Crafting Poetry One Syllable at a Time
Posted on September 21, 2016 by Colleen M. Chesebro
Hey, EVERYBODY! It’s that time again! Time to join in the “Writers Quote Wednesday Writing Challenge,” co-sponsored with Ronovan Hester of Ronovan Writes, right here on silverthreading.com and myself. Please use #WQWWC on your post so when we share to Twitter we can retweet you and… Continue Reading “#WQWWC – Writer’s Quote Wednesday Writing Challenge – “Farewell””
Posted on September 14, 2016 by Ronovan
It’s Ronovan again. Yep, my week to host the challenge. First of all make sure to visit last weeks comments for all those who participated in the Autumn theme. This week I chose ‘UNITY’ as the theme. Make sure to put a link to… Continue Reading “#WQWWC – Writers Quote Wednesday Writing Challenge – “Unity””
Posted on August 24, 2016 by Colleen M. Chesebro
Hey, EVERYBODY! It’s that time again! Time to join in the “Writers Quote Wednesday Writing Challenge,” co-sponsored with Ronovan Hester of Ronovan Writes, right here on silverthreading.com and myself, Silver Threading! Please use #WQWWC on your post so when we share to Twitter we can… Continue Reading “#WQWWC – Writers Quote Wednesday Writing Challenge – “Strength””
Posted on August 18, 2016 by Colleen M. Chesebro
Hey, everybody! It’s time to get your quote selected. Get your creativity groove revved up so you can come up with a creative story, poem, or whatever else you would like to share about your quote. Remember, we have a week, so there is… Continue Reading “#WQWWC – Writers Quotes Wednesday Writing Challenge – “Miracles””
Posted on August 17, 2016 by Ronovan
Sup Y’all. It’s me . . . Ronovan. This week I’ve come up with the theme of the week. It’s a miracle we keep doing it and haven’t failed to grabbed something out of thin air. It’s tougher than you think. If you missed… Continue Reading “Writer’s Quote Wednesday Writing Challenge Theme-“Miracle” #WQWWC”
Posted on August 10, 2016 by Colleen M. Chesebro
Hey, EVERYBODY! It’s that time again! Time to join in the “Writers Quote Wednesday Writing Challenge,” co-sponsored with Ronovan Hester of Ronovan Writes, right here on silverthreading.com and myself, Silver Threading! Please use #WQWWC on your post so when we share to Twitter we can… Continue Reading “#WQWWC – Writers Quote Wednesday Writing Challenge – “Innocence””
Posted on August 3, 2016 by Ronovan
Hello, it’s me again. Ronovan. Yep, it’s my week to host the Writer’s Quote Wednesday Writing Challenge. If you missed out on reading last week’s entries for the theme of Memories, click here to go there. And if you are a participant you really… Continue Reading “Writer’s Quote Wednesday Writing Challenge Theme-“Passion” #WQWWC”
Posted on July 28, 2016 by Colleen M. Chesebro
Hey, EVERYBODY! It’s that time again! Time to join in the “Writers Quote Wednesday Writing Challenge,” co-sponsored with Ronovan Hester of Ronovan Writes, right here on silverthreading.com and myself, Silver Threading! I lost my head this week and literally thought it was Ronovan’s week! Ah… Continue Reading “#WQWWC – Writers Quote ‘Thursday’ Writing Challenge – “Believe””
Posted on July 20, 2016 by Colleen M. Chesebro
Happy Hump Day! We’re almost to the end of the week! WHEW! It’s time to get your quote selected. Get your creativity groove revved up so you can come up with a creative story, poem, or whatever else you would like to share about… Continue Reading “#WQWWC – Writers Quote Wednesday Writing Challenge – “Hope””
Posted on July 13, 2016 by Colleen M. Chesebro
Originally posted on Morpethroad:
“Fairies do belong – In the magic of our hearts,” It was my grandmother who first alerted me to the fairies in our garden. Grandmother cultivated ferns of all descriptions and amongst them lived the fern fairies. My grandmother was…
“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.