Honor
Unbound

Soul Soaring – Painting by Sylvie Grégoire
Highest honor found
when truth soars with eagle’s wings
-hero’s dreams unfold
-cj holm
Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge 227 Truth / Honor
Prompt words: Truth & Honor
Haiku in 5-7-5
https://ronovanwrites.com/2018/11/12/ronovanwrites-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-227-truthhonor/
“What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.”
-Roosevelt Skerrit
Warrior’s Death

Paintings from Norse mythology Peter Nicolai Arbo, Valkyrie’s Death Oil on canvas 1880
Hero’s tears tumble
on lips pursed in dying breath
-life’s struggle overnoble effort undertook
cost of honor bravely paid-cj holm
Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge #103 – 10/1/2018 Fall & Try – Synonyms Only
Per Colleen’s Tanka Challenge, I chose tumble and struggle as my synonyms for fall & try
(Tanka Form 5-7-5 7-7)