Crafting Poetry One Syllable at a Time
Posted on June 26, 2020 by Colleen M. Chesebro
I’m in the home stretch of finishing Word Craft – Prose & Poetry, my How-To book on how to write syllabic poetry for beginners. In the meantime, my #Fairy #Tarot #Friday readings have been put on hold. But, never fear… Jan Sikes is here… Continue Reading “#TarotTuesday – The World – Writing and Music: Jan Sikes”
Posted on May 29, 2020 by Colleen M. Chesebro
Welcome to Fairy Tarot Friday. Each Friday I’ll share a card from the Fairy Tarot deck by Doreen Virtue & Radleigh Valentine, featuring an uplifting message from the fey. I’ll also include a bit of syllabic poetry inspired by the card reading. The Major Arcana contains… Continue Reading “#Fairy #Tarot #Friday ~ May 29, 2020”
Posted on May 22, 2020 by Colleen M. Chesebro
Welcome to Fairy Tarot Friday. Each Friday I’ll share a card from the Fairy Tarot deck by Doreen Virtue & Radleigh Valentine, featuring an uplifting message from the fey. I’ll also include a bit of syllabic poetry inspired by the card reading. The Major Arcana contains… Continue Reading “#Fairy #Tarot #Friday ~ May 22, 2020”
Posted on April 3, 2020 by Colleen M. Chesebro
Welcome to Fairy Tarot Friday. Each Friday I’ll share a card from the Fairy Tarot deck by Doreen Virtue & Radleigh Valentine, featuring an uplifting message from the fey. I’ll also include a bit of syllabic poetry inspired by the card reading. The Major Arcana contains… Continue Reading “#Fairy #Tarot #Friday ~ April 3, 2020”
Posted on February 14, 2020 by Colleen M. Chesebro
Welcome to Fairy Tarot Friday. Each Friday I’ll share a card from the Fairy Tarot deck by Doreen Virtue & Radleigh Valentine, featuring an uplifting message from the fey. I’ll also include a bit of syllabic poetry inspired by the card reading. The Major Arcana consists… Continue Reading “#Fairy #Tarot #Friday, February 14, 2020”
Posted on January 21, 2019 by Colleen M. Chesebro
The Carrot Ranch Literary Community Flash Fiction Challenge for January 17, 2019, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that includes colonnades. It can be natural, architectural, or a metaphor. Take a stroll and go where the prompt leads. Respond… Continue Reading ““It’s All in the Cards,” #FlashFiction”
Posted on May 18, 2018 by Colleen M. Chesebro
C. S. Boyack has a new book out! I’m a great fan of C. S. Boyack’s books. I know many of you are already acquainted with Craig, the prolific speculative fiction writer who features Lisa the Robot Girl on his famous Lisa Burton Radio.… Continue Reading “Colleen’s Coming Attractions – “The Yak Guy Project,” by C. S. Boyack”
Posted on January 28, 2018 by Colleen M. Chesebro
An excellent introduction to Tarot. Want to know more? Click the links below. ❤ ►Tarot: “Most Relevant Generalities / Major Arcana” 🗝️: ►Introduction and Sketch of this Post: This is the first post of the series on “Tarot”. Firstly, in section 1), I´… Source: ►Tarot:… Continue Reading “►Tarot: “Most Relevant Generalities / Major Arcana”🗝.- | La Audacia de Aquiles”
“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.