Crafting Poetry One Syllable at a Time
Posted on March 11, 2017 by Colleen M. Chesebro
Welcome to my contribution to my weekly #Tanka Tuesday poetry challenge. This week, I tweaked the prompt word of “fire” to “fiery,” and I left the word “rain.” Both words have many connotations. Depending on how you use your synonyms you can alter the meaning… Continue Reading “A #Colorado Spring – A #Tanka”
Category: Tanka Tuesday Poetry ChallengesTags: # micropoetry, #5lines, #poetry, Colorado, fire, Rain, tanka, Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenges
Posted on March 7, 2017 by Colleen M. Chesebro
Happy TANKA Tuesday everyone! Welcome to the TANKA CAFÉ. Are you ready to get groovy with your poetry? Then, you’re in the right place! Pull up a chair, order some coffee or tea and let’s write some TANKA poetry. Grab a cup of Joe… Continue Reading “Colleen’s Weekly #Tanka #Poetry Challenge # 24 – “FIRE & RAIN””
Posted on April 21, 2015 by Colleen M. Chesebro
Jennifer Nichole Wells One Word Photo Challenge has reset for a new year! This year her challenge will feature weather related events. Check out her blog here to learn more. Jennifer says, “The challenges will still just be 1 word long, for you to… Continue Reading “One Word Photo Challenge – “Rain””
Posted on April 19, 2015 by Colleen M. Chesebro
The storm rolled through northwest Pensacola, Florida this morning with a fury of raindrops tearing at my windows. Deep resounding thunder boomed in the background, while fierce slashes of lightning tore through the dark skies. Flocks of cranes swarmed to the fields near my… Continue Reading “The Darkness of an Early Morning”
Category: Authors Supporting AuthorsTags: cranes, Florida, lightening, morning, Pensacola, photography, Rain, thunder, thunderstorms
Posted on July 23, 2014 by Colleen M. Chesebro
Lavender Petals – Raindrops slip from emerald leaves. Wet center unfolds.
Category: Authors Supporting AuthorsTags: creative writing, haiku, poetry, Rain
“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.