Hi everyone! Today, I’m thrilled to be visiting fellow author, blogger, Story Empire member, and friend, Jan Sikes. Jan has kindly invited me over to help me promote the release of my second book of poetry: Life & Soul, Book …

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Hi everyone! 🙂 Today, I’ve joined Colleen’s weekly TankaTuesday challenge, which asks for us to create a syllabic poem based on our day. You can find Colleen’s post HERE.   Flash Flood   Carried down the river Torrent of sudden …

#TANKATUESDAY Weekly #POETRYCHALLENGE #2-31-05-22 #SHAREYOURDAY @ColleenChesebro #Kerf Read more »

Hi everyone! Today, I’m thrilled to be visiting fellow author, blogger, Story Empire member, and friend, Staci Troilo. Staci has kindly invited me over to help me promote the release of my second book of poetry: Life & Soul, Book …

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Hi everyone! I don’t post in a Saturday usually, but I had to share Sally Cronin’s incredibly generous shoutout for my new book, Life & Soul today! I’m so awed by her kindness and would be thrilled if you could …

Life & Soul at Sally’s Cafe and Bookstore today! #NewBook @sgc58 #poetry Read more »

Hi everyone! Today, I’m thrilled to be visiting fellow author, blogger, Story Empire member, and friend, Beem Weeks. Beem has kindly invited me over to help me promote the release of my second book of poetry: Life & Soul, Book …

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Hi everyone! Today, I’m thrilled to be visiting fellow author, blogger, Story Empire member, and friend, D L Finn. Denise has kindly invited me over to help me promote the release of my second book of poetry: Life & Soul, …

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Hi everyone! 🙂 Today, I’ve joined Colleen’s weekly TankaTuesday challenge, which asks for us to create a syllabic poem based on a Theme Prompt from Kerfe: ‘USEFUL’ As ever, we need to avoid ‘ing’ ending words if at all possible. …

#TANKATUESDAY Weekly #POETRYCHALLENGE #275 #THEMEPROMPT @ColleenChesebro Read more »

Hi everyone! Today, I’m thrilled to be visiting fellow author, blogger, Story Empire member, and friend, Gwen Plano. Gwen has kindly invited me over to help me promote the release of my second book of poetry: Life & Soul, Book …

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Hi everyone! 🙂 Today, I’ve joined Colleen’s weekly TankaTuesday challenge, which asks for us to create a syllabic poem based on a Photograph provided by David, from the Skeptic’s Kaddish, for this month’s challenge.   Colleen’s comments for this week’s …

#TANKATUESDAY Weekly #POETRYCHALLENGE #274 #Ekphrastic #PhotoPrompt @ColleenChesebro Read more »

Hi Everyone! I hope this finds you all well. I’m super excited to announce I have a new book of poetry coming out! I was so shocked to discover it is seven years since I published Slices of Soul: Book …

#NewBook: Life & Soul by Harmony Kent @harmony_kent #Poetry Read more »

Hi everyone! 🙂 Today, I’ve joined Colleen’s weekly TankaTuesday challenge, which asks for us to create a specific syllabic poem based on the Butterfly Cinquain.  As ever, we need to avoid ‘ing’ ending words if at all possible. You can …

#TANKATUESDAY Weekly #POETRYCHALLENGE #273 #SpecificForm @ColleenChesebro #ButterflyCinquain Read more »

Hi everyone! 🙂 Today, I’ve joined Colleen’s weekly TankaTuesday challenge, which asks for us to create a syllabic poem based on colour.  As ever, we need to avoid ‘ing’ ending words if at all possible. You can find Colleen’s post …

#TANKATUESDAY Weekly #POETRYCHALLENGE #272 #TasteTheRainbow @ColleenChesebro #Diablo Read more »

Hi everyone! I have exciting news to share today … I’m part of a poetry anthology, and the book is out now! I’m thrilled to join some truly skilled poets in this amazing collection. Here are the contributors …   …

#Poetry Treasures 2: Relationships #NewBook #Anthology @bakeandwrite @GodsAngel1 @artsrosch @ElizabethMerry1 @harmony_kent @linesbyleon @ColleenChesebro @mhurdle112 @Marjorie_Mallon Read more »

Hi everyone! Today, I have a book review for a beautiful book of poetry by an author new to me, Anneliese Dahl >>> About the Book: For those who enjoy heartfelt poetry, Anneliese Dahl shares, in this book of short …

#BookReview: Under Forgotten Skies by Anneliese Dahl and illustrated by J D Pernoste @intheminuses @bookroar_tweets Read more »

Hi everyone! 🙂 Today, my poetry is doing double duty: it is a fit for both Colleen’s weekly TankaTuesday challenge and also for Day 5 of the NaPoWriMo April 30-Day challenge. I had some good fun with this! SO: from …

#TANKATUESDAY Weekly #POETRYCHALLENGE #268 #TasteTheRainbow @ColleenChesebro and #NaPoWriMo Day 5 #MertailPentetope #poetry created by Harmony Kent Read more »

Hi everyone! 🙂 Today, I’ve joined Colleen’s weekly TankaTuesday challenge, which asks for us to create a syllabic poem based on our day. We were asked to take a snapshot and write a poem. As ever, we need to avoid …

#TANKATUESDAY Weekly #POETRYCHALLENGE #267 #ShareYourDay @ColleenChesebro #Pi-Ku #poetry created by D Avery @daveryshiftn Read more »

Hi everyone! 🙂 Today, I’ve joined Colleen’s weekly TankaTuesday challenge, which asks for us to create a syllabic poem based on the themes of Fire and Water, picked by Donna Matthews from last month’s challenge. As ever, we need to …

#TANKATUESDAY Weekly #POETRYCHALLENGE #266 #ThemePrompt @ColleenChesebro #DropDrip poetry created by @YvetteMCalleiro Read more »

