone the Next Very good with the nature, use of time very well done. I think the best would be to her book page on her weebly site, http://erawls.weebly.com/ @VChronicles_ 

Canaf of Faithful Devotionals: All Things New. Good message. Not surprised there. Peace.

Melissa M of This, right now: Start Anew. Awesome. So many of us need to follow this, and read it every day. A Print It and Pin It for the Week.

Prakash of It’s PH:   Time Keeps on Slippin’ Slippin, Into the Future. Yes, that’s the words to an oooold song, but fits the Haiku. Go check it. @itsPhTweet

Melissa of The Aran Artisan:  Blackberry Bliss . Ha. Sweet Haiku, the Ha is for the photo. Yeah, that’s Bliss for certain. @thearanartisan

Alka Girdhar of Magnanimous Word:  All Powerful Time. Three from Alka this week. Reflective Haiku this week. Enjoyed the middle one a lot. @girally

Evolving Ruminations: New Moon.  A science lesson as well as a Haiku. Gotta love it.

Sue Vincent from Daily Echo: Tides. Okay, the first line, the first word. Is she like trying to show us up or something? Sue is one of our resident authors with a LOT of books on Amazon. Click here to check them out. @SCVincent  But Check out her NEW BOOK by clicking the image. Available in Paperback and for Kindle.

E. Rawls of E. Rawls: Author creating stories and art: Here One Day, Gone the Next Very good with the nature, use of time very well done. I think the best would be to her book page on her weebly site, http://erawls.weebly.com/ @VChronicles_ 

Meredith of Meredith’s Musings Antiques She doesn’t need any help or saving. I think she’s perfect as is.  @Meredithlbl

And the Closing Haiku:

New is not better,

When it comes to lover’s arms,

Time will tell the truth.

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Not certain if anyone noticed, as no one mentioned, but that’s Hugh calmly and happily sleeping, obliviously to the fact his sun hat has been taken by Toby and is being destroyed as revenge for having to put up with sand in his paws and fur with no treats as reward for the suffering for being eye candy on the beach.

Now on with the

Week #39 Haiku Challenge Review of the Word Ill & Rest

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New This Week

January’s Dream: “Like this site, I’m a work-in-progress, but by God’s grace, He’s still editing.”~From the About Page. The Haiku: Night Sky. An Easter Haiku, with a very nice painting as the background. The message is perfect with the words. The Haiku stays with the theme of the site, which I like when there is a them to a site. Very nice.

Daleen of My Grandfather was an Undertaker: “My Grandfather was an undertaker, but that was his job – that was not who he was as a person. He instilled in me the deep knowledge that I was loved and that I was special. But more than just being special, I was special to him and that made me brave on the inside.”~From her About Page. Much more heartfelt words than this. I like her writing style if this is an example of it. Really should go and read. The Haiku: Destruction. This was her first Haiku and she nailed it. There was a lot of support from our Challenge community here. A definite Must Read and Like. The only thing missing is a Twitter account for me to follow and share. I know, not everyone has one, but I love connecting with my Haiku people there.

First to Enter this Week:

Alyssa of Battered Wife Seeking Better Life: Heart’s Desire. Alyssa, a name I have chosen for her since she is our resident mystery lady, has grown as a Haiku poet. Her Haiku are, as I like to call mine, micro chapters of her autobiography. They tell a story. You can tell where she is and what she is thinking in the moment. Her Haiku match the theme of her blog and her personality. In other words, her Haiku are honest. Go and not only check out this Haiku, which many have liked not only on her blog but as well as the reblog here on my site, but also look at her other poetry in the left sidebar. She puts them on images that you in pin on Pinterest where she also shares her work. @BWseekingBL

Florence of Meanings and Musings: Insatiable. My title for the Haiku, of course. Notice that Florence is now on Meanings and Musings and not Rambling On Blog. She has combined the two. If you were following Rambling On and not Meanings, then make certain you follow now. You will see two very complex sides of her. Meanings often gets into some very deep thinking moments. I quite enjoy them. @FTThum

