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. […]
Word Craft Poetry 
WOW… words and picture!
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An old one I wrote long ago. The picture was really cool and emphasized the words. 😱😉❤️
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Yes, a stunning image and fantastic words!
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Striking words and picture Colleen.
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Thanks, Marje. 💖
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Ooooh! Intense, Colleen!!!
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Thanks, Ritu. 😊
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Where did all this vitriolic passion arise from? It had to erupt from somewhere.
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Oh, this is an old haiku. I have an interesting past! LOL. You are a true artist after you have experienced pain. 😊💖
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How can the subtle colors of pain emerge in writing if it has never been felt before? It would be like asking someone who only sees black and white to describe the colors green, blue, yellow and red.
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What beautiful and true words you speak. By the time we are middle aged we have all loved and felt pain. ❤
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Truly and simply awesome!
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Burning HOT Colleen! ❤
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LOL! You can feel the words. 😱😳
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