Hi everyone! 🙂 Today, I’ve joined Colleen’s weekly TankaTuesday challenge, which asks for us to create our own syllabic poetry. As ever, we need to avoid ‘ing’ ending words if at all possible. You can find Colleen’s post HERE. I’ve …

#TANKATUESDAY Weekly #POETRYCHALLENGE #264 #Create Your Own @SyllabicPoetry @ColleenChesebro #TheHarmonyTripytch Read more »

Hi everyone! 🙂 Today, I’ve joined Colleen’s weekly TankaTuesday challenge, which asks for any syllabic form based on “Taste the rainbow—colour poetry”. The colour is “Green”.  Colleen gave us some extras too … “You’ll receive bonus points if you don’t …

#TANKATUESDAY Weekly #POETRYCHALLENGE #263 #Tastetherainbow @SyllabicPoetry @ColleenChesebro #Tanka Read more »

Hi everyone! 🙂 Today, I’ve joined Colleen’s weekly TankaTuesday challenge, which asks for any syllabic form based on a theme prompt. Ken Gierke (Rivrvlogr) from last month’s challenge picked the theme: TRANSITIONS You can find Colleen’s post HERE. I’ve chosen …

#TANKATUESDAY Weekly #POETRYCHALLENGE #262 #ThemePrompt @SyllabicPoetry @ColleenChesebro #Haiku Read more »

Hi everyone! 🙂 Today, I’ve joined Colleen’s weekly TankaTuesday challenge, which asks for any syllabic form based on a photo prompt. You can find Colleen’s post HERE. Diana Peach chose this week’s image … I’ve chosen an inverted Etheree as …

#TANKATUESDAY Weekly #POETRYCHALLENGE #261 #PhotoPrompt @SyllabicPoetry @ColleenChesebro #Etheree Read more »

Hi everyone! 🙂 Today, I’ve joined Colleen’s weekly TankaTuesday challenge, which asks for a series of Abhanga verses. Colleen explains: We write Abhanga in any number of 4-line stanzas with 6-6-6-4 syllables each. L2 and L3 rhyme. The end rhyme …

#TANKATUESDAY Weekly #POETRYCHALLENGE #260 #SpecificForm @SyllabicPoetry @ColleenChesebro #Abhanga Read more »

Hi everyone! 🙂 Today, I’ve joined Colleen’s weekly TankaTuesday challenge, which asks for poem based on colour. I’ve written a Diatelle, which has fifteen lines in the following syllable count … 1-2-3-4-6-8-10-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1, and a rhyme rhythm of abbcbccaccbcbba. You can find …

#TANKATUESDAY Weekly #POETRYCHALLENGE #259 @SyllabicPoetry @ColleenChesebro #Colour #TasteTheRainbow #Diatelle Read more »

Hi everyone! 🙂 Today, I’ve joined Colleen’s weekly TankaTuesday challenge, which asks for poem based on the concepts of Memories: Sweet and Sour. I’ve written a stacked (or double) Etheree, which has ten lines in each stack in the following syllable …

#TANKATUESDAY Weekly #POETRYCHALLENGE #258 @SyllabicPoetry @ColleenChesebro #ThemePrompt #Etheree Read more »

Hi everyone! 🙂 Today, I’ve joined Colleen’s weekly TankaTuesday challenge, which asks for an Ekphrastic poem, which today, uses a photo prompt as the art form. I’ve written a stacked (or double) Etheree, which has ten lines in each stack …

#TANKATUESDAY Weekly #POETRYCHALLENGE #257 @SyllabicPoetry @ColleenChesebro #Ekphrastic #PhotoPrompt #Etheree Read more »

Hi everyone! 🙂 Today, I’ve joined Colleen’s weekly TankaTuesday challenge, which asks for a Haiku. I’ve used sunshine as my Kigo, as it can appear in any season. You can find Colleen’s post HERE.   I’ve chosen a Haiku in …

#TANKATUESDAY Weekly #POETRYCHALLENGE #256 @SyllabicPoetry @ColleenChesebro #SpecificForm #Haiku Read more »

Hi everyone! Happy New Year! 🙂 Today, I’ve joined Colleen’s weekly TankaTuesday challenge, which asks for a Syllabic poem of the author’s choice, featuring a colour. You can find Colleen’s post HERE. I’ve chosen a Senryu in three lines of …

#TANKATUESDAY Weekly #POETRYCHALLENGE #255 @SyllabicPoetry @ColleenChesebro #TasteTheRainbow #Tanka Read more »

Hi everyone! Today, I’ve joined Colleen’s weekly TankaTuesday challenge, which asks for a Tanka Prose. You can find Colleen’s post HERE. I wanted to bracket my prose paragraph with a Tanka either side. It’s entitled: PAINSTAKING  When you feel grumpy …

#TANKATUESDAY Weekly #POETRYCHALLENGE #254 @SyllabicPoetry @ColleenChesebro #SpecificForm #Tanka Read more »

Hi everyone! Today, I’ve joined Colleen’s weekly TankaTuesday challenge, which asks for a verse using metaphor and allegory from a photo supplied by Lisa – The Versesmith. You can find Colleen’s post HERE. I have chosen a Tanka, which has …

#TANKATUESDAY Weekly #POETRYCHALLENGE #252 @SyllabicPoetry @ColleenChesebro #PhotoPrompt #Tanka Read more »

Hi everyone! Today, I have a book review for an author I respect immensely, and whom many of you know, Colleen Chesebro >>> About the Book: Are you ready to learn how to craft Japanese and American poetry? Consider this …

#BookReview: Word Craft: Prose & Poetry by Colleen M Chesebro @ColleenChesebro @SyllabicPoetry Read more »