Winters in the gym,
Training inside till blossoms bloom;
Then, runs in the sun.
Prompted from Frank J. Tassone’s Haikai Challenge at: https://frankjtassone.com/2020/03/22/haikai-challenge-131-3-22-20-first-cherry-blossoms-hatsu-hana-haiku-senryu-haibun-tanka-haiga-renga/.
He stood back at bay,
Waiting to play violence;
The perfect offense.
Prompted from Ronovan Writes Haiku Poetry Challenge at: https://ronovanwrites.com/2020/03/23/haiku-poetry-prompt-bay-play/.
Some fighters may think:
They need a manager’s help,
But their paychecks shrink.
Prompted from Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge at: https://ronovanwrites.com/2020/03/16/haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-shrink-think/.
Hopping to and fro,
Feinting with their hips and dips;
The ape’s dance begins.
Prompted from Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge at: https://ronovanwrites.com/2020/03/09/haiku-poetry-prompt-ape-hip/.
MMA can drain:
Money, energy, and time,
For green rain and fame.
Prompted from Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge at: https://ronovanwrites.com/2020/02/17/weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-293/.
Don’t freeze up and weep,
Let the fear fuel your next move,
Or become a sheep.
Prompted from Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge at: https://ronovanwrites.com/2020/02/10/weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-sheep-weep/.
Music welcomed him;
He was here to chase a dream,
Marching toward the cage.
Prompted from Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge at: https://ronovanwrites.com/2020/01/20/weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-dreammarch/.
Babble like a brook,
Turn green like moss with envy,
The new MMA.
Prompted from Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge at: https://ronovanwrites.com/2020/01/06/weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-brookmoss/.
