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

Takeshi’s Flight

Haiku: Counter Ev’ry Gloom

@suejutakeshi 

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

Reviews & Recommendations

Haiku: Posted on my fb page

A very nice addition to our Challenge.

 

Wendy

Wendy Anne Darling

Haiku: Glow

@AuthorWDarling 

I loved this Haiku. It made me think and reflect.

A RONOVAN’S CHOICE!

 

 NOW THE USUAL SUSPECTS

Canaf

Faithful Homesteader

Haiku: Faith

Great message in how potential is guided.

 

 

 

Angie

Angie Does Until She Doesn’t

Haiku: Without Limits

@mrsreadmorbooks

As she said she “got fancy” this week. Love the image. Inspires me to the idea of starting a Greeting Card business.

 

Colleen

Silver Threading

Haiku: Beauty Within

@ColleenChesebro 

Reactions included ‘Wow’. This one was so just right and unique. Loved it.

A RONOVAN’S CHOICE!

 

 

Ruth

Mad Meandering Me

Haiku 1: Hiding the Light…

I liked this one as it made me think of my early teaching days.

 

 

 

Elizabeth

Tea & Paper

Haiku: Shine Shine Little One

Fabulous comments. Made me think of my son.

A RONOVAN’S CHOICE!

 

T.A. Wyatt

Finale to an Entrance

Haiku: A Life Too Ordinary

@FinaletoEntranc 

I really liked Elizabeth’s comment.

 

 

A.C. Elliott

File Cabinet Ramblings

Haiku: Wasted Potential

@elliott_ac 

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

Meredith’s Musings

Haiku: Grandchildren, Storms &Romance

@meredithlbl 

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

Cyril Bussiere

Haiku: Fear and Ignorance

@cyrilbussiere 

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

@bwseekingbl 

Another good message Haiku.

 

 

Becca

Oh Dragonfly Wings with Buttercup Tea

Haiku: Divine Love

@rgbickerstaff 

The name says it all.

 A RONOVAN’S CHOICE!

 

 

Faith Unlocked

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.

@FaithUnlocked 

 

K.S. Fause

K.S. Fause

Haiku: Rise and Shine

@ksfause 

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

Rambling On

Haiku: My Lovely

@FTThum 

Oh I so enjoy these. She has a humor that I don’t think is intended by I find humor anyway.

 

Carol

Mama Cormier

Haiku: The Ambiguous Weather Report

@carol_cormier 

Kind of matched my weather.

 

 

 Hugh

Hugh’s View & News

Haiku: Past the Faces

@RobertHughes05 

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

writingindevizes

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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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

Serins Sphere

Haiku: Broken Wings

@SerinsSphere 

A lot of comments on Serins’ first attempt at Haiku. Several of our regulars enjoyed it and encouraged her to continue doing more.

 

Canaf

Faithful Homesteader

Haiku: Oneness

A very calming Haiku from our first time participant.

 

 

 

Angie

Angie Does Until She Doesn’t

Haiku: A Great Man

A very nice and personal Haiku from Angie. I once again encourage you all to go visit and read.

 

Ellie

Lifechimes

Haiku: Ready to Flee

@lifechimesdotuk 

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

Silver Threading

Haiku: A Moral Compass

@ColleenChesebro 

A very good conversation between Colleen and Hugh in her comments.

 

(Visit her site and see her daughters and her together.)

 

Ruth

Mad Meandering Me

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

Tea & Paper

Haiku: Softening Spirit

Great comments, especially over her first line.

 

T.A. Wyatt

Finale to an Entrance

Haiku: Dream the Oasis

@FinaletoEntranc 

Becca made the perfect comment about the Haiku.

 

 

A.C. Elliott

File Cabinet Ramblings

Haiku: Infallible Words

@elliott_ac 

Becca agreed with me in the comments!!!! I feel validated.

 

 

Meredith and Martha

Meredith’s Musings

Haiku: Spooky, Sadness, Seasonal, Spiritual

@meredithlbl 

Our two literary angels inspired some nice comments this week for sure.

 

Cyril

Cyril Bussiere

Haiku: The Spirit Can’t Rise

@cyrilbussiere 

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

@bwseekingbl 

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

@rgbickerstaff 

I love the image used this week. Brought thoughts of when I was a kid to me.

 

Faith Unlocked

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.

