By Scott Bailey © 2019
Zen-like calm descends
Belies the chaos beneath
Butterfly settles

In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #261 Zen&Chaos
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Zen-like calm descends
Belies the chaos beneath
Butterfly settles

In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #261 Zen&Chaos
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The pride fights as one
The king of the beasts leads them
But the queen provides

In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #260 Pride&Fight
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Strange, tiny, movements
Invisible to the eye
Birth, supernova

In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #259 Super&Strange
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The prancing gazelle
Being fleet of foot evades
The red rending jaws

In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #232 Foot&Mouth
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The goal should not be
To fill the cup to the brim
But savour it

In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #231 Goal&Cup
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Whenever wolves win
A warm beating heart is lost
The law of the wild

In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #229 Win&Lose
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Hunger’s fingers steal
Deep into an empty gut
So the wolves must strike

In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #225 Strike&Hunger
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Waves rise and waves fall
And thunder wrestles the sea
The whales stay serene

In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #223 Rise&Fall
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The winter wind breathes
The reeds on the lake rustle
Night and day unite

In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #222 Breath&Unite
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Sun embraces earth
Peace descends on the calm lake
The swan makes a splash

In response to RonovanWrites Weekly #Haiku #Poetry #Challenge #221 Peace&Love.
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The river rebels
Against the rock, unaware
Its course is shifting

In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #215 Rebel&Change
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Swallows fly freely
Soaring high in summer skies
Earthbound fox watches

In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #203 Home&Free
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The ballet dancer
Perfecting her soul with grace
Hiding her sore heart

In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #201 Body&Art
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On the beating wing
Birds are party to the truth
From way up on high

In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #198 Beat&Party
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The heart of the oak
Old and strong, steadfast: yields to
The will of the wind
In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #177 Strong&Heart

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The pie chart tells all
How our future is planned out
While dreams turn to dust
In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #107 Pie&Dust

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Tempting like a tart
Sweet nectar awaits inside
So the dance begins

In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #190 Tart&Sweet
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Only hear the stream
Babbling toward the ocean
The breath of the air

In response to https://ronovanwrites.com/2018/02/19/ronovanwrites-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-189-zennoise/
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Peace is the echo
Of the voice of the songbird
Across the still lake

In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #185 Sing&Peace
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River slips quickly
Rolling by under the bridge
Until the freeze falls

In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #188 Quick&Slip
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The giant sun burns slow
Swells red and bloated, gassing
It’s life into space

In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #180 Slow&Burn
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Brass gleams, drips with steam
Flaring in a beam of light
Driving on the wheel
In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #179 Flare&Steam
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Daring the currents
Of the rare higher airways
Bold the eagle flies

In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #178 Bold&Daring
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White swan flies over
Broken, crumbling, old stone bridge
River rolls on by

In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #176 Broken&Over
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A touch of madness
In the powerful is wrong
But in the writer…

In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #172 Wrong&Touch
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The lake’s smooth surface
Is as calm and still as glass
Perfect winter’s ice

In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #171 Lake&Calm
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Sleek and seductive
A scent that teases and tempts
The fried egg sizzles
In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #108 Sizzle&Sleek

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Cherry petals float
On the tumbling mountain streams
Kingfishers heart beats

In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #120 Heart&Petals
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Albatross hovers
High over surf scattered sand
All will pass in time
In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #113 Beach&Time

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Flower of the vale
Sings to the sky in her joy
Spirits often do

In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #106 Sing&Flower
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As the journey grows
On, from moment to moment
We feel time passing
In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #105-Time&Grow

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Lightning flash charges
The rain drenched primordial dawn
A spark of life stirs

In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #96 Lightning&Rain
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A silk-lined invite
Lures the hedonist inward
Down the dragon’s jaws

In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #95 Dragon&Invite
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Pearls of wisdom fade
Becomes as hard as diamond
Implacable thought
In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #94 Diamonds&Pearls

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The vale veiled in mist
Treetops fray misty tendrils
Sunlight melts it down
In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #91 Fray&Veiled

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Intent on life’s path
We do not see the meadow’s
Beauty all around
In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #92 Life&Path

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See the sunlight play
In every dancing drop
A laughing shower

In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #89 Shower&Play
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Behold the great eye
Watching through the trees, maybe
Just a butterfly

I’m fresh out of spring
Beyond the long summer days
Winter is coming

Ring the bells of life
Every heartbeat tolling on
So jingle them well

I stand on the shore
Unsure. Intimidated
By the great green deep

Also inspired by an old and longer poem -> here
In the red embers
The wake of the forest fire
Fresh green shoots arise

The screech of an owl
Clouds like scratches on the moon
Mouse darts warily
For “Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 369 SCRATCH and Screech.”

Lark perched by a lake
Reflected in dark water
A train rushes by

Sunlight streams through clouds
Warm, cascading waterfalls
Dispelled by a breeze

Calcification
And aches, these creaking old bones
Have seen better days

Tyrant storm rages
Lashes the land in fury
Still, the flood brings hope

Renowned Harvey Milk
His life anything but smooth
His legacy shines
Fox detests the stream
Barring the way to her prey
Favour for the hare

In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #258 Favor&Detest
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For the sake of one
Stray meteor dinosaurs
Might exist today

In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #230 Exist&Today
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