Edwina of Edwina’s Episodes: The Elusive Moon. I find Edwina has a way with words that perhaps speaks too a personality that permeates her being. There is a consistency in her work and I like it. I enjoy having a bit of fun in comments teasing and the like. Not this week I think, but I have, and she has a great sense of humor. A very good one to follow. @Edwinasepisodes

Serins of Serins Sphere: Out of Reach. Serins is posting the Haiku on her Tumblr blog for the time being. I think it’s because of the A to Z Challenge. Those posts take up some space at times. @SerinsSphere

Meredith & Martha of Meredith’s Musings Challenge and Games from Meredith then Competition and Golf from Martha. I like the messages of Meredith’s and I too have played the game she mentions. I haven’t in quite some time though. I do wish that photo would enlarge. Looks to be a very pleasing photo of our angels. Martha is having fun with a war. I have to admit, it’s the one game I would most likely be playing now if I were physically able.  @Meredithlbl

Greg of Potholes in the Road of Life: Just out of Reach. Hmm. I like this one. Although he was concerned about his misreading of the word vie as view, I believe the meaning of vie is in the Haiku itself. The reader can give it meaning as they wish. I like the lack of reveal, which is another part of Haiku, not telling everything. Leaving as much to the interpretation of the reader as possible. Very nice. Really enjoyable. Depending on where you are in your life and thoughts, this could take on numerous meanings. Well done, Greg. Greg, having misread the word vie decided to write another Haiku, Oops, I Did It Again. This one we all can identify with.  @greg_wolford 

Ritu of But I Smile Anyway…:  Inspiring. Very nice with the leaving things open to interpretation. I love those kind of Haiku. @PhantomGiggler

Ruth of Mad Meandering Me: Per Ardua Ad Astra…  Hmm, this one makes me thing that if we all were what she writes about then no one would be. #FeelingThinky

SW ysobel of Spunky Wayfarer.  Swirling to Waltz. Great imagery in this one. Too much of the first could lead to the last or the swirling of the first is the last, or who knows what else the reader might come up with. @SpunkyWayfarer

Sacha Black of Sacha Black: Reach against Doubt. She doubts her abilities but each week she shows up and continues to prove herself wrong. Check her out. Her Haiku! Geesh. Some people. @sacha_black

Felicity of The Dark Night Chronicles: Promises. I like how this one was done. A bit of an interesting rhyming scheme. Although I am against those last two words in the second line. They kill me. Well they could. I like seeing that her Haiku is beginning to pick up support on her site. It was something new there and I believe it took a little time for her readers to get into but she’s won them over. Not really a surprise, right? Felicity is also one of our Authors. You can get her book Erotic Passages at Amazon by clicking here. @FelicityJohns1

Rajani Radhakrishnan of THOTPURGE: Waltzing Rainbows. Very nice with nature and structure. The imagery is great. I hate to say it like this but will, it’s a very pretty Haiku. You’ll understand why I say that when you read it. @TP_Poetry

clickerwriter of Captured by Aishwarya: Vying for the Unreachable Ooooo, a good message. I like the story telling and imagery. As to the story gold, a twist on the oldest of stories in a way I hadn’t thought of. Nice.

Sandra of Wild Daffodil: Texture. Love the photo that goes with this, not saying I don’t like the Haiku, but photography with nice subjects always draw my attention.

Mira of They, You And Me and To Wear and Rainbow blogs:  Come Closer. Well, if you insist. But that would likely be one expensive commute. Yes, I am already beginning to lose my mind.  @BediMona

Claudette of to search and to find happiness in every day: Lessons. Still contemplating this one. Ah, I got it. Sometimes the old mind must read slowly and break it down. But I finally got it. Yay me. I like having to think hard at times.

