Misunderstood Senryu

 

Image by mbll from Pixabay

so misunderstood

life spent trying to convince

I deserve to be

notes

https://experiencewriting.com/2023/10/31/oct-31-prompts-show-off-your-costumes/

You can write about something that most people are afraid of but you aren’t, and express why it doesn’t scare you.

You can write about something you are afraid of but use the poems to convince yourself and others that you are not afraid.

You can write about something you’re not afraid of, but maybe should be, and explore the pros and cons of being afraid of it.

I wasn't feeling like doing the whole rhyme scheme bit. I opted for getting right to the point with a Senryu rather than mincing words. Let's see if all six of my readers can figure out from this brief slap to the face what I fear. 

I added text art and effects to the base image using Pixlr. You are welcome to share the resulting Haiga, but please credit Cara Hartley/Ornery Owl if you do.

This project is done but there is no rest for the wicked. I will be taking on NaNoHellMo and doing the Writers Digest PAD (Poem A Day) challenge. Come back to see what writing may be wrought from my twisted psyche in November.

~Ornery Owl Has Spoken~

Image by Kevin Sanderson from Pixabay

30 Days of Haiga 2022: Seeds of Me

 

Most afternoons during those bad old golden rule days, I slipped off in my mind to an enchanted world beyond the walls of the prison posing as a school. Knowing I would never be accepted by my peers and that my father and mother would always chide me to be better organized, I furrowed my brow and clutched tight to a vital metaphysical symbiosis between me and a group of people I had never met.

Their world was filled with singing. Mine was filled with the pain of knowing I would forever be the outsider. I was scolded for daydreaming when I should be listening to the lecture, but I refused to stop. Given the choice, what would you do?

When I look now, it makes me sad and angry that my dreams were considered weeds rather than seeds.

such a stupid girl

she can't do anything right

she’s just so simple

152 words

notes

Thank you to Xenia Tran of D'Verse Poets for the Haibun Monday prompt. I didn't write a Haibun about September, but I did write a Haibun for the end of my 30 Days of Haiga in Sepbember.

https://dversepoets.com/2022/09/26/haibun-monday-september-song/

Thank you to Brendan of Earthweal for the Ekphrasis prompt. Granted, the image I used isn't nature-related unless you count the unfortunate nature of human beings to ostracize those who are mostly harmless but don't quite play by the rules.

https://earthweal.com/2022/09/26/earthweal-weekly-challenge-ekphrasis-earth/

Thank you to Sue at My Just So Story for the Words for Wednesday prompt.

https://myjustsostory.blogspot.com/2022/09/words-for-wednesday-2892022.html

Thank you to Gerd Altmann from Pixabay for the image I selected to use as the Haiga background.

https://pixabay.com/illustrations/bullying-stress-head-brain-think-2778163/

I created the Haiga using Pixlr.com

You are welcome to use the Haiga, but please credit Cara Hartley/Ornery Owl and provide a link back to this blog.

With that, the 30 Days of Haiga for 2022 marches away into the sunset, but I'll be back for OctPoWriMo. I'm a masochist like that.

~Ornery Owl Has Spoken~

Image by Alexa from Pixabay

Yeah, I know, it's early. 

But when you have a face like mine, every day is Halloween.

"Did somebody say Halloween?"

(Free use image from Open Clipart Vectors)

Hangry Wyrm is only here for the candy, let's be real.