day and night now, equal in length— a stasis between the light and the darkness, it’s time… focus on balance call upon self-control, good will— let peace and quietude return to comfort our souls © Colleen M. Chesebro
Mark from Naturalist Weekly offers an amazing weekly haiku challenge. This week’s haiku invitation is to write a haiku or senryu that references spring insects. spring cleaning chores sweeping winter out the door stink bugs really stink © Colleen M. Chesebro Every spring (it’s too cold here in Michigan for the stink bugs to come […]
For #TankaTuesday this week, our words to find synonyms for were: spring & green. I used tender for green, and the word budding for spring. buoyant tender shoots on a water lily pond reflections budding © Colleen M. Chesebro Judy Mastrangelo’s inspirational oracle cards, Dream Your Joy, inspired this haiku.
The Carrot Ranch March 13, 2023, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about a place where children once played. It can be a field, a playground, or any place that attracted children to play. But now it is empty. Abandoned. Go where the prompt leads! Submit by March 18, 2022. […]
**dVERSE Announcement**REMINDER! Two chances to join OLN LIVE this month!Thursday, March 16, from 3 to 4 PM ESTAND Saturday, March 18, from 10 to 11 AM EST.You may still link one poem as usual for OLN (Open Link Night) even if you do not attend a live session. I’ve been attending the Saturday sessions and […]
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Lovin’ the haikus 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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You excel once again.
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Thank you. I had to really think about this one!
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Nice haiku for the prompt words given to us, Colleen. I’m glad I’m not in her shoes. You do indeed excel at these haiku’s.
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Thank you Hugh. I do not know where the words come from. They just pour out sometimes. I only have so many words to choose to get my story across. I really like that challenge. ❤
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Yes, I would never have dreamt in a million years just how much I love to do these haiku challenges set by Ronovan. They are now so much a part of my week 🙂
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Me too. I am so glad I found all of you 🙂
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Hi Colleen, keeping the haunting images in the mind, not good, means pain forever!
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You know I am thinking of those suggestive glances you get in places like restaurants between total strangers that seem to remain in the mind for a time. Or even anywhere really. But they are always those what might have been images that never let go.
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That’s good. Like something almost intimate but not really.
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[…] of Silver Threading is up next with The Haunting. Another great one with an unexpected use age of the words. A RONOVAN’S CHOICE! […]
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