Haiku Hopes

8 Aug 20168 Aug 2016

I hope winter ends Walking head down in the rain Look up! A rainbow!   Ronovan Writes Prompts for this week are "Hope and Up " I can't remember when…

Summer revelations

27 Apr 2016

  A typical day at the beach in Western Australia. The soft white sandstone sand and the brilliant light is always attractive. The sharks and the Jellyfish are no deterrent.…

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…

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/

Lazy Sunday – Vibrant Kulcha

31 Jan 201631 Jan 2016

  As those who have been so kind as to cast their eyes over my ramblings will know, I live in Perth, Western Australia. It has much to recommend it.…

Haiku – Sunset

25 Jan 201625 Jan 2016

To the sinking sun Wind trilling in the rigging A final farewell ...oOo... The sun's final rays Transformed by the ocean's trill Into golden notes   The prompts for this week's…

Dreaming Haiku Dreams

28 Dec 201528 Dec 2015

I float through the years Discovering new oceans Of unfulfilled dreams   The prompts for the final Ronovan Writes haiku challenge for 2015 are New and Year I would like…

Here and Now

27 Dec 201527 Dec 2015

The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge is for "Here and Now". Here is a shot of our favorite "Port Beach" at Fremantle, Western Australia. I have been going here ever…

Imports FFfAW

13 Oct 201513 Oct 2015

Chesney! Oh Chesney dear wake up! What is it Barbara? I think we’ve stopped. Diddums, how many times have it told you to stop saying that? But I really think…

Lazy Sunday – Perth

13 Sep 201513 Sep 2015

Wandering down to Fremantle and the ancient wooden bridge. Sunshine on the water. A boat bobbing along as a train runs overhead. Some fisherman creating arcs of light as their…

I am the Sun – Haiku

3 Aug 20153 Aug 2015

As luck would have it I hoped that I would find gold And then rose the sun Ronovan Writes prompt for this week is "Hope and Luck" I went for…

Papa Bouilloire, in absentia

29 May 201529 May 2015

Alas dear readers, Papa Bouilloire's tales, enjoyed by the select few, are on hold for a week due to difficulties with the mail. With but two installment left in the…

Time Suspended

18 May 201518 May 2015

I tipped the hour glass At such a difficult pitch That I stopped time dead In response to RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku challenge: https://ronovanwrites.wordpress.com/2015/05/18/ronovanwrites-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-45-pitch-time/ This is a picture I took one…