@FaithUnlocked 

 

K.S. Fause

K.S. Fause

Haiku: Restless Spirit

@ksfause 

Made me think a lot.

 

Deborah

awomansaved

Haiku: Wings of the Spirit

A very inspiring and somehow reassuring Haiku for some.

 

 

Florence T

Rambling On

Haiku: Earthly Pleasures

@FTThum 

The image is as good as the Haiku in giving the same message, I believe.

 

 

KiwiBee

Snap Thoughts

Haiku: Mere Mortals

Excellent image to Haiku. You will love the photography for sure.

 

 

 

Carol

Mama Cormier

Haiku: The adventure soars

@carol_cormier 

Love the image that matches the Haiku so well.

 

 

 

See Y’all Next Time,

Ronovan

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REWIND #12

The prompt words were Study & Creature.

 Provided by Sian the Prompt Girl and Ronovan.

 

 

Badge provided by DazzlingWhimsy.

 

From the Humorous to the Creepy, we had a bit of it all this week. You just never know how people will be inspired by certain words.

This week I thought I might begin to do a few categories of:

My Picks This Week

I’ve been avoiding it as I enjoy everyone’s Haiku. But sometimes a few just connect with me for an aha moment. And I decided why not? I just hate for people to think I don’t like their Haiku simply because another might have connected just a touch more for a given week.

Tale of two Tales: Battered Wife Seeking Better Life-She wrote one that really does the idea of the flip side of one idea of Haiku perfectly.

Humorous Haiku: Oh, this one has to be a tie this week. AC Elliot with his 4 offerings and then Elke with her Red Squirrels and Gnomes. Both made me laugh.

Hitting Home/Heart Haiku: Haiku has a way of cutting through the hot air of some of us and getting right to the point. Cyril Bussiere did that quite well for me this week. Then Becca wrote one that brought a memory back to me.

 

Click the blog names to read their Haiku.

 

Cyril of Cyril Bussiere

“All creatures need attention, nice haiku!”-Elizabeth of Tea and Paper.

Follow on Twitter

@cyrilbussiere

 

 

 

Hugh of Hugh’s Views & News

“Lovely poem, very sweet. ❤“-Vashti of Vashti Quiroz-Vega’s Blog

Follow on Twitter

@RobertHughes05

 

 

Colleen of Silver Threading

“What a great sum-up! Nice job Colleen! 🙂“-Cyril of Cyril Bussiere

Follower on Twitter

@ColleenChesebro

 

 

 

Faith Unlocked

“Ha, so true! Very clever haiku 😉“-Lorna Melia of FishTalk

 Follow on Twitter

@faithunlocked

 

 

 

K. S. Fause of KSFause.com

“I don’t know if I feel excited for the girl or worried.”-Me

Follow her on Twitter

@ksfause

 

 

 

Florence T of Rambing On

“I could not agree more!”-Me

Follow on Twitter

@FTThum

 

 

Becca of on On Dragonfly Wings with Buttercup Tea

“A reminder of those sweet afternoons when all we had to do was lie on the grass, and search the sky for cloud-shapes!”-Linda (shoreacres) of The Task at Hand

Follower her on Twitter rgbickerstaff

 

 

Battered Wife Seeking Better Life

“A true Haiku, at least from my interpretation.”-Me.

Follow on Twitter

@bwseekingbl 

 

 

Eloise of Thoughts by Mello-Elo

“Great Haiku, Eloise. I feel rather sad for her but would love to know her story even if sad.”-Hugh of Hugh’s Views & News

 Follow on Twitter

@mello_elo 

 

 

Ruth of Mad Meandering Me 

“Wow, Ruth, I love this. It could be the first line of a book or a movie.”-Hugh of Hugh’s Views & News

 

AC Elliot of File Cabinet Ramblings

 “Hi Elliott, you’ve written 4, lots of creativity! All of them perfect!”-Elizabeth of Tea and Paper

Follow on Twitter

@elliott_ac

 

 

 

T.A. Wyatt of Finale to an Entrance

“Ah that sounds like love to me. Excellent.”-Colleen of Silver Threading

Follow on Twitter

@FinaletoEntranc

 

 

Elizabeth of Tea and Paper

“I keep reading this over and over again. I just love it. “-loisajay of ….on pets and prisoners…..

