Hello! It feels good to be back writing poetry again. I’ve missed all of you. The challenge words this week for Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge were “stark and trap.” I’ve been trying to figure out ways to challenge the participants because you’ve all gotten so darn good! I’ve continued on the theme that you can’t use the prompt words except to find synonyms to use in their stead. Fun? I hope so. It sure made me think and choose my words differently.
Stark = severe
Trap = con
Severe conditions –
brilliant sunny, windy days,
Mother Nature’s con.
Our weather has been abnormally dry and warm in Colorado this year. I can’t remember the last time it rained. The last couple of days have brought cold with nary a cloud in the sky.
None of this bodes well for those of us that live where the wild winds can cause wildfires. As you can see, there is plenty of fuel in the fields surrounding our housing area. It is a bit of grassland that I like to wander in to connect with the meadow fairies.
It’s time to pray for rain.
Thanks for stopping by! <3
Thank You for Sharing:
Published by
Colleen Chesebro: WordCraftPoetry
Colleen M. Chesebro is a Michigan Poet who loves crafting syllabic poetry, flash fiction, and creative fiction and nonfiction. Colleen sponsors a weekly syllabic poetry challenge, called #TankaTuesday, on wordcraftpoetry.com where participants learn how to write traditional and current forms of syllabic poetry. A published author, Colleen is also an editor of “Word Weaving, a Word Craft Journal of Syllabic Verse, also found on wordcraftpoetry.com. Colleen’s mission is to bring the craft of writing syllabic poetry to anyone who thinks they can’t be a poet.
Recently, she created the Double Ennead, a 99-syllable poetry form for the Carrot Ranch literary community at carrotranch.com. Colleen’s poetry has appeared in various anthologies and journals including “Hedgerow-a journal of small poems,” and “Poetry Treasures1 & 2” a collection of poetry from the poet/author guests of Robbie Cheadle on the “Treasuring Poetry” blog series on “Writing to be Read."
Colleen published “Word Craft: Prose & Poetry, The Art of Crafting Syllabic Poetry,” which illustrates how to write various syllabic poetry forms used in her Tanka Tuesday challenges; and a collection of poetry, flash fiction, and short stories called, “Fairies, Myths & Magic: A Summer Celebration,” dedicated to the Summer Solstice. She contributed a short story called “The Changeling,” in the “Ghostly Rites Anthology 2020,” published by Plaisted Publishing House.
Find Colleen at Word Craft: Prose & Poetry at wordcraftpoetry.com.
View all posts by Colleen Chesebro: WordCraftPoetry
Oh, thanks, Viva. The wind has been howling here today. No rain. We had a few flurries last night – that was it. I figure Mother Nature is going to bomb us with snow at some point. <3
I’m rather worried, Diana. In early November we had a skiff of snow and then nothing since. It’s warm and windy. With the dryness everything is full of static. We live on the edge of an area that burned a few years back. All we can do is pray for rain! <3
Oh, yes. The mountains have only had a skiff of snow too. Pikes Peak is dusted – or was until we hit the 60’s the other day. I am just at the northern edge of Colorado Springs. I hope your folks are safe and that the fires don’t materialize. <3
Loved it Colleen!!!!
Thanks, Ritu. Hugs, my friend. <3
🤗💜🤗
Sending you good thoughts and some rain :-). Lovely haiku!
Thank you, Bee. I always need those good thoughts. Rain, too! <3
🙂
I hope you get some rain soon, Colleen!
Whew! Me too. I hear we might get a dusting tonight. We’ll see. <3
Good luck!
I’ll try to send some of our rain your way…(dancing)…(K)
Yes! Thank you! <3
Welcome back! Sending Angels, to seed the rain clouds
Thanks, Sis. We need the rain – or dare I say it – snow! 😀
Lovely poem, Colleen! Thanks for sharing, Hopefully, rain is on the way. 🙂
Gosh! I hope so Natalie. I hear we might get a powdered sugar dusting tonight. Fingers crossed.
Warm and dry over there… freezing over here!
It’s crazy weather everywhere. <3
Hope it gets back to normal soon at your side of the globe!
A great poem, Colleen.
Thanks, Robbie. I’ve been worried about this dryness. Seeing California burning up on the news doesn’t help. <3
Yes! A Great haiku. Works for New England too. 💨
Thank you. You guys haven’t had any moisture either. Wow!
Oops! I didn’t do synonyms☺. Next time☺
No worries. I’ll make it clearer next week. <3
I like yours:)
Thanks. It is especially true this year! 😀
I love your haiku. It’s so appropriate no matter where you live. It seems no matter where one lives, there is crazy weather.
I agree. We live at almost 7,000 ft elevation and haven’t received any snow. Yet, it snowed in Louisiana today. Go figure… ???
And snow in Atlanta today!
And in the south. Meanwhile we’re in the low 60’s 🙄
It is good to read your poetry , too. I really like this one.
Oh, thanks, Viva. The wind has been howling here today. No rain. We had a few flurries last night – that was it. I figure Mother Nature is going to bomb us with snow at some point. <3
Brilliant, Colleen! A metaphor for life 🙂 ❤
LOL! Thanks, Tina. ❤️
The landscape does look crispy, Colleen. Lovely haiku, but a hint of danger in there. I hope you get some rain!
I’m rather worried, Diana. In early November we had a skiff of snow and then nothing since. It’s warm and windy. With the dryness everything is full of static. We live on the edge of an area that burned a few years back. All we can do is pray for rain! <3
My parents live in Western CO, Colleen, and fires are a constant concern. I hope your holidays are wet and safe. <3
Oh, yes. The mountains have only had a skiff of snow too. Pikes Peak is dusted – or was until we hit the 60’s the other day. I am just at the northern edge of Colorado Springs. I hope your folks are safe and that the fires don’t materialize. <3
What a delight😄