
Welcome to my contribution to my Weekly Poetry Challenge, where you can write your own Haiku, Tanka or Haibun using the prompt words of “heat and confuse.”
Instead of the word heat, I used zeal. For the word, confuse, I decided to use, blurring. Synonyms are your friends when writing poetry. Don’t be afraid to use thesaurus.com to find new meanings to the prompt words.

The heat shimmers in ripples above the daisies bowing their heads in respect to the glory of the afternoon sun. I pause in my trek, overwhelmed with the splendor of the scene. I turn my head and listen to bees droning as if performing a sacred rite during their pollen spreading journeys as they flit from blossom to blossom. The heady scent of the undulating grasses fills me with a giddy joy. I smile and reach my hands toward the sky, thankful for the warmth of the sun upon my face. Without warning, the memories of a different time and place flood my senses, catching me off guard. Doubt shadows my thoughts.
My turmoil grows –
blurring my zeal for the truth
l am lost, not found.
I long to live in the light
to find my true destiny.
© 2017 Colleen M. Chesebro
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Published by Colleen M. Chesebro
An avid reader, Colleen M. Chesebro rekindled her love of writing poetry after years spent working in the accounting industry. These days, she loves crafting syllabic poetry, flash fiction, and creative fiction and nonfiction.
In addition to poetry books, Chesebro’s publishing career includes participation in various anthologies featuring short stories, flash fiction, and poetry. She’s an avid supporter of her writing community on Word Craft Poetry.com by organizing and sponsoring a weekly syllabic poetry challenge, called #TankaTuesday, where participants experiment with traditional and current forms of Japanese and American syllabic poetry.
Chesebro is an assistant editor of The Congress of the Rough Writers Flash Fiction Anthology & Gitty Up Press, a micro-press founded by Charli Mills and Carrot Ranch.
In January 2022, Colleen founded Unicorn Cats Publishing Services to assist poets and authors in creating eBooks and print books for publication. In addition, she creates affordable book covers for Kindle and print books.
Chesebro lives in the house of her dreams in mid-Michigan surrounded by the Great Lakes with her husband and two (unicorn) cats, Chloe & Sophie.
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This is touching! ❤
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I’m trying to get back into Abby’s mind. She has a huge task ahead of her. ❤
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You can do it girl, I am convinced you are right where you need to be at the time you are there!
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I feel better today. I just keep moving forward. Hugs to you! ❤
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Nice – can feel the angst. 😉
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Thanks, Felicia. ❤
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I felt I was there Colleen. Beautiful. 😊
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Thanks, Brigid. I hope to use these Haibun in the second volume of my book… 😀
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Lovely.
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That was like the soul talking about its physical journey. Amazingly written!
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Thanks, Erika. I hope to use this Haibun in volume two of my book series. I knew you would get it! ❤
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For sure, I did…. the journey of a soul down here….
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Hugs and thanks for your loving support. ❤️
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Huge hugs back at you, Colleen 💖
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Memories are tricky things…(K)
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That they are… 😊
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It’s amazing how you can be stunned by a memory. The mind is a strange (and awesome) thing. Lovely, Colleen. (And you did use heat in the paragraph.) 🙂
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I’ve noticed I sometimes use a couple forms of the words. That’s how versatile the words are. Pretty cool. 😎
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🙂
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Your imagery is striking, Colleen. And may I say that you are in the light. I see it enveloping you, pulsating with divine rhythm 💖
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Tina, thank you. I am overwhelmed by your sentiments. You are the best sis ever! 😘❤️
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Ditto! ❤️
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Masterful. I can see your Haibun living within your new book.
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That made my day, Viva. Just the motivation I needed. ❤ Hugs!
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Happy to do that. ❤
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I love the haibun, Colleen. It is filled with such beautiful imagery filling my senses.. 🙂
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Thanks, Judy. I’m hoping these will find their way into my second book. 😁
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Marvelous! 😎😎😎
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