TJ’s Household Haiku – Gold

27 Aug 201627 Aug 2016

PROMT: "GOLD" Home decoration A splash of red, blue ceiling, A sunshine carpet Welcome to TJ's Household Haiku Challenge! If you would like to participate then use either the prompt…

In the distance

23 May 201623 May 2016

It is often hard to generate a good shot when you are taken with a wonderful view. Often what seems big to the eye vanishes into nothingness in the photo.…

Whale Bones – Australia

8 May 201618 May 2016

Along our rugged North Western coastline the terrain can become very harsh and unforgiving. We came upon the bones of a whale that had washed up on the rocks and…

Lazy Sunday – A tramp stole my trousers!

1 May 20161 May 2016

As one of my children was showing signs of disgruntlement over their current job I felt that it was my fatherly duty to divert his attention from the current vexations…

National Poetry Day

18 Apr 201618 Apr 2016

The 17th is National Poetry Day so I thought a sonnet would not go astray. I loved you through the tender months of spring When flowers bloomed and all the world…

Mondayitis: Oh for the Sunny Shore!

21 Mar 201621 Mar 2016

No one knows what I suffer! Just last year I had a bout of the dreaded Man Flu where I teetered on the brink of death for fully 4 days,…

Solitude

12 Mar 201612 Mar 2016

There in the bustling crowd, All alone I Move like a shadow Stretching in the sunlight Dark and ephemeral In strange disconnection In response to Photography 101 Prompt "Solitude" and…

Blissful Sunset

10 Mar 201612 Mar 2016

Sunday and a stroll along the coast at our favorite spot in Fremantle, Western Australia. One of the joys of living on the west coast is to see the sun…

Shards of the sun

2 Mar 2016

  The shattered sunlight Flashed like a million diamonds Dancing on water ...oOo... In response to RonovanWrites weekly haiku challenge "Flash and Dance" https://ronovanwrites.wordpress.com/2016/02/29/ronovanwrites-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-86-flashdance/

Wildflower Wednesday – Spoiled for Choice

17 Feb 201617 Feb 2016

Supping from golden plates, The bee does not forget, To take a little morsel home, Where with honeyed words, It adds its praise; A tasteful medley, of a million flowers.

Lazy Sunday – Aussie Bush

10 Jan 201610 Jan 2016

At last the heat broke today and after a visit to a market on the edge of town I saw a sign pointing up into the hills for "Rolystone" and…

Short Story – Larrkardiy (boab)

9 Jan 20169 Jan 2016

  Prologue For the Aboriginal people Larrkardiy always had a special strength and power. The dreamtime stories tell that this power had made the trees so arrogant that at last God…

It’s too darn hot!

7 Jan 2016

A sweltering 39 degrees today (102 in the old money!) Naturally someone ran over all of the new sprinklers I had put in to replace the old sprinklers someone had…

Haiku – Still Forest

4 Jan 20162 Apr 2018

In the vast forest You can clearly hear your thoughts Rustling the leaves It is that time of the week for RonovanWrites Haiku promts and this week the words are "Vast"…

Wildflower Wednesday – Geraldton Wax

30 Dec 2015

Went off the beaten track for a little explore of a nearby national park. These little flowers are the last reminders of spring as the Perth summer bakes the trees…