Elizabeth of Tea & Paper: Pink moon.  Nature! I’m not saying all Haiku for the challenge needs to be about nature. In fact I like people writing what comes to them, but I do enjoy those who take up the challenge of Haiku in it’s aspects. And yes, I did notice two uses of vie in this one. Did you? @TeandPaper

K. Renae P. of Mostly True Stories of K. Renae P.: Grandmother. Kind of think of cousins and other grandchildren fighting to be the favorite. @KRenaeP

Rachael Ritchey of Writing Rachael Ritchey: Hog’s Delight. Okay, so I always create the entry here before I read the Haiku, including the name. As I look at this, I am so wondering about it. Okay. I like how there are two aspects to this, but I feel somewhat offended. I am a Dawg, not  Hog. I know both are in the SEC of NCAA football, but there is a different. I bark and drool, I don’t grunt and root around. Remember to check out her book The Beauty Thief is available on Amazon with great reviews. @RachaelRitchey 

Marjorie of Kyrosmagica: Ballerinas Vie for the Moon. Two Haiku which I combined with one title. I think they go together. Great image and I like the elegance of this at this moment in the challenge review. Sometimes you need something with a different hand, touch, to bring the mind to ease. @Marjorie_Mallon

Nato of Chasing Life and Finding Dreams – Reaching for Love. Oh, she keeps asking and asking, and I keep telling and telling. But seriously, a Haiku I think many people experience at some point. Even for those near and not so far. And don’t forget that Michelle also has something else other than great writing talent going for her. Visit Michelle Lunato Photography. @MichelleLunato

Colleen of Silver Threading: Survival. A nature Haiku that could also be interpreted as human and even as one for writers. I like thinking of how it might be viewed as being for a writer as they move forward through a work in progress. @ColleenChesebro  Also remember to drop by the LWI site and read Colleen’s Book Reviews. She is excellent. Click here to see everything she’s written.

stu06bloc9 of  Pitter Patter Poetry: Haiku (ish). Still thinking on this one. My mind tries to find a rhyme that is sublime to go with the way these words say things about a day, but thoughts bring things to fray. So I think I’ll deny to say why I can’t lie about why my oh my the words I create come out shy. There is also a second blog if you would like to drop by,  Snailzpace Daily. @6bloc9 

Canaf of Faithful Devotionals: Loss. Sometimes you just don’t say anything. Go and read.

Vashti Quiroz-Vega: The Fall of Lillith. If you want a glimpse, and I do mean a glimpse of Vashti’s next book go check out her Haiku, title of the same name. I have read the new book, as a beta-reader and I will say this; she put a lot into this book, including a lot of research, and getting things just right for her story. And the Haiku nails the character of Lillith perfectly without telling you too much. Get Vashti’s current book, The Basement on Amazon by clicking here. @VashtiQV

Melissa of The Aran Artisan:  Reaching for the Heart. There are three here today. All inspired by a visit into the city of Galway. Melissa’s blog is a must for anyone interested in learning about a culture. American, married to an Irishman who moved back to his homeland. She’s making the most of it and inspiring others along the way. She’s writing a book each day and doesn’t even realize it. A Must Follow. @thearanartisan

Marigold of Versus Blurb: Go for it. Marigold is doing it as she goes for it. So go for it and do read her Haiku and her inspiration for it. Go 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 Kindle by clicking here. @MarigoldDicer 

Melissa M of This, right now: Spring. You know, I always  get these seasonal feelings from Melissa. Wonder if that’s because she keeps doing the nature aspect of Haiku? Yeah, that just occurred to me. Duh, right?

E. Rawls of E. Rawls: Author creating stories and art: Unreachable A fairy tale in three lines. It works. Yep. I think the best would be to her book page on her weebly site, http://erawls.weebly.com/ @VChronicles_ 

Patty of Strawberries Forever: Two this week. I win I so want a  picture of this moment. It would be “Legen…wait for it…and I hope you’re not lactose intolerant because the second half of that word is DARY.” @pattythepa

Khor Hui Min of Project Prose:  Motivate Ah, this reminds me of one time when a speaker came and spoke before me “I’m Matt Foley and I’m a motivational speaker. Don’t end up like me. You’ll end up 35 years old, eating a steady diet of government cheese, thrice divorced, and living in a van down by the river!” Don’t ask me why I am into these quotes all of a sudden. @MinKhor

