oven cool to touch
uncooked turkey placed in fridge
out of its’ elementthe backup roaster in play
repairman called for next day©2018 cj holm
Tanka
Halleluiah
To each in their own way, I wish you peace and happiness this day!
NASA Photo
traveler’s journey
to witness a scene so chaste
stars blush at the sightshepherds pause from watching flock
glory to the new born king-cj holm
Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge 233 Chaste / Blush
Prompt words: Chaste & Blush
Tanka in 5-7-5 7-7
RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #233 Chaste&Blush
Echoes
12/18/2018
-©2018 cj holm
snowy fields
echoed in the sky
blue shadows++++++++++++++++
steel grain bin
leaning against tree
vacant nowclock always ticking
reaper gone away+++++++++++++++++
snow covered tree stump
all the branches hauled away
squirrel scurries on+++++++++++++++++
my brother’s birthday
he is younger by a year
and missing old farm
Final Question
By Jacques-Louis David – https://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/436105, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28552
Cold cup on his lips
Socrate accepted fate
-Public’s thirsty goalFor anything that men can tell
death may be the greatest good-cj holm
Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge 231 Goal / Cup
Prompt words: Goal & Cup
Tanka in 5-7-5 7-7
https://ronovanwrites.com/2018/12/10/ronovanwrites-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-231-goalcup/
Not A Win, Not A Loss
Artwork – John Manders Blog https://johnmanders.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/football.jpg
Win or lose – tied score
flip of coin decides who’s won
heads or tails is spunnothing settled nothing gained
half a winner is proclaimed-cj holm
Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge 229 Win / Lose
5-7-5 7-7
https://ronovanwrites.com/2018/11/26/ronovanwrites-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-229-winlose/
I’ll Have Another Bowl!
Red Green Orange Blue
have another jelly bean
-Life’s partisan fixMindless chewing sugar high
Replace thinking stupefy-cj holm
“We’re not going to have another Watergate in our lifetime. I’m sure.”
– Bob Woodward
After
“The Morning After the Storm” Oil painting by William Gibbons-1841
November’s harsh wind
ripped apart the country’s core
morning sounds – bells tollNature endures ebb and flow
daybreak comes, sunrise aglow-cj holm
