04 Jul 2016 30 Comments
in Challenges, Poems, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #Ronovansweeklyhailuchallenge, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Challenge, Haiku, Sky & Dazzle
Monday, and Ronovan’s Haiku Challenge prompt this week… the words Dazzle & Sky!
It’s your time to shine
Dazzle us with your talents
The sky’s the limitRitu 2016
In awe of nature
Each day the same yet unique
The heaven’s beautyRitu 2016
Garden in the sky
Fireworks light up the nightscape
Dazzling flowers bloomRitu 2016
Images from Pixabay.
02 Jul 2016 33 Comments
in Challenges, Poems Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Challenge, Haiku, Photo, RJ's Household Haiku Challenge, Shadow
TJ has given us Shadow as a prompt, alongside this photo.
Always by my side
Like a Guardian angel
My shadow protects
Ritu 2016
02 Jul 2016 18 Comments
in Challenges, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Linda G Hill, Long, Socs
Linda’s prompt for #SoCS this week.
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “long.” Use the word “long,” any definition. Enjoy!
It’s been a long day, no week, actually month, no, sod it, a LONG year, in school!
But has it? Seriously, I can’t quite believe that my first full year of teaching is due to come to an end.
At the beginning, as I got to know the children in my classes, I despaired. There was a class of angels in the morning, and a class of devils post lunchtime!
Literally!
Even my co-teacher said she felt for me, that this first year for me was like a baptism of fire!
I would end each day with my hair all over the place, like I had been dragged backwards through a hedge, and quite possibly, I had been, such were the kids, and their behaviours. This year was going to be LONG!
I had never been one to drink, but I found myself nursing a long drink or a glass of wine on several occasions during the first half of the year.
The first few weeks passed slowly, and in a haze. I was unable to believe the mix of children we had in one classroom, at the same time, and I despaired. The whole team did. This year seemed like it would never end. Most of my staff are older than me by 20 odd years. Full of experience, but at the ends of their tethers, dealing with this particular class. I was worried that I would come in one day, and be confronted by the news that one of them had handed in their notice
That was how bad it was.
It’s better now, marginally, but not perfect. They still aren’t where I would have hoped they would be, but still, it’s nearly time to say goodbye to them, and get ready to greet the new intake.
And now I am sat at the tail end of the year, and I look back, I realise that it wasn’t actually that long, really. In fact, the year has really sped by!
01 Jul 2016 37 Comments
in Challenges, Fiction, My Writing Tags: #WritePhoto, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Challenge, Fiction, Sue Vincent, The Island
Sue’s photo prompt for #writephoto this week.
The Island
Ever since I was little, it fascinated me.
That little glimpse of land.
My daddy pointed it out to me one day, during a walk on the beach near our house.
We would stand there, feet tickled by the ripples as the tide rolled in and out.
“One day Becky, we are going to live there, on that little bit of paradise, away from the world. Just our little family.” We would make all sorts of silly plans for out future on the mysterious island.
Then he announced that he was off on an adventure. He whispered to me that he was going to the island on his little boat, and he was going to stake a claim on it. It was our secret. I even helped him make a flag to fly there, once he arrived.
He promised that when he was back, we would pack our things and sail back there, and make a home for ourselves.
He was gone for days.
Mummy was fine at first, then after the first couple of days, she started to fret. He never went away for this long without telling her in full detail. This time, he had been a little elusive, and just mentioned that he had work. She called friends and family to no avail, and then the police.
In the end, I had to tell her our secret. That daddy was off exploring, and sailing to the island that we used to see on the horizon.
It was so manic around our house, then they told us they had found a boat, and they believed it was Daddy’s. It was washed up on some rocks, not far from where we would stand and look out at our dream home.
Mummy cried so much. But I couldn’t understand why she was upset. Daddy hadn’t been found. My flag wasn’t in the boat.
It was obvious to me. Daddy had got to the island and was flying my flag there. He was just waiting for us to make our way there.
So now, I still go and stand, feet in the water, gazing out at the speck of land, rising from the horizon. If I look hard enough, I am sure I can see a flag flying.
It won’t be long daddy, I’ll be there soon. It took a lot of convincing, but mummy finally let me have sailing lessons, and when I get a boat, I’ll sail over to you, so we can make our dream come true…
27 Jun 2016 37 Comments
in Challenges, Poems Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Freku, Haibun, Haiku, Ronovan's Weekly Haiku Challenge, Summer & Fun, tanka
Monday night, and Ron’s Haiku Challenge. The words this week are Summer & Fun.
I had a great deal with these words! Sorry but due to a headache, I haven’t sorted images out, but I managed to write a few bits!
I thought I would try a few different formats, so here goes! I hope you enjoy!
Summer Lovin’ – Traditional Haiku – 5/7/5
Love in the summer
Joy filled heated days and nights
Autumn quenches thirsts
Remember When? – Haiku 3/5/3
Summer days
Oh, the fun we had
Memories…
English Summer – A Haibun
Well, how can I write about summer without mentioning our famous English summers! We are lucky enough to get all four seasons in one day here at times, and when it comes to summer, yes, there can be glorious weather, but this year, as with s many others, June has had heat, then the weather has swayed back to thunderstorms, and heavy downpours. Some areas even had hailstones last weekend! So this verse is a tribute to our summers.
Welcome to England
We have a one day summer
Make sure you have fun!
Baby Boom – A Haibun
Do you ever wonder why there is an extreme number of babies born at particular times of the year? Trace back 9 months and check the weather. It was either cold, so there was some interesting methods of body heating going on, or it was the height of summer, and the heat’s aphrodisiac quality hit home!
A Season of heat
Welcomes fun filled siestas
Cue a baby boom!
Tranquility – A Tanka
A hot summers day
Bees flitting from bloom to bloom
Buzzing past my ears
I sit, cocktail in hand
Enjoying tranquility
Life Cycle – a Freku
In the spring of life
You learn
In the summertime
You earn
As autumn comes
You yearn
In the winter
You burn
~
Whichever season
Spring, summer, autumn, winter
Each of them bring joy
Well, there you have it… My headache-fueled verses. Please let me know if I should really be in bed, sleeping the headache off, or if I need to endure more pain to create decent verse!
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