Ronovanwrite’sDécima Poetry Challenge #5. Mate.

The Huntsman.

Image from Pixabay

Cruel hunter kills the feamale

Uncaring of her young ones plight.

One wonders will he sleep this night.

Oblivious to storking male

The huntsman sits and quaffs his ale.

Heart broken by loss of his mate

Bear moves in, full of hate.

The human creature kills for sport

For the life he stole he cares nought

Death too gruesome to contemplate.

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My entry for this weeks Décima Poetry Challenge No. 5 MATE. (A New Challenge from ronovanwrites.com)

Colleen’s 2020 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 172, #Poet’sChoice

WELCOME TO TANKA TUESDAY! It’s the first of the month and you know what that means! Poets, choose your own syllabic poetry form, theme, words, images, etc. It’s up to you! Are you looking for inspiration for your syllabic poetry?

The earth keeps turning
Gia changes her seasons
Untouched by man’s time
She needs no rhyme or reason
She is patient with us all.

Image from Pixabay

This week for Colleen’s Tuesday Tanka I chose to do a Tanka about Mother Nature and her timeless progress, despite our best efforts to ruin her.

Colleen’s Weekly Haiku Challenge.

For Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge, you can write your poem in the forms defined on the Poetry Challenge Cheatsheet:

Poetry Form Cheats sheet. This tutorial will help poets learn the different forms to use for Colleen’s Weekly Syllabic Poetry Challenge. Image by Thought Catalog from Pixabay HAIKU IN ENGLISH: 5/7/5, 3/5/3, or 2/3/2 s…

I wrote my Haiku in the 5/7/5 form that I always use. Colleen suggested I the other forms of 3/5/3 and 2/3/2. Colleen even showed me an example of each. Well I try never to shrink from challenge so I am going to have a go .

Here is my original. The prompts were Calm and Present.

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All still and pleasant

My mind is empty, peaceful

Time stops in the now.

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3/5/3 Haiku

All is quiet

Live in the moment

Stilled softly

Image from Pixabay

3/2/3 Haiku

Silent

Mindfulness

Time out

Thank you Colleen for encouraging me to try.

If you haven’t already joined in Colleen’s Weekly Haiku Challenge do pop over and join in Here

Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #276 Smoke&Water

Smoke on the water

Mirrors and lights, reflection

It’s all illusion.

This is my entry for Ronovanwrites Weekly Haiku Challenge.

RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #273 Forest&Whisper

This my entry for Ronovanwrites Weekly Haiku Challenge. This week’s prompts are Forrest and Whisper.

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Forrest Tanka.

How green and quiet

Forrest, beloved of Gia

I hear your whisper.

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RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #271 Fierce&Fever

This is part of Ronovanwrites Weekly Haiku Challenge.

Temperature’s high

The mercury is sky high.

The fever is fierce.

RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #270 Pure&Serene

This is part of Ronovanwrites Weekly Haiku Challenge.

September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and the prompt words will in some way be reflective of that. The National Alliance on Mental Illness or NAMI is a big part of this.

In Serene knowledge

That Misery is not pure

Fight, reach for the light.

RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #269 Coping & Support #NAMI

September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and the prompt words will be reflecting that in some way. The National Alliance on Mental Illness or NAMI is a big part of this.

Our dear Ronovan said :”Those of you who have been with me since the beginning of my blogging time for the past 6 years know that I’ve had my own problems, which was one reason I started blogging in the first place. Through the friendships I developed and the outlet blogging gave me I’ve improved a great deal. I have neglected those friendships, and however much I want to improve in that area I’ve been in a not very energy filled place in parts of my life and those parts have suffered.”

Ronovan’s words resonate with me too because I have suffered on and off with depression. I know the Black Dog well.

To walk in Nature

Is my own way of coping

Friends are my support

Gia always lifts my mood

Friends help me fight the Black Dog .

RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #268 Gratitude& Harmony

Harmony is bred

From gratitude for small things

Happiness is free.

This is part of Ronovanwrites Weekly Haiku Challenge.

RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #267 Marvelous&Terrific

5 years of consecutive weekly prompts.

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Marvelous flowers

Gifted to me by the most

Terrific best friend.

Delicate soft hues

Marvelous nature speaks loud

Of kindness gifted.

Ronovanwrites Weekly Haiku.