 

 

 

 

KiwiBee of Snap Thoughts

“Excellent, I know several children in the middle of this right about now.”-Me

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elke of  WRITINGINDEVIZES

“Clever, love the picture”-SoCal Walking Photography

 

 

 

 

 

Carol of Mama Cormier

“So perfect referring to your art in the Haiku”-Me

Follow on Twitter

@carol_cormier

 

 

 

 

NEW PARTICIPANT!

Deborah (awomansaved) of Soulful Poet’s Heart

“That is quite clever. Excellent.”-Colleen of Silver Threading

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Much Respect

Ronovan

 

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REWIND #11

The prompt words were Drive & Psycho.

 Provided by Sian the Prompt Girl and Ronovan.

 

Click the blog names to read their Haiku.

 

Cyril of Cyril Bussiere:

“Seductive words… 🙂 “- Florence T of Rambling On.

Follow on Twitter @cyrilbussiere

(The name is Bussiere, Cyril Bussiere.)

Hugh of Hugh’s Views & News : Several great comments. Not just one I could pick out this week.

Follow on Twitter @RobertHughes05

(oh look, the Oreo ship is coming in)

 

Colleen of Silver Threading: “It’s a toss up this time of year if College Football or politics is the biggest game down here. 🙂“-Me.

Follower on Twitter @ColleenChesebro

(Ron, stop being so silly.)

 

Faith Unlocked :   “Very much a commentary of our society and certain types of relationships.”- Me.

 Follow on Twitter @faithunlocked

(Ron still wonders who is behind the Haiku. Muahahaahahaha)

 

 

K. S. Fause of KSFause.com : A few interesting thoughts were inspired by this one this week y’all. I would like to see/hear some of your takes on it.

Follow her on Twitter @ksfause

(Ron is jealous of my Haiku and image mastery)

Meredith of Meredith’s Musings and her sister Martha: “Good work. My favorite one is your haiku on golf. “-Vivachange of the CroneChronicler.  Then “My sister wrote that one. It conveys how I felt when I played;)”-Meredith in response. 🙂

 

 Follow on Twitter @meredithlbl

(Ron seems nice but we’re keeping our eye on him.)

 

Florence T of Rambing On : “Well done. Good relationship advice for some folks I would say! ❤“- Colleen of Silver Threading.

Follow on Twitter @FTThum

(My neck is stuck this way because Ron is always leaning that way when he types.)

 

 

Becca of on On Dragonfly Wings with Buttercup Tea : “Very nice. I love the road rage part! 🙂“-Colleen of Silver Threading.

Follower her on Twitter @rgbickerstaff

(I do these Haiku for Ron to give his site a bit of class.)

 

Battered Wife Seeking Better Life– This week she had a quick Haiku but one we can all relate to.

Follow on Twitter @bwseekingbl 

(I think Ron has some hidden issues, he keeps trying to take my chocolate.)

 

Eloise of Thoughts by Mello-Elo : I made a long comment on her site, delving into some random ideas. It was scary.

@mello_elo 

(Ron stalks my facebook page to get images to use for these blasted rewinds of his.)

 

 

Ruth of Mad Meandering Me :  “This really made me chuckle! Clever! I love it!”-Colleen of Silver Threading.

(There was a bee in the flower. I had no idea I could jump this high.)

 

AC Elliot of File Cabinet Ramblings : “This could be a very creepy scene in a movie, or a chauvinist pig watching a woman go by.”-Me.

Another one. “I am like so creeped out right now.”-Me.

And one more. “Ha. Excellent. I think voter registration cards will be the next things in Cracker Jack boxes.”-Me.

(I think Ron is starting to worry about me a bit.)

 

T.A. Wyatt of Finale to an Entrance : “The second is my favorite.”-Meredith of Meredith’s Musings.

Follow on Twitter @FinaletoEntranc

 (I really should have thought first before that wish to have my most favorite possessions bronzed.)

Elizabeth of Tea and Paper : “I love the crumpled paper part of the message! This is so good!”-Colleen of Silver Threading.

(I only do these because Ron guilts me into them. I can hear his pouty face when he doesn’t get to put my photo up.)

 

Claudette of to search and to find happiness in every day : “I so went sci fi with it. I was either a Borg or Data from Star Trek.”-Me.

(Ron wishes he could write cool like me.)

