Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Challenge prompt words for this week are “haunt and release.” Join us each week in this fun challenge. Check it out!
The Haunting
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Fantastic poems this week! Congrats to everyone. Well done, Jules, on your wonderful Haibun 💕🙂
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I enjoyed this challenge, Colleen! 💛
It shows in your writing 💜
Thank you, Toni. I love the vibrancy of the chakra colors. 💜
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Crafting Syllabic Poetry is my Ikigari 💜
One day, I stumbled across the Japanese word Ikigari. After some research, I discovered iki means life. In Japanese, Gai means worth or value. When these words combine, they form the definition of ikigari, which is life’s worth. It’s often translated or interpreted as a reason for getting up in the morning. So, yes, writing syllabic poetry is my ikigari.
I also believe writing syllabic poetry strengthens our writing skills. When we create poetry, we gain command of language; cultivate a healthy vocabulary, master literary devices such as metaphor, simile, alliteration, hyperbole, and allegory. We learn to work in imagery. We connect with our ikigari.
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Lovin’ the haikus 🙂
Thank you 🙂
You excel once again.
Thank you. I had to really think about this one!
Nice haiku for the prompt words given to us, Colleen. I’m glad I’m not in her shoes. You do indeed excel at these haiku’s.
Thank you Hugh. I do not know where the words come from. They just pour out sometimes. I only have so many words to choose to get my story across. I really like that challenge. <3
Yes, I would never have dreamt in a million years just how much I love to do these haiku challenges set by Ronovan. They are now so much a part of my week 🙂
Me too. I am so glad I found all of you 🙂
Hi Colleen, keeping the haunting images in the mind, not good, means pain forever!
You know I am thinking of those suggestive glances you get in places like restaurants between total strangers that seem to remain in the mind for a time. Or even anywhere really. But they are always those what might have been images that never let go.
That’s good. Like something almost intimate but not really.
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