Caravan holidays are not all relaxing in the fresh air and sipping cocktails in the sun
Monthly Archives: Oct 2023
Ronovan writes #Haiku weekly prompt #483
Curious Watson
a case to solve but I’m stumped
elementary
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Dies Natalis
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In 1940, John Lennon, singer, songwriter and former member of the Beatles
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Sammiscribbles weekend writing prompt #332 #Househunting
When we first saw the old ruin
it just seemed ideal
but on the night we moved in
it started to feel
that we may have done the wrong thing
for in the dark of the night
our fears turned out to be right
we were dead by daylight
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Literatus Obitus
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In 1849, Edgar Allen Poe, American poet and short-story writer, at times controversial but with a gift for writing in many styles he died at the age of 40.
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Literatus Obitus
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In 1892, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet who wrote, “The Charge of the Light Brigade.”
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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #256 #Careless whisper
Minnie had a secret which she swore she’d never tell
but when she met Ena she thought oh what the hell
but Ena said to Minnie that she already knew
and that she was on her way over to tell you
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Vitam et mortem
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Born in 1925, Gore Vidal, American author of, “Myra Beckenridge,” meanwhile in 1967 Woody Guthrie, singer and songwriter dies from Huntingdon’s Chorea.
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Dies Natalis
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Born in 1904, Graham Greene, novelist, playwright and journalist, whose novels include ,”Our Man in Havana and Brighton Rock,” the latter being made into a highly successful film.
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Ronovan writes #Haiku weekly prompt #482
Casting your mind back
to where you first heard this phrase
dark night of the soul
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When the pen takes control. 