The Sincerest For Of Poetry
Apprenticed To My Mother
Walking Into Trouble
Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle
The Last Will Of Sven Andersen
Booms And Busts
Buster & Moo
Salisbury Square
My Father and Other Liars
Life In A Conversation
Life, in a Grain of Sand
Life In A Flash
Tag Archives: haiku
Tears and wine
Children’s whines trigger The calmest parents warm tears Soothed by well-chilled wine This is in response to Ronovan’s Haiku challenge 61: Tears and Wine
Comprehension #haiku
once he said ‘pitch black’ but in time he learnt to love all colours whatever source This is part of Ronovan’s Haiku Challenge
Seeking inspiration – a haiku today
And so the Ronovan challenge enters town with these prompts SOURCE – THOUGHT here are my two Bird Stew a source of regret gives pause for thought; while a sauce of egret is yum. gossip take care just one thoughtless word … Continue reading
Love’s Race: Haiku
The Haiku challenge (number 42 from Ronovan) is LOVE and LAST It’s all in the pacing New Love is a race – A sweaty sprint: love will not last Without an even pace.
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Times and tides
Ronovan’s haiku challenge, which I missed last week – no excuse beyond incompetence with the dates is this week TIME & NEW untitled time is a trickster: each day begins afresh with yesterday’s silt Full Circle Time’s purest loves: New … Continue reading
Peekaboo haiku
Ronovan’s latest prompt gives us ILL and REST Two this week: The petty jealousies of the wardrobe ‘Ill-suited’ they said But the kilt loved the tweed skirt; The rest could go hang. – and- Royal Toil Rest a while, my … Continue reading
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Haiku heaven
This week’s prompt from Ronovan FOUL & SWEET A sad story of our times… Abused Foul temper, no excuse For such violence; sweet face No reason to hit And on a lighter note (or not) Sugary Seasons Sweets are like … Continue reading
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Hip Hip Haiku
Ronovan’s challenge this week give us two words this week BEACON FIELD Tricky. Damned Tricky. This is what trickled out…. At night, among black pigs, He needed to see the light To save his beacon.
A miss is as good as gold…
… or something like that. So Ronovan’s Haiku challenge, number #35. This week’s words to incorporate are: MISS PAST I had a French teacher at my grammar school, Miss Post – Peggy when we were being polite and a spoonerism … Continue reading
Beast for a day
Ronovan’s latest Haiku challenge is here. Check it out. Our two words are BEAST and DAY I’ve come up with three this week First up, stimulated by Sacha Black’s prompt here It snapped; the beast froze. A predator or a … Continue reading