Sue Vincent from Daily Echo: Construct. An awesome photo. Something few of us will visit but amazing. Sue is one of our resident Authors. Click here  for her Amazon Author Page and all those books she’s written.  @SCVincent

Hugh of Hugh’s Views & News: Good Friends Always. A poem to visit.. @RobertHughes05

Colleen of Silver Threading: Survival. A nature Haiku that could also be interpreted as human and even as one for writers. I like thinking of how it might be viewed as being for a writer as they move forward through a work in progress. @ColleenChesebro  Also remember to drop by the LWI site and read Colleen’s Book Reviews. She is excellent. Click here to see everything she’s written.

 No real humor ones this week.

And the Closing Haiku:

Friends time is vied for,

They forget about my world,

Yet I reach with heart.

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Doing this review while highly medicated and very ill. Ever notice you each of my Reviews lately need a warning label on them?

No, I am not better or fully returned. But this Review is to come out each Monday so here it is.

Several ping backs used a Haiku I reblogged that used the same title as the challenge, thus were not included in the original Review. Hopefully I have everyone now.

40 Poets this week. With 7 New Poets Joining in.

Very sad to see some were absent this week. Hope all is well.

New This Week

Edwina of Edwina’s Episodes: “I love words.. there is so much we can do with them; make them rhyme, inspire people with them, make them laugh or cry; communicate with people on so many levels…

I enjoy reflecting on different situations I have found myself in, or have observed,  and writing about them. I also like writing about random silly things, or anything that I find amusing really.”~From her About page. I might begin to refer to her as Mad Aunty Edwina in my mind. You’ll need to read all of her About page to know why. The Haiku: Bad Date. Um, it sounds like she either had a date who wanted a breath mint or a kiss. I’m not certain which. @Edwinasepisodes

Sacha Black of Sacha Black: “Writer, mother, wife, for a while I forgot my dream… But now I’ve remembered and I’m chasing harder than ever.”~From her About page. The Haiku: Good boy. This is part of a list of challenges she provided for her readers to participate in if they wanted to. You get to read her entry in others while finding the one for mine. The title is what I chose. @sacha_black

Ritu of But I Smile Anyway…: “A lil bit of creativity, stories about my family, recipes, Spidey, and my cat, Sonu Singh, all feature regularly!”~From her About page. The Haiku: Bad boy. Yeah, I know, what you are thinking if you read the previous entry but it fits. @PhantomGiggler

Ms. Toy Whisperer of Ms. Toy Whisperer: “I am a writer who sells vintage books and toys. I write about the whimsy of life, family, thrifting, everything and nothing and whispers of the Holy Spirit.” The Haiku: Basketball. Loved the way she described how this one came to her. Excellent. @MsToyWhisperer

Marjorie of Kyrosmagica: “Find a comfy chair, sit back and enjoy my blog, about magic, books, crystals, writing, laughter, and much more! I’m a debut writer in the process of finishing my first YA fantasy novel, set in Cambridge, UK.  I write book reviews here, and on Net Galley and Goodreads, using my Books, Crystals, Magic system, and my dark candles rating for darker reads.”~From her About page. Much more there. The Haiku: upROAR! Yes, I know. It looks like I typed it wrong, but I typed it as I liked it. So there. And yes, I stuck my tongue out as I typed that. @Marjorie_Mallon

Evolving Ruminations: “Opinions- everyone has them … and with the new age of internet everyone’s superman !​​​​​​! As a result, I’ve decided to make some of my own waffles. ​​​​​​​​​​​I don’t know whether​​​​​ this fence-straddling is of any use but hey, yo-yoing is fun !!!”~From Gravatar. Yeah, we going to have fun with this new member. The Haiku: Woman. Yeah, very true, very. Got a point or two there.

