I'm thrilled to announce the winners of the Word Craft Poetry Syllabic Poetry Contest held to honor the Summer Solstice. The theme was dreams, and the syllabic form to write was tanka prose. Many thanks to all the poets who entered this contest. Thanks for being part of our poetry community. Last year, JulesPaige and… Continue reading 🏅Announcing the Winners of the Word Craft Poetry Syllabic Poetry Contest 🏅
Happy Summer Solstice! Welcome to the Word Craft Poetry Syllabic Poetry Contest held to honor the Summer Solstice. Last year, JulesPaige and I sponsored the first Word Weaving Poetry Journal. It was a great success. As promised, the royalties from the sale of the journal from 2021 go toward three prizes of $35.00 for 1st… Continue reading The Word Craft Poetry Syllabic Poetry Contest: #TankaProse
I have deleted the Word Weaving Poetry Journal site. The domain was up for renewal and since I've made the journal biennial, there is no reason to have a separate site. I've merged that blog into wordcraftpoetry.com. You will find the links to the journal information on the main menu or HERE. Stay tuned... I'll… Continue reading Just a Quick Note…
I've been doing some much needed blog cleaning. I've added the 🧹posts and pages🧹 from "A Witch's Brew" blog to my author blog here at colleenchesebro.com. I'll shut down that blog today, as well. It's much easier to navigate. So, don't panic if you see me post things that have to do with my pagan… Continue reading Blog Cleaning
Jules and I are excited to announce that today, September 1, 2021, the first edition of Word Weaving is available for pre-order! Customers who pre-order the Kindle book will receive the content on the release date of 10/01/2021. ORDER HERE https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09DWDMXWK Creating the Kindle version of Word Weaving was important to us because we wanted… Continue reading “Word Weaving, No. 1” is Available for Pre-Order
Here's the cover reveal for the first edition of the Word Weaving Poetry Journal!
Jules and I are happy to share the cover reveal for the first edition of the Word Weaving Poetry Journal: The Moons of Autumn It's been an exciting time for the two of us. We're almost finished with the ebook and print book creation. Just in time for Autumn, the books will be available for… Continue reading Cover Reveal: First Edition of the Word Weaving Poetry Journal
WELCOME TO TANKA TUESDAY! Welcome! Check out the Tanka Tuesday Poetry Book Store where you can find links to some of the challenge poet's Amazon Author Pages. If you have a book you would like to have added, let me know in the comments. ❤ It's the second week of the month! Are you ready… Continue reading #TANKA TUESDAY WEEKLY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 238, #SYNONYMSONLY
The theme: The Moons of Autumn We accept submissions from May 15 through July 15 for our first October issue. There is no submission fee. We publish haiku, senryu, haiga, gogyohka, tanka, tanka prose, haibun, cinquain poetry including any cinquain variations, Etheree, nonet, shadorma, Badger hexastich, Abhanga, and Diatelle syllabic poetry forms. We would love to see your work.… Continue reading Announcing the Theme for the 1st Word Weaving Poetry Journal
For the last month, I've teased you on the Tanka Tuesday challenges with some big news coming! Happy May Day! Word Weaving began as a creative experiment between two poetic friends, Colleen Chesebro and JulesPaige, birthed from our combined love for writing syllabic poetry on Word Craft: Prose & Poetry at wordcraftpoetry.com. Those Tanka Tuesday poetry… Continue reading Introducing… Word Weaving—A Word Craft Journal of Syllabic Verse
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