A Royal wedding
nobility is endowed
a rare achievement.
The world in wonder at the
splendour of the occasion
Category Archives: Self compositions
Colleen’s Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 81, DIGNITY & SUCCESS, #SynonymsOnly
Filed under Loyal subject, Self compositions, Tanka
RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #201 Body&Art
For most tattooists
the body is their canvas
art unforgiven
Filed under As you read it, Factual, Haiku, Self compositions
E haiku
Long ears in the grass
snarling dogs strain at the leash
darkness on the downs
Filed under Factual, Haiku, Inspired emotion, Self compositions
Sue Vincent’s Thursday photo prompt: Fallen #writephoto
Weary after the strenuous afternoon hike through the hot Greek countryside David and Julie lay down to rest in an effort to escape the relentless Mediterranean sun. David heard his partner’s shallow breathing slowly turn to a gentle snore. He found that he couldn’t sleep, he had the nagging feeling that they were being watched.
Warily he sat up and scanned the valley below. Sure enough, he thought he could see movement. He realised it was an old woman slowly picking her way through the undergrowth. She appeared to be carrying a bundle or basket on her head.
He reached out his left arm and shook Julie gently awake. She remained lying as he pointed out the old woman to her. David thought he would call out and see if the old woman was ok, it was very hot in the afternoon sun. Both of them called out, peering in her direction. There was no reply but they watched her as she started to get closer.
David realised his mistake when he noticed the bundle on her head appeared to be moving. His last thought was disbelief when he saw that her hair was in fact a writhing mass of snakes.
Filed under As you read it, Flash fiction, Inspired by fable, Self compositions
Thursday photo prompt: #writephoto
Dark stone steps evoke
echoes of a distant past
etched in grey granite
morose memories unleashed
with every rise and turn
Filed under Self compositions, Tanka
Ronovan writes #Haiku #200
The fire in your eyes
and the ire in your answer
showed love’s bonds broken
Filed under From the heart, Haiku, Inspired emotion, Self compositions
COLLEEN’S 2018 WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY POETRY CHALLENGE #Haiku #82: Sing & Celebrate
The strolling players
in their colourful costumes
gathered round her chair
their lively serenade helped
us to rejoice in our love
Filed under Self compositions, Tanka
C haiku
Onset of evening
clouds wear gold-rimmed spectacles
amidst their blushes
Filed under Haiku, nature inspired, Self compositions
Sue Vincent’s #Writephoto “Splash”
Amber smiled contentedly. She had arrived at her favourite observation point. None of her siblings were around and the water in the stream was just at the right height to cover the pebbles and leave her unseen. From this vantage point she could watch and listen. “Plop,” she heard the sound of a small object dropping into the water. Darting forward she found the struggling body of a caterpillar that had dropped from the overhanging branches. “Success,” she smiled, sucking up the struggling body with relish. Turning she returned to the shelter of a large pebble in wait for the next victim. Only she had realised how productive this small stretch of bankside water was for food and she hadn’t told any of her siblings because she was not in the habit of sharing. That would come later when she had her own brood to look after.
Unbeknown to Amber a young man was crouching low on the bank above her. He had been scanning the water’s surface and immediately spotted the silver body and bright red fins as Amber had moved forwards. The angler knew that this was his chance. He gently cast his line and the hook with it’s single maggot landed on the water with a single splash in exactly the place where the caterpillar had met it’s fate.
Amber darted forward, hardly believing her luck. Grabbing the maggot she lazily returned to her resting place, only realising her mistake when she suddenly felt a sharp pain and some unknown force appeared to be pulling her into the bank. She shook her head in the hope that the pain would disappear but could only feel the tugging at her mouth getting stronger. She turned to swim away and in panic made a dive for a patch of weeds to her left. Feeling herself being pulled backwards she swam in a circle around a broken branch that lay on the riverbed. Instantly the pain in her mouth stopped and she was able to swim back to the middle of the river. She decided that it may be a good idea to return and join her family, perhaps visiting this hunting spot tomorrow when the pain in her mouth may be less.
On the bank the young angler looked at the broken line from his reel, bemoaning the loss of his float and his bad luck in losing the largest rudd he had ever seen on the river.
Filed under Flash fiction, nature inspired, Self compositions
Ronovan writes Weekly poetry #Haiku #199
Instantly I saw
my cat was obsessed with you
a menage a trois
Filed under As you read it, Haiku, Inspired emotion, Self compositions
When the pen takes control. 