The neighbor’s shovelkeeping 3/4 time whilemilk slips through my tea Ice slips off the roofThe sun working overtimeFebruary thaw Chick a dee dee deeUpbeat timing slips intomy morning coffee
Saturday morning short form
Mid FebruaryMockingbird has a new songMore! More! February walkPuppy in a sweaterStill she shivers Droopy yellow leavesAmaryllis says “enough!”Winter doldrums a collage snapping against birdsong burrowed deep in the contented silence across a fertile land pressed flowers sleeping crickets the neighbor’s July wave […]
Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt #345
Snowing and blowingdoves and wrens at the feedersuddenly detente Snowing and blowingmy husband frying baconbirds at the feeder Ron is not working today, so he wrote a haiku also: Falling, the seasonWinds blow seed snow chirping soundsRefuge porch- Feed the birds A link to the challenge:https://ronovanwrites.com/2021/02/15/ronovan-writes-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-345-bird-and-blow/#respond
Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt # 344
Eek! Ouch! No!Hands, ankles and toes, oh my!Sharp puppy teeth bite Biting all the cordsTeething on the furnitureAren’t I just so cute Link: https://ronovanwrites.com/2021/02/08/ronovan-writes-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-344-bite-and-teeth/#respond
Flying with (week 2 assignment)
Flying with angels, accidents and an albatross across large and hungry Flying with blessings, babies and blackbirds below 4 and 20 baked in a pie […]
Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt #343
Bare puppy bellygurgles with ‘play with me’ dreamsso full of kibble A link to the challenge:https://ronovanwrites.com/2021/02/01/ronovan-writes-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-343-bare-and-full/#comments
January Squares
Observation tower at Hot Springs (Arkansas) National Park Thank you to Becky for another fun Squares month:https://beckybofwinchester.com/2021/01/31/square-up-31/
January Squares
Nasturtium can still beCharles Olson’s flowerand maybe like my motherhe instructed his daughterto soak the little wrinkledseeds in a custard cup ofwater overnight, so theywould sprout quicker inthe sickly soil next to theback door. Thinking ofthe shades of orange andthe veiny round leaves ofJuly- this is my nose-gay now. Inspired by p. 632, The Maximus […]
January Squares and Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Prompt #342
Rough air and angelsAnticipate turbulenceTowing the season Rough Air It does not rain in spaceThere is space between the rainWhere angels flyTowing dreams tetheredBehind their wingsAerial advertising withAcrobatic towplanes toting aBanner over the beach Anticipate turbulenceRough air ChopA little shaking lets you know you’re aliveMaybe the wings snap offWhere are the angels now?Make sure your […]
January Squares
From Breakers and Granite by John Gould Fletcher: “What are these, angels or demons, or steel and stone. Soaring, alert, striped and diversified windows…Soaring vast effort spent in the sky till it breaks there.” He was writing about skyscrapers in NYC in April 1920. A link to the Squares challenge:https://beckybofwinchester.com/2021/01/24/square-up-24/
