TJ’s Household Haiku

20 Aug 2017

Well back from the shore My little boat calls sweetly Coyly, the tide turns.... Prompt words: Well and sweet This is a photo I took from the ramparts of St…

TJ’s Household Haiku – Chaos

13 Aug 2017

With each ebbing tide Ordered chaos creating New universes Prompt words: "Chaos and order" Welcome to TJ's Household challenge both regular visitors and some new wonderful faces. As regular readers…

TJ’s Household Haiku

6 Aug 20176 Aug 2017

Familiar Perfume Lingering in the night air Conjure a lost dream Prompt words: Perfume and Lost Have you ever suddenly smelt a scent that generates a wonderful, vivid memory of…

Honeyed words

10 Jul 201723 Jul 2017

The brash honey bee Humming amusing love songs To irate flowers https://ronovanwrites.com/2017/07/10/ronovanwrites-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-157-amusedirate/

TJ’s Household Haiku

17 Jun 201717 Jun 2017

How full my mailbox! Invitations? Friends' letters? Only bills, just only bills. The prompt words for this week are "Full and Only" How nice it would be to get some…

Lost Truth

15 Jun 201713 Jun 2017

I am a gentle whisper in the wind Drowned out by raucous laughter A twinkle in a happy eye Dulled by care and misery   I am the star that…

A Sonnet – Where Went the Summer?

30 May 201730 May 2017

Where didst the lovely summer go? Into the dark long passing. Why now the green field palled with snow? The grey clouds all amassing.   What for the springtime turned athwart? The…

Passing Fair

18 May 201717 May 2017

Passing Fair Awash in liquid sunlight, A trembling rose. At it's very apogee, A petal falling. A smile disingenuous, A broken springtime promise, About a golden summer, A cherry blossom…

TJ’s Household Haiku

13 May 2017

The insular trees Whispering conspiritors My! How very arch! Prompt words - "Arch and Tree" Hi all! Back again after a weeks absence due to the vicissitudes of life. Many…

TJ’s Household Haiku Challenge

22 Apr 201722 Apr 2017

The ancient lattice Enclose for five hundred years Life's tiny moments Welcome to TJ's Household Haiku Challenge. My apologies for not popping up last weekend as I was staying with…

TJ’s Household Haiku – Sun and Moon

7 Apr 20177 Apr 2017

The sun turns away And there, in its fiery wake The moon, reflecting Welcome back to the Haiku Hub! It's been a while, I know and many apologies to the…

The Shuffle

12 Feb 2017

Shuffle I thought I was living life But then I found it just a game Where I knew not the rules Others played too long, too well And kept their…

Unravelled

30 Jan 201730 Jan 2017

How did a tapestry so carefully woven become so threadbare? Each little stitch, unravelling. Tarnished gold, Rusted red, Sun bleached blue, The image lost, in tatters. And now with the…

TJ’s Household Haiku – Water lilies

4 Dec 2016

The water lilies Drift like twilight clouds sun kissed Across the ocean Welcome to TJ's Household Haiku from lovely Paris! I have taken up art classes and have been playing…

TJ’s Household Haiku – Peeking

12 Nov 2016

Tell me what you see, Peeking over unafraid. You impudent blooms! TJ's Household Haiku is back! Many apologies to anyone out there who has been dropping by over the last…