TJ’s Household Haiku

29 Jul 201729 Jul 2017

what melodrama, Look at the last autumn leaf. Will or won't it fall? Welcome to TJ's Household Haiku Challenge. If you would like to join in then you can create…

Same Tune, New Theme

27 Jul 201726 Jul 2017

Those who are good enough to drop by on the regular will notice a whole new look to "La vie est trop courte pour boire du mauvais vin" I loved…

Midweek Gratitude

26 Jul 201726 Jul 2017

Up until now I have been sadly aware that my week has become punctuated by "bin night". It always seems to be Thursday and time for the rubbish bins to…

Midweek Gratitude

19 Jul 201720 Jul 2017

It is Wednesday already and I find shockingly that is two weeks since the last Midweek Gratitude post. I attended a very interesting seminar recently that showed that tests on…

TJ’s Household Haiku Challenge

16 Jul 2017

My Formal Garden Only one thing out of place A fallen leaf! Welcome to this weeks slightly belated TJ's Household Haiku Challenge! The prompt words this week are "Garden and…

Thought for the day

14 Jul 201723 Jul 2017

It is terrifying to think that, through the indestructibility of plastic, the contents of our rubbish bins will say more about us in 500 years time than any history book.…

The Mortar and Pestle – a fable

11 Jul 201723 Jul 2017

  or, A Little Psychology Goes a Long Way "How you wear me down." grumbled the mortar to the pestle "It is all very well for you my dear." remarked…

Into the Unknown FFfAW

11 Jul 201723 Jul 2017

Thanks to Grant-Sud for the photo promt for this week's Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers Into the Unknown Life, he realized, was a game of brinkmanship. Each decision led to…

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 Challenge

8 Jul 20178 Jul 2017

The sulfurous spring Water from the hellish depths Filling my bath tub   The promt words for this week are "Depth and Fill"   Hi you haiku enthusiasts out there.…

Nursery Rhyme Rift Challenge

7 Jul 201723 Jul 2017

I discovered this fun challenge through a wonderful blogging friend and thought I would give it a go. Basically you give an old nursery rhyme a "makeover" and there are…

It’s War!

6 Jul 201723 Jul 2017

As dear old Pepys sat by his candle beetling away at his diary did he realise how many chappies would delve into his old mems and get a shuftie at…

Midweek Gratitude

5 Jul 201723 Jul 2017

It's Wednesday again! It seems I have hardly done being grateful for last week and I here I am being grateful once more. All in all it has been a…

Grinning Idiot

2 Jul 201723 Jul 2017

I was talking with a young man of my acquaintance about the fact that I have a horrible suspicion that people at work think that I am an idiot. "Because…

Dreaming of the Dance

2 Jul 201723 Jul 2017

I love this. Apparently the original French version had slippers of fur, not glass pantoufle de vair, fur slipper, for pantoufle de verre glass slipper. But, anyhoo, glass slippers are…