 

NEW PARTICIPANT!

Mama Cormier of Mama Cormier : “Thanks Hugh, Sometimes these haiku poems practically write themselves. I wish that someone had taught us about Haiku in school. Maybe I wouldn’t have hated poetry as much as I did.”- Mama Comier in response to Hugh of Hugh’s Views and News.

@carol_cormier

(I’m going to show this guy how to do this, and I have a cool couch too.)

 

My own offering.

Much Respect

Ronovan

 

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REWIND #10

The prompt words were Create &Destroy.

 Provided by Sian the Prompt Girl and Ronovan.

 

Click the blog names to read their Haiku.

Surprising what people came up with. I really had no idea what to expect from this prompt.

 

It was only fair that Sian the Prompt Girl did a Haiku this week. I asked for uplifting words because my own had been so dark lately. So she gives an evil grin and says Fluffy and Rainbow. There was no changing her mind.

Sian of Prompt Girl: “Excellent!”-Colleen of Silver Threading

Sian

 

Cyril of Cyril Bussiere : “Two offerings bringing a range of thought.”-Me on his site.

Follow on Twitter @cyrilbussiere

 

Hugh of Hugh’s Views & News : “I can certainly feel the love shining through this one. And the sparkly heart just adds to it all”-Mabel Kwong of Mabel Kwong.com

Follow on Twitter @RobertHughes05

 

Colleen of Silver Threading: “The picture and your Haiku together are lovely and very sad.”-Vivachange of cronechronicler

Follower on Twitter @ColleenChesebro

 

Faith Unlocked :   10.1, 10.2 and 10.3  10.4 “Oh, I love this one. Great job”- Battered Wife Seeking Better Life

 Follow on Twitter @faithunlocked

 

 

K. S. Fause of KSFause.com : “A very clever haiku. Makes you think to what is going on in some parts of our world at the moment and to thank ourselves that we are at least safe.”-Hugh of Hugh’s Views & News

Follow her on Twitter @ksfause

Meredith of Meredith’s Musings : “A very true statement.”-Me on her site.

Haiku from Meredith’s sister Martha Dixon Brice : “why, indeed… nice haiku!”-Cyril of Cyril Bussiere

 Follow on Twitter @meredithlbl

 

Florence T of Rambing On : “Nicely done! I like the inversion; the circle/wheel effect your construction evokes is striking.”-Cyril of Cyril Bussiere

Follow on Twitter @FTThum

 

 

Becca of on On Dragonfly Wings with Buttercup Tea : ” “-

Follower her on Twitter @rgbickerstaff

 

Battered Wife Seeking Better Life-“I am also a late joiner … I believe this afternoon my 3rd week … it never occurred to me to go backwards to catch up. The one you did last week on Twitter was stunning!”-Becca of On Dragonfly Wings and Buttercup Tea

Follow on Twitter @bwseekingbl 

 

Ruth of Mad Meandering Me : “Nicely stitched..Ruth..:)”-Madhavi (Also a new participant this week.)

I liked both of her photos so used both of them. 🙂

 

AC Elliot of File Cabinet Ramblings : ” “-

 

 

Elke of WRITINGINDEVIZES : “Cats have a way of just looking at you like you have no clue about how life is supposed to work.”-Me on her site.

 

T.A. Wyatt of Finale to an Entrance :

Follow on Twitter @FinaletoEntranc

 

 Elizabeth of Tea and Paper : “You have a very inspiring blog! I love the haiku, too.”-Destiny of DESTINY IN NYC

 

Cheryl Lynn of Tournesol~dans unjardin  and Traces of the Soul: “I especially enjoy the first one with that use of the word ‘disguised’.”-Me on her blog.

 

 

 

KiwiBee of Snap Thoughts : “This is exquisite! ❤“-Colleen of Silver Threading.

Claudette of to search and to find happiness in every day : “Love the message in this one.”-Me on her site.

 

NEW PARTICIPANT-Glad you found us!

Melanie Bishop of Beloved76 : “This is one that I think so many can relate to. That is a sad thing to say but true. “-Me on her blog.

 

NEW PARTICIPANT-Another wonderful addition!

Madhavi of Life’s Scribblings : “Excellent line and a mesmerising picture.. “-Gowthama of Creatikaa

 

 

 

Much Respect

Ronovan

 

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