WritersDream9: “I am a soul who continuously seeks after deeper and deeper ways to bring me closer to God and to my “self” which I now see that He created.”~From her About page. The Haiku: Sweet Tea. Yes, if I had seen this one earlier I might have just stopped the review all together for the week and died. mmmm. The best thing I had in the hospital was the moment they brought me a glass of ice cold Sweet Tea. I tell you, it was amazing. And not because I wanted it so bad, but because it was really that good. Not good enough to be in the hospital though. She gets the Southern Haiku Award this week. Yeah, I just made that up. Although I am allergic to lemons so I had to deduct points for the dismount. And to think she thought I didn’t include her in the Review at first because I didn’t like her work. I’m Southern!!!! Mississippi boy living in Georgia!!!!

First to Enter this Week:

Sandra of Wild Daffodil:  Crisp. After the past week or so I thought about banning this one from the Review but I couldn’t. It’s not the fault of the lettuce but of man for what they do to lettuce. Leave the foods as God gave them to us.

Mira of They, You And Me and To Wear and Rainbow blogs:  Memories. What I like to think of as a futuristic Haiku in its message.  @BediMona

Rachael Ritchey of Writing Rachael Ritchey: Lies Very well done. Two sentences. Very good story. Seriously a good one. I think all will enjoy. Read it a couple of times as two sentences and it gets better each time. Remember to check out her book The Beauty Thief is available on Amazon with great reviews. @RachaelRitchey 

Elizabeth of Tea & Paper: Lovers.  I like this one for the possibility of two endings depending on your thoughts. @TeandPaper

ladyleemanilla: Two Soccer/Football Haiku this week and all I can call these are OH NO!. Very funny and well done. MUST READS. @ladyleemanila

Sue Vincent from Daily Echo: Summer. Okay, this is a very well put together Haiku. Two sentences and rhymes. At first I thought perhaps one sentence, but no, two. Very well done. And very nice. Sue is one of our resident Authors. Click here  for her Amazon Author Page and all those books she’s written.  @SCVincent

Rajani Radhakrishnan of THOTPURGE: Upside down Sky. A MUST READ. This could be romance, lost love, conflict, pretty much any type of conflict or something completely different. Very nice. @TP_Poetry

Carol of Mama Comier: Marigolds. This one began a memory lane and a discussion. I quite enjoyed both. @carol_cormier

Greg of Potholes in the Road of Life: Aging is sweet for Wine only. My title for the Haiku. Greg went ferrizzle on the Haikuzzle this week. Two sentences with opposing views. Great job. @greg_wolford 

Khor Hui Min of Project Prose:  Delish I know, a strange now, and slightly related to the Haiku itself, but then you MUST see the images. I am blown away how people are able to do that. I so would love it. @MinKhor

Meredith of Meredith’s Musings Sweet Promise and Spring Practice. Very good with two sentences. Two things she obviously loves a lot. @Meredithlbl

Ruth of Mad Meandering Me: Season’s Greetings…  Someone is tired of winter. I also like the take on the use of the season’s greetings title. Cool.

Martha of Meredith’s Musings Politicos and Wolf. At first I thought the titles were somewhat redundant but I kept reading anyway. I had to read the Politicos twice simply due to how the punctuation went to catch the two sentences, but that second sentence she formed is awesome. A very good statement regarding how many feel about the political system in the US at this time. @Meredithlbl (For those new to the challenge, Meredith and Martha are sisters sharing the same blog and twitter at the moment. If you ever see me refer to the literary angels or poetic angels these are the two ladies I am referring to.)

Nato of Chasing Life and Finding Dreams – Your Foul Soul Shines Through. Although I believe the two sentences are supposed to be along the same thought I see them as being opposites as well. Well done. Outing me again. Sometimes it doesn’t do one any good to be a secret admirer when she outs you every step of the way. At least Meredith really keeps it on the DownLow. And don’t forget that Michelle also has something else other than great writing talent going for her. Visit Michelle Lunato Photography. @MichelleLunato

Prakash of It’s PH:   Circumstance. Odd name, I know, but I think the Haiku to me makes me think of how people are at times, during circumstances. Not certain of the inspiration for the Haiku this week but a very good thinky piece. Enjoyed it. Yes, I can enjoy even highly medicated and not really certain what I’m talking about. @itsPhTweet

