
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 […]
Thank you for sharing these snap shots of your life. 😊
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Thank you. It’s easier to show bliss 🙂
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I agree, my family and my beautiful home are my bliss. 💗
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Great post Colleen, you have a nice family and home
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Thank you Irene ❤
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I really love happy families. I really love ’em when they don’t split by distance and scarcely ever see each other again.
But … Sugar and Spice ??? [grin]
P.S. You have a typo in your heading there – ‘Exciting WHATs ?’ 😀
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Great images! Thanks for sharing your moments of bliss with us!
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Thank you Olga. ♡
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Beautiful. I can feel the love contained within this post as well, Colleen. You shine so much positivity with your writing and thoughts.
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That is because I have such a kind loving audience. We reflect off of each other 🙂
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