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.”
My winter’s delight –
short days and long stary nights,
abed with a book.
Bewitched by my belief in
a fiction lover’s heaven.
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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47 thoughts on ““My Little Bit of Heaven,” A #Tanka”
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 😦
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? ❤️
Losing a draft, way frustrating! The you’re not a user thing is the first real issue I’ve had with WordPress so I’ll wait and see what the improvements bring. In the meantime, they suggested adding their app to my tablet and that works. Don’t know why I never did it before 🙂
Love this, Colleen. Heaven, indeed! 🙂
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Thanks, Merril. My favorite time of day! ✨❤️✨
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Abed with a book… what a fabulous phrase!
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LOL! I love that time of night. ✨❤️✨
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Sweet! 😎🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀
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Thanks, Dorna.My favorite time is reading. ❤️
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Well-played, Colleen! A delight!
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I love my reading time! LOL! ❤️📚
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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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Thanks for sharing Frank! ❤️
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My pleasure, Colleen! 😇
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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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Thanks, Diana. I read a couple hours every night. It’s my favorite time of the day. ❤️
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Ha! Ha! Sounds fabulous…love that ‘abed with a book’
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LOL! I read a couple hours each night. My favorite time. 😍📚❤️
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Good for you☺☺
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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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Yes, I understand that. So frustrating. 😳❤️
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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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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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Losing a draft, way frustrating! The you’re not a user thing is the first real issue I’ve had with WordPress so I’ll wait and see what the improvements bring. In the meantime, they suggested adding their app to my tablet and that works. Don’t know why I never did it before 🙂
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Huh… the app on my Iphone doesn’t work half the time. I have to uninstall and reinstall. Very frustrating. 😀
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Yeah, so fun 😦
I can’t believe how much time I’ve wasted on computer misery today. Ugh!
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Oh, no! So sorry 😐 ❤️
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My idea of heaven too!
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Thanks, Ritu! It is the best place ever. ❤️❤️❤️
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👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
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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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LOL. I read at least 2 hours each night. That has always been my heaven. Such a great place to live in. 😍📚❤️
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It sounds all warm and cosy, Colleen! 🙂
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That it is. My favorite time of day. ❤️📚😍
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Lovely! 🙂
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This is great, Colleen.
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Robbie, thanks so much. I’m a reader-a-holic! LOL! 😀
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This is beautiful, Colleen. I hope your WordPress snarls go away soon.
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Thanks, Viva. I do love my reading time. It’s my absolute favorite. I hope WordPress gets their updates done soon. ❤
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Beautiful, Colleen! And don’t forget a cup of tea 😊
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Thanks, Erika. I do love my tea and a book! 😀 ❤
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Yay!! Enjoy the weekend, Colleen!!
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Thanks, Erika. You, too. ❤️
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💖💖
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How fabulous, there is nothing quite like it! 🙂 x
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A tranquil delight, Colleen! Thanks so much for sharing. 🙂
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Thanks, Natalie. My favorite time of day. ❤️
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Beautiful write
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Thank you. You’ve made my day! 😀
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