E. Rawls of E. Rawls: Author creating stories and art: Danger Lurks Enjoyed it as did others from the challenge family. Some great responses. I think the best would be to her book page on her weebly site, http://erawls.weebly.com/@VChronicles_ 

SW ysobel of Spunky Wayfarer.  Sometimes you just don’t have a name for a Haiku. Very interesting Haiku and I like the reasoning behind it. It gives me ideas. I like ideas. @SpunkyWayfarer

Felicity of The Dark Night Chronicles: Springtime. I had never heard of what she mentioned here but I went to google and there you have it. I love learning through this challenge. Felicity is also one of our Authors. You can get her book Erotic Passages at Amazon by clicking here. @FelicityJohns1

Alka Girdhar of Magnanimous Word:  Foul becomes sweet. Learned something again. Very cool. Although I am not certain if her comment in the challenge meant she was leaving the challenge after this or not. Very sad if she does. @girally

Florence of Rambling On Blog: Vampire. At first I thought Florence is a player but then I read the link and was like thank goodness. @FTThum

Melissa of The Aran Artisan:  Crisp. I like the way she does things. The combining of her challenges and the explanation of things. Think there is an author in there waiting to come out but she is ignoring it. @thearanartisan

Marigold of Versus Blurb: Tragedy. I had no idea there was a green tea flavored one. I am not sure I wanted to know. But I learned and as always I like that. But green tea? Really? Go 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 Kindle by clicking here. @MarigoldDicer

Colleen of Silver Threading: A Tainted Kiss. I wonder if this about Ron? Hmm. I will have to ask her. @ColleenChesebro  Also remember to drop by the LWI site and read Colleen’s Book Reviews. She is excellent. Click here to see everything she’s written.

Melissa M of This, right now: Spritz. Interesting. I like how she used the title. Amusing for sure. Great imagery. The second time I read it I really could see it. And I love her choice of image as well.

Hugh of Hugh’s Views & News: Flight of Delight. Two sentences. Opposite meanings. Liked the image. @RobertHughes05

Serins of Serins Sphere: The Smell of Sweetness. Interesting use of words this week. I don’t mean the prompts I mean words in general. Go see. @SerinsSphere

Lou Lou of Battered Wife Seeking Better Life: Sweet Dreams. She wasn’t feeling the words but when the deadline approached she had a story to tell in two Haiku. Must Read. Very well done. @BWseekingBL

Claudette of to search and to find happiness in every day: Balance. Wishful thinking I do believe, and I agree about what she said about Hugh in her comments. 

Patty of Strawberries Forever: Two this week. Sweet and Sour I get the feeling men are dogs after this review this week. Anyone agree? I mean I agree, and I even thought it before but was just mentioning it. @pattythepa

Faith Unlocked: So Foul and Fair. Based on one of my favorite and most used verses here in the blogs. Very good message for every one. Something we all should live by.  @FaithUnlocked

Vashti Quiroz-Vega: The Green-Eyed Monster. Can you guess what it’s about? You get a bonus as well by visiting. Get Vashti’s The Basement on Amazon by clicking here.

Canaf of Faithful Devotionals: Sacrifice. ooooo A good one. I knew a theme would likely be there but then bang, there it was.

Dr. KO of KO Rural Mad As Hell Blog: Foul Sweets. The doctor has a message for us today. A very good one I agree with.

Rajani Radhakrishnan of THOTPURGE: Upside down Sky. A MUST READ. This could be romance, lost love, conflict, pretty much any type of conflict or something completely different. Very nice. @TP_Poetry

ladyleemanilla: Two Soccer/Football Haiku this week and all I can call these are OH NO!. @ladyleemanila

And the Closing Haiku:

The Sweet Sixteen dream,

Raging throughout all the land,

Was the bad foul called.

 Inspiration for the Challenge Words.

March Madness in the United States is the tournament for the National Championship for the College basketball teams here. The Sweet Sixteen is one of the goals to reach. So sweet came from that and foul came from a penalty called on a player.

I’ll go curl up in a ball now and quietly read Haiku in my dreams.

See y’all later,

@RonovanWrites

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