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Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku Challenge #71 – Cover & Colour

16 Nov 2015 42 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Poems Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, colour and cover, Ronovan's Weekly Haiku Challenge

Monday means it’s Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku Challenge… Check it out here!
The words this week – Cover & Colour…
Three attempts this week…

Rainbow

The Gurdwara this morning

A myriad of
Multicoloured hues shine down
Through cloud covered skies

Butterfly

Image from Google

Cocoon cracks open
Uncovers jewelled delights
Coloured wings unfurl

And for a giggle…

Sunglasses Needed

Image from Google - Shirt Govinda's own!

I cover my eyes
Can’t take much more of that shirt…
The gaudy colours!
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Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku Challenge #70 – Crane & Gold

09 Nov 2015 22 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Poems Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Challenge, Crane & Gold, Haiku, Ronovan's Weekly Haiku Challenge

Oh yes, you know it’s Monday when the haiku start flowing! Ronovan’s weekly challenge had hit, and boy is it another doozie this week! Ronovan, with these words, you are really testing us!! Check out the challenge here.

The prompt words this week are Crane & Gold. The lovely Ron encouraged use of the thesaurus to really get into these words this time, and I have to admit I was flummoxed to start with, but I came up with two….

Mane

His halcyon mane

Enhanced by the fiery

Orb that is the sun

Happy New Year

That golden moment

We all crane our necks to see

Big Ben chime midnight

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Hope you like them!

Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku Challenge #69 – Haiku & Mind

02 Nov 2015 29 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Poems Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Haiku, Ronovan's Weekly Haiku Challenge

Monday Haiku Challenge Time Peeps!

Ronovan has given us interesting words to work with this week.. as he does every week..Haiku & Mind.

Read the challenge here.

And so, here are my attempts!

Haiku Form

When writing haiku

Formation matters

Five, seven, five, mind!

Haiku Tax

With so few words

Haiku sure taxes the mind

Telling a story…

Haiku Class

Fitness for the mind

Spinning words around your brain

Creating haiku

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One Liner Poetry Challenge – Autumn Waffles

28 Oct 2015 22 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Poems Tags: autumn, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Challenge, poem, Wafflemethis

Ooh! You know how much I love a challenge, and Syl has passed the poetic baton on to me today! I feel honoured, as he is amazing with words!

Now this challenge created by my big blog brother Rich is all about adding a line to a poem collaboratively written by us bloggers, great idea right!
Now to the rules for this challenge:
1. Thank the blogger who nominated you and link back.

2.Link back to me Waffles.

3. Write one line in the poem. If 4 lines have been reached before you then start a new stanza

4. If you are the 17th line no need to nominate just send it back to me Waffles with a title for the next one.
Autumn
Autumnal hues herald dawn’s amber glow.
Nature paints in colorful flow.
Everything’s pumpkin from pop tarts to chips.
There’s even a seasonal orange pumpkin dip.
~
Now a crestfallen suns rich corpse spawns a great feast.
The aroma from scented candles tantalize the palette.
Eerie glows emanate from window sills.
And I nominate Jane Dougherty to continue this beautiful collection of words 🎃😊

Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku Challenge #68 – Pen & Muse – A Trio

26 Oct 2015 16 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Poems Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, pen & muse, Ronovan's Weekly Haiku Challenge

It’s Monday, and time to think about the weekly challenge set by Ronovan’s, on his blog… Check it out here.
The two words, as a prompt, are Pen & Muse…