Crafting Poetry One Syllable at a Time
Posted on December 15, 2017 by Colleen M. Chesebro
How will you celebrate the Yule?
Category: Tanka Tuesday Poetry ChallengesTags: #Tanka #ABRSC, The Yule, Winter Solstice
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“What makes you a poet is a gift for language, an ability to see into the heart of things, and an ability to deal with important unconscious material. When all these things come together, you’re a poet.”
—Erica Jong
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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 Tanka Tuesday, on wordcraftpoetry.com where participants learn how to write traditional and current forms of haiku, senryu, haiga, tanka, gogyohka, tanka prose, renga, solo-renga, haibun, cinquain, Etheree, nonet, shadorma, Badger’s hexastich, Abhanga, and diatelle poetry. Colleen's syllabic poetry has appeared in the Auroras & Blossoms Poetry Journal, and in “Hedgerow, a journal of small poems,” and in various other online publications. She’s won numerous awards from participating in the Carrot Ranch Rodeo, a yearly 99-word flash fiction contest sponsored by carrotranch.com, an online writing community. Recently, she created the Double Ennead, a 99-syllable poetry form for Carrot Ranch. Colleen has published 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. Colleen Chesebro’s poetry blog is called Word Craft – Prose & Poetry at https://wordcraftpoetry.com/ Her author blog is found at https://colleenchesebro.com where you will find her poetry and short stories.
Awesome! I love the picture and your beautiful Tanka, adds the real color here. Such warmth and hope for the future. ❤
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Aw, Annette. I love ya! The Yule is so cool! ❤
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Wonderful tanka, it’s very mystical. 🙂
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Thank you, E.C. I love the solstices. I think I tap into the magic of nature and our earth. ❤
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Beautiful Colleen 🙂
I don’t celebrate any longer, just relax and enjoy life each day.
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The Yule seems to give me all that I’m looking for. I’m just grateful to have my husband. We celebrate together. ❤
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I’m happy for you, Colleen ❤
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Thanks, Irene. After the holidays, we need to make some more jewelry, if you’re feeling up to it. ❤ I'm totally out! 😀
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You just tell me, when you are ready, Colleen ❤
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Thank you. I will. Merry Christmas dear, Irene. ❤
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Thank you, Colleen ❤
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I wish we had a fireplace. We would have had it burning brightly last night. Enjoy your cool Yule, Colleen!
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Thanks, Merril. This is my *imagined* fireplace. I’ll share a photo of our real fireplace. LOL! 😉
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🙂
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Lovely tanka and I love your Yule. We spend many nights enjoying our fireplace.
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I will have to share my “actual” fireplace. It is not as festive as the photo but it works fine. I’ll have more to share about the upcoming winter solstice. ❤
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I look forward to it. 😉
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Enjoy all your year ending/beginning celebrations Colleen! and thanks for all your hard work and inspiration. I’ll see you in 2018. (K)
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Merry Christmas, my dear “K.” Enjoy your family celebrations. ❤
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Lovely way to celebrate. I like your picture of the Yule log.
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Thanks, Viva. I am enjoying a return to a more nature based tradition. There is just too much commercialism in the world today. ❤ Hugs to you and Merry Christmas. ❤
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I love this, Colleen. I’d put some of those good luck ashes in a little medicine pouch and wear it around my neck ❤
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Oh, if I could! My fireplace is electric. On the summer solstice I will have to get a small log for my little fire pit and do it. I’m writing another post tomorrow about my Yule celebration old lady style inside. LOL! ❤️
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Inside or out, you raise a cone of power, sister! ❤
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Aw, Sis… I love ya. ❤
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Hi there! https://afterwards.blog/ recommended your site to me! 🙂 Look forward to going through your Japanese poetry. Enjoy your Yule!
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Hello! Welcome 🙏🏻I hope you will join in my weekly poetry challenge. It’s fun and you’ll meet a bunch of fun poets. ❤️
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Thanks! And absolutely- Sounds good to me! ❤
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Just what I needed today … a little poetry in my life … thanks.
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Perfect! Happy Yule, Andrew. ❤️
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Beautiful, Colleen. A fire in the woodstove or hearth is one of my favorite things of winter. Have a warm and bright holiday. ❤
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Same to you, Diana. ❤️
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Beautiful pictures
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Thank you, but they are from Pixabay.com 😀
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Ohh by the way welcome
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LOL. Thank you.
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