Thursday photo prompt #writephoto – Door

23 Jun 2016 61 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, My Writing, Poems, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #WritePhoto, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Doors, Poetry, Sue Vincent, tanka

I do love Sue’s photo prompts! She has given a beautiful door to work with this week. And I give to you, a poem made up of 3 tankas – a Trianka!

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The Unknown…

What is it that lies
Beyond the ancient entrance
Cloaked in mystery?
A portal to a new world
Or simply another house?

Do you dare to look?
To turn that rusty door knob?
To push it open?
To force ageing joints to creak?
To quench your thirst for the truth?

But be careful though
You know not, what you may find
Like Pandora’s box
Could be a pleasant surprise
Or you may unleash a beast….

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Funny, but as I wrote this, all that kept on going through my mind was the EU Referendum today! We were all faced with this dilemma… do we vote to stay, and stay on this side of the ‘door’, safe with what we know? Or do we take the risk, and push open that door, to see what lies beyond the confines of Europe?

See what your Referendum has done to my mind, Government?! It’s taken over my creative process!

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RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #102 Birth&Cheer

20 Jun 2016 27 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Poems Tags: #Ronovansweeklyhailuchallenge, Birth & Cheer, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Haiku, Ronovan's Weekly Haiku Challenge

Firstly,

A huge birthday cheer
For our Haiku Meister Ron
Wish you many more!

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Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge Image.

The prompt words this week,

Birth & Cheer

Image from Pixabay

The dawn of summer
A time for optimism
The sun WILL come out

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Cheers of joy erupt
The birth of a new baby
Happiness abounds
A time for celebrations
New life, new love, a new hope

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TJ’s Household Haiku – Dry Cactus

18 Jun 2016 29 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Poems Tags: #TJ's Household Haiku Challenge, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Cactus, dry, Haiku

Tj’s prompt today… An image of a cactus, or the word dry

I tried to use both…

Image from Pixabay

The ground, parched and dry
Yet still a source of beauty
Where cacti can thrive

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Photo prompt #writephoto – pale

18 Jun 2016 24 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Poems, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #WritePhoto, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Pale, Sue Vincent

Sue’s Photo prompt.

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I found it quite hard to think up something for this one, but here goes!

A family
There once were three
Now there’s nothing left

A calamity
Took their dignity
And no one has confessed

A community
presumably
Are now feeling bereft

Futility
They cannot see
This happen to the rest

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Poetic RITUals – Available To Buy NOW!

16 Jun 2016 94 Comments

by Ritu in My Writing, Poems, Poetic RITUals, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Amazon, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Kindle, Poetic RITUals, Poetry Book, release

PR 3D 01 After all this time, finally, you can buy/download a copy of my new Poetry Book, Poetic RITUals, on Amazon UK, Amazon.Com, Amazon – India, Amazon – Australia, Amazon – Canada. The paperback edition is available via Amazon UK and Amazon.com, and from the European sites at the moment, the rest have the Kindle version available.

The Kindle version is available for pre-order, to be released on 29th June 2016, as that is my son’s birthday, so if you would rather get the digital copy, there is a little wait.

But if you are bursting with excitement, and NEED to get a copy in your hands click the above Amazon UK or Amazon.com links.

Poetic RITUals, my first poetry book, is filled with a variety of verse, inspired by family, life, love and laughs.

Please take a dip, and enjoy my rhymes.

If you do, please be sure to leave an Amazon review!

I’m dying to know what you all think!

I got the proof copy in my hand today… it feels surreal!