
Let me introduce you to some KU reads I loved! These are my four and five star recommendations. Click the book image to visit the books on Amazon.com. The Herbarium, by Pamela Chartrand My Recommendation: Paige Delaney recently lost her husband, which leaves her feeling lost and alone. Her friend tries to cheer her up […]

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. […]
I love this Colleen. Haiku is a lovely form of poetry/art, and so precise. Love the way you “nail” it every time.
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Angie, thank you so much! These are so fun. ❤️
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I’ve always loved writing poetry Colleen, but it comes from some buried place within my brain/soul, keeping me from writing at will.(or on command/demand). But oh yes, so much fun.
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I am the same way, Angie. It just pours out! ❤️
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Must be that way for us all Colleen. When the muse sits on my shoulder I write until my fingers are numb, but when I hit a dry spell it can last for years.
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Audrey Hepburn comes to my mind when I read this.
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Oh, that’s a good one! ❤️
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Great picture. Your haiku fits the sense of the words. Delightful.
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Thank you! ❤️
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Lovely Haiku, Colleen.
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Thanks, Michelle. This one was hard this time. 😊
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