
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 […]
Beautiful Haiku!
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Hi, Michelle. Thank you. Not my best. I had a hard time today for some reason. 💗
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I really like your take on the prompt, Colleen. Beautiful sentiment 🙂
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Thanks, Greg. 💗
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Very pretty haiku, Colleen! The more I read it, the more I like it. 🙂 xx
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I had a hard time with this one. Not my best but it will do. 💗💗💗
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The sentiment behind it is beautiful.
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Thanks, Vashti. This one gave me fits. I could not get it to sound right. Ah well, tomorrow we have new words. 😀
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Lovely Colleen!
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Thanks, Ritu. 💗
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Reblogged this on Anita Dawes & Jaye Marie.
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Lovely haiku and sentiment. 🙂
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Thanks, Olga. 💗💗💗
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That’s beautiful, Colleen. Even if you did struggle with this one, you touched your readers hearts <3<3
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Thanks, Mel. I do enjoy that. 💗
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I read it over and over. It really made me think and I like it! The pic is really unique. Did you take it? Are they your people? 🙂 It’s excellent as well.
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Melissa, you are just a sweetie. Thanks. I got this picture from pixabay free photos. It really touched me. I wanted the haiku to be about color and I just struggled with it. It ended up being about love, so that worked for me. Some words are just hard to use in such a brief context. ❤
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The joys and struggles of the weekly haiku challenge. Some weeks more challenging than others!
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Well said! That’s good. It would not be fun if we didn’t stretch once in a while. 😉
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Interesting haiku creating some deep thought processes
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Thanks , Denis. 💗
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wow! Exceptionally Awesome! 🙂
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Prakash, thank you! 💗
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Stunningly beautiful 🙂
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Thanks, Judy. ❤
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