Ronovan says : You may, if you wish, make some kind of link between the Haiku Challenge prompt of (ROUGH and Season) mine was a Tanka and it’s here.. and this Décima Challenge of CARE in the D rhyme line. This means you could write a haiku post using the prompt words. Then do a Décima post using this week’s prompt uniting the two with a common message.
The 2 challenges are separate but can be combined if you choose to do so.
Bitter chill as night and hush falls. The hedgerows full of sleeping beasts. That this season often defeats. Tomorrow and the hunt still calls. The loss of hungry beasts appalls. Nature only keeps the strongest Winter’s cold winds last the longest. Rough her rules may the weak take care. She forges onwards harsh but fair. Until Spring blossoms newly pressed.
Ron says “You may, if you wish, make some kind of link between the Haiku Challenge prompt of (FROST and Glint). and this Décima Challenge of SHIMMER in the C rhyme line. This means you could write a haiku post using the prompt words. Then do a Décima post using this week’s prompt uniting the two with a common message.
Jack frost dances in the dark nights Bedazzling magic on the streets Glinting and glistening ice sheets. Busy fingers of tiny sprites Making all things sparkle like lights. In the moon’s wintery glimmer Spiders webbs sparkle and shimmer. Home to cosy living room fire Long evenings in filled with desire. Passions growing bright not dimmer.
You may, if you wish, make some kind of link between the Haiku Challenge prompt of (RELEASE and Simple). and this Décima Challenge of FLOAT in the B rhyme line. This means you could write a haiku post using the prompt words. Then do a Décima post using this week’s prompt uniting the two with a common message.
The 2 CHALLENGES are SEPARATE but CAN BE combined if YOU CHOOSE to do so.
I have chosen to combine my simple Haiku with my Décima again this week.
In these latest pandemic times We need to keep our brains a-float. Good exercise can rock your boat. We all need to ring in the chimes Even skipping to nursery rhymes. Good oxygen to fill our lungs To keep old Covid on the runs Wear your mask and your distance keep Wash your hands so the germs don’t creep. That is how simple release comes!
You may, if you wish, make some kind of link between the Haiku Challenge prompt of (CHILD and Grow). and this Décima Challenge of CONTRAST in the A rhyme line. This means you could write a haiku post using the prompt words. Then do a Décima post using this week’s prompt uniting the two with a common message.
2 CHALLENGES are SEPARATE but CAN BE combined if YOU CHOOSE to do so.
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You, now to then such contrast You’ve become more than I guessed. So grown up I am impressed. I nurtured you in the past We cope whatever shadows cast. So whatever you may do I will always defend you You’re my child, I’ll watch you grow. Blood of my blood I love you so. No more to say the dye’s cast.
It is Wednesday and time for Ronovanwrite’s Weekly Déima challenge. Ron said “You may, if you wish, make some kind of link between the Haiku Challenge prompt of (BOUND and Sway). and this Décima Challenge of BASH in the D rhyme line. This means you could write a haiku post using the prompt words. Then do a Décima post using this week’s prompt uniting the two with a common message.
The 2 are separate but can be combined if you choose to do so.” I do choose too.
Bound and Sway. Décima.
Bound and tied, I am your plaything. I am caught in your magic sway. Your indulgence is all I crave Play my senses, til my heart sings Such delight your hands give me wings. I sway and moan in ecstasy Use me now I’m no longer free I beg for more, my hopes you dash. Letting me fall with a loud bash. You leave me breathless and empty.
Our host Ronovanwrite’s said :You may, if you wish, make some kind of link between the Haiku Challenge prompt of (OPEN and Solace). and this Décima Challenge of STAR in the C rhyme line. This means you could write a haiku post using the prompt words. Then do a Décima post using this week’s prompt uniting the two with a common message.
The two challanges are separate but can be combined if you choose to do so.
Again I choose to combine my Haiku and Décima.
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We’re all locked up in our houses. All hiding from the unseen foe None of us knowing where to go. Alone or with friends or spouses. Long days full of stress and grouses. Two planets aline like a star Like the one wise men saw afar. All borders closing no solace We all need to turn about face Our home planet we spoil and mar.
Ronovan said : You may, if you wish, make some kind of link between the Haiku Challenge prompt of (MAD and Sane) which and this Décima Challenge of GIFT in the B rhyme line. This means you could write a haiku post using the prompt words. Then do a Décima post using this week’s prompt uniting the two with a common message.
The 2 CHALLENGES are SEPARATE but CAN BE combined if YOU CHOOSE to do so. I chose to do so. Here is the link to my Haiku.
The gift of madness.
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Corridors full of empty souls Dancing but their spirits won’t lift. Sanity is not ours to gift Lost forever all youthful goals Here hope is gone it downhill rolls. Screaming inside, making no sound Dancing in circles round and round. Foresake all hope of leaving here. Keeping guard, surrounded by fear. We’re all lost never to be found.
Ronovan says : You may, if you wish, make some kind of link between the Haiku Challenge prompt of (CURL and Paw). and this Décima Challenge of KNOCK in the A rhyme line. This means you could write a haiku post using the prompt words. Then do a Décima post using this week’s prompt uniting the two with a common message.
The 2 CHALLENGES are SEPARATE but CANBEcombined if YOU CHOOSE to do so.
Gently she gives my elbow a knock. Her eyes full of love “I need you” I smile back needing her too. She is my foundation and rock. Tells the time better than a clock. When I’m well she’s out running free When I’m not well she clings to me Somehow she knows just what to do. She’ll always guide me good and true. Ruby is my lifesaving prop.
What evil caused the fall from grace What caused the fight that banished those And shut the doors of heaven closed. Evicted, slipped to earth disgraced. They were no longer pure or chased. They lost their wings, they lost their souls. Still immortal, yet no more whole. Heaven rent in two, un stable The bloody war, truth no fable. The vanquished lost their holy place.
Welcome to the Décima Poetry Challenge. Each week we’ll be attempting a Décima, also known as an Espinela, poem.
If you don’t know how to write a Décima, click HERE to go to a post on How to Write an Espinela or Décima Poem.
You may, if you wish, make some kind of link between the Haiku Challenge prompt .Ebb and Flow and Sleep.
The two challenges are separate but can be combined if we choose to do so.
Tides of Madness
The tides of madness ebb and flow Restlessness only calmed by sleep. The waking hours make me weep. Dark seasons like days of shadow. Seeds of darkling around me grow. Fears inside me grow and recede. Monsters use my terror as feed. Madness has me held as captive. Rise and fall, trapped, no more to give. Madness eats my soul and I bleed
The above painting is work of Dorothea Tanning it is called The Madness of Doors.
