“My Little Bit of Heaven,” A #Tanka

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I’ve had some strange episodes with WordPress of late – disappearing draft posts and themes that have more glitches than a change in voltage in an electric circuit! Whatever ails this platform, I hope it corrects itself soon.

Finally, I’ve recreated my creative endeavor for my weekly poetry challenge. I’ve used delight for “play,” and belief for “guess.”

 

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My winter’s delight –
short days and long stary nights,
abed with a book.
Bewitched by my belief in
a fiction lover’s heaven.

© 2018 Colleen M. Chesebro

 

sweet dreams again Write some dreamy poetry tonight! <3

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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 #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.
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47 Comments

  1. merrildsmith
    19 Jan 2018 at 3:50 pm

    Love this, Colleen. Heaven, indeed! 🙂

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  2. Annette Rochelle Aben
    19 Jan 2018 at 4:01 pm

    Abed with a book… what a fabulous phrase!

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  3. dornahainds
    19 Jan 2018 at 4:15 pm

    Sweet! 😎🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀

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  4. Frank J. Tassone
    19 Jan 2018 at 5:48 pm

    Well-played, Colleen! A delight!

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  5. Frank J. Tassone
    19 Jan 2018 at 5:50 pm

    Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
    #Haiku Happenings #12: Colleen Cheesbro’s latest #tanka for her latest Weekly Poetry Challenge!

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  6. D. Wallace Peach
    19 Jan 2018 at 7:38 pm

    Love this, Colleen. What a beautiful dreamy place to be. I think many of us use winter as a time to cozy up and read.

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  7. jazzytower
    19 Jan 2018 at 8:32 pm

    Ha! Ha! Sounds fabulous…love that ‘abed with a book’

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  8. lifelessons
    19 Jan 2018 at 10:31 pm

    I’ve had so many WordPress glitches lately as well: changing the order of my photos and repeatedly, refusing to save posts, mainly.

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  9. Aimer Boyz
    20 Jan 2018 at 12:13 am

    Wonderful picture, make me want to curl up with a book.
    “A fiction lover’s heaven”… Nice 🙂
    I’ve had some WordPress annoyances lately too. When I log in from Google Chrome WordPress insists that I’m not a user. The WordPress people told me to use a different search engine. Which works, but … annoying 🙁

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    • Colleen Chesebro
      20 Jan 2018 at 7:26 am

      Oh, geez! It is crazy. I switched from windows to Mac and my experience improved 99%. Now, if WP would get their platform fixed it would help. There are huge improvements coming so I hate to fuss after them. Losing draft posts really was frustrating. Oh well. What do you do? ❤️

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  10. Ritu
    20 Jan 2018 at 12:32 am

    My idea of heaven too!

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  11. olganm
    20 Jan 2018 at 1:18 am

    I hope you can have guests in your little bit of heaven. It sounds very much like mine. Thanks, Colleen and enjoy your weekend.

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  12. Judy E Martin
    20 Jan 2018 at 6:55 am

    It sounds all warm and cosy, Colleen! 🙂

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  13. robbiesinspiration
    20 Jan 2018 at 9:58 am

    This is great, Colleen.

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  14. vivachange77
    20 Jan 2018 at 12:31 pm

    This is beautiful, Colleen. I hope your WordPress snarls go away soon.

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  15. Erika Kind
    20 Jan 2018 at 12:59 pm

    Beautiful, Colleen! And don’t forget a cup of tea 😊

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  16. Marje @ Kyrosmagica
    21 Jan 2018 at 11:25 am

    How fabulous, there is nothing quite like it! 🙂 x

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  17. Natalie Ducey
    22 Jan 2018 at 8:37 pm

    A tranquil delight, Colleen! Thanks so much for sharing. 🙂

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