Crafting Poetry One Syllable at a Time
Posted on August 20, 2018 by Colleen M. Chesebro
I’m proud to announce that my Sister of the Fey, Adele Marie Park, won first place in Dan Alatorre’s Word Weaver Writing Contest! Congratulations, Adele! ❤
A community that hides a secret, sticks together. It binds them like glue and smells just as evil.
Holy Water is one of those towns built upon the bones of those we took it from.
Oh, they’ll tell you that the settlers wandered for months without water when they came upon the river. The founding father fell on his knees and declared it a miracle. Hallelujah, Holy Water was born.
I’m smiling at you, Doc ’cause your last…
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Colleen M. Chesebro is an American Poet who loves crafting paranormal fantasy and magical realism, cross-genre flash fiction, syllabic poetry, and creative 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, and shadorma poetry. Colleen's syllabic poetry has appeared in the Auroras & Blossoms Poetry Journal, and in “Hedgerow, a journal of small poems.” She’s won numerous awards from participating in the Carrot Ranch Rodeo, a yearly flash fiction contest sponsored by carrotranch.com. In 2020, she won first place in the Carrot Ranch Folk Tale or Fable category, with her story called “Why Wolf Howls at the Moon.” Colleen is a Sister of the Fey, where she pursues a pagan path through her writing. When she is not writing, she is reading. She also loves gardening and crocheting old-fashioned doilies into works of art.
Woo hoo! One of our own took top honors. More than cool
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And, I can see why! Her story has just the right amount of creepy! It’s perfect! ❤
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I am not one to read or write in this particular genre. However, she reminded me so much of the old Twilight Zone programs and a combination of the writing style of Shirley Jackson and Ray Bradbury, that I had to keep reading. More than well done. I think she out did herself.
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I agree. This is a fabulous story. Grabbed me the whole time. I don’t usually read horror, but this, well you said it. It’s like an old Twilight Zone! ❤
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wow, thank you, sis, that is a fantastic compliment. I loved the old Twilight Zone. ❤
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Thank you, sis ❤
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Congrats, Adele! Hadn’t seen this yet. 🎉🎉🎉
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I loved her story, Sarah. ❤️
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I’m sure it’s excellent. Off to read it. 🙂
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It’s scary good. ❤️
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Thank you, Sarah. x
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Unreal, but you have to believe her! Deliciously creepy.
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I agree. Adele has a fabulous imagination. ❤
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As do all my sisters. ❤
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Thank you so much. 🙂
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Amazing story, such a worthy winner. It makes me so happy to see my sister’s doing so well. Xxx
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Me too. I’m so proud of us all. 😍❤️
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