Word Craft: Prose & Poetry
WELCOME TO TANKA TUESDAY! It’s the fourth week of July! Are you ready for a theme prompt? Sue Vincent selected the theme this week with a quote prompt: “Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth.” Herman Hesse On the Monday before the next challenge, I’ll select someone
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WELCOME TO TANKA TUESDAY! The magic of the season is all around us. Can you feel it? Hi! Iâm glad to see you here. Are you ready to write some syllabic poetry? Here are your two words for this week: “Give & Shake” HEREâS THE CATCH: You canât use the prompt words! SYNONYMS ONLY! If you want to create something more specific
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WELCOME TO TANKA TUESDAY! Hi! Iâm glad to see you here. Are you ready to write some syllabic poetry? HEREâS THE CATCH: You canât use the prompt words! SYNONYMS ONLY! I hope you will support the other poets with visits to blogs and leaving comments. Sharing each otherâs work on social media is always nice too. PLEASE NOTE: This challenge is
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Aweni, was my choice for Poet of the Week last week. But, wait until you read her Haibun poem for this week. I love it! â€
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This week I thought I would give you a tiny sneak peek into a project that my dear friend and Sister of the Fey, Wendy Anne Darling and I have been working on called, Fairies, Myths & Magic, Volume One – Summer Solstice. We’ve created our first collection of short stories and poetry that will publish on the Summer Solstice,
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This is my contribution to my Weekly Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge where we use synonyms for the prompt words when we write our poetry. This week, I used “harmonize” for belong and “desire” for dream. Desire – a meditation on being harmonize your thinking live this moment fulfilled © 2018 Colleen M. Chesebro A reverse Cinquain is a form with
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    I’m short on time today because I played in the dirt yesterday, so I’m combining my Tanka Tuesday poetry challenge with the Carrot Ranch.com flash fiction challenge, with those rules below. Click HERE to learn more about this week’s Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge. May 3, 2018, Carrot Ranch Flash Fiction prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) use
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WELCOME TO TANKA TUESDAY! Hi! Iâm glad to see you here. Are you ready to write some poetry? HEREâS THE CATCH: You canât use the prompt words! SYNONYMS ONLY! I hope you will support the other poets with visits to blogs and by leaving comments. Sharing each otherâs work on social media is always nice too. HAPPY MAY DAY! Image Credit: Kid’s
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The prompt words for this week’s Weekly Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge are “enchant and shape,” from which to find your synonyms. For enchant, I used “bewitched,” and for “shape,” I used “symmetry.” The words came to me in a flash and I knew I was to write about the most notorious female spy of World War I… when inspiration strikes I don’t question the muse.
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WELCOME TO TANKA TUESDAY! Welcome! Are you ready to write some poetry? HEREâS THE CATCH: You canât use the prompt words! SYNONYMS ONLY! I hope you will support the other poets with visits to blogs and by leaving comments. Sharing each otherâs work on social media is always nice too. PLEASE READ!! After some debate as to the best way for participants
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