
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. Cold winds are racing across the foothills on this fine Colorado day. The sky is a pale blue, and a white haze of clouds has crept over the mountains. Ron is working in the kitchen preparing a fabulous meal to commemorate the day. The holidays are hard for me each year, and as I get older, they seem harder to celebrate. Writing helps…

I chose the following words in reply to the prompt words of ‘beginning and thanks,’ for my Tanka this week: for beginning, I used, “set in motion,” and for thanks, I used “grace.”

Bleak lamentations –
bitter winds howling in grief,
autumn’s last hurrah.
Winter snows set in motion
my grace to begin anew.
~*~
©Colleen M. Chesebro

Photos: Courtsey of Pixabay.com
I hope your day is filled with much love and happiness… and turkey too!

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Published by Colleen M. Chesebro
An avid reader, Colleen M. Chesebro rekindled her love of writing poetry after years spent working in the accounting industry. These days, she loves crafting syllabic poetry, flash fiction, and creative fiction and nonfiction.
In addition to poetry books, Chesebro’s publishing career includes participation in various anthologies featuring short stories, flash fiction, and poetry. She’s an avid supporter of her writing community on Word Craft Poetry.com by organizing and sponsoring a weekly syllabic poetry challenge, called #TankaTuesday, where participants experiment with traditional and current forms of Japanese and American syllabic poetry.
Chesebro is an assistant editor of The Congress of the Rough Writers Flash Fiction Anthology & Gitty Up Press, a micro-press founded by Charli Mills and Carrot Ranch.
In January 2022, Colleen founded Unicorn Cats Publishing Services to assist poets and authors in creating eBooks and print books for publication. In addition, she creates affordable book covers for Kindle and print books.
Chesebro lives in the house of her dreams in mid-Michigan surrounded by the Great Lakes with her husband and two (unicorn) cats, Chloe & Sophie.
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Lovely 🙂 Happy Thanksgiving!
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Thank you, John. Happy Thanksgiving! ❤
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Fabulous! 🌹
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Thank you. ❤
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Beautiful images and tanka. Happy Thanksgiving!
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Thanks, Olga. Happy Thanksgiving! ❤
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Happy Thanksgiving, Colleen!
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Happy Thanksgiving, Kat! ❤
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Happy Thanksgiving…
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Nice! Happy Thanksgiving
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Happy Thanksgiving! ❤
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Just lovely! You are certainly embracing the changes with an open heart and gratitude. ❤
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Awww, Annette. Thanks. I sure am trying. The holidays are trying. I did change the old blog today… that Aries in me needed a change. Thanks for always making me feel better. ❤
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Autumn last hurrah is lovely image, Colleen it’s good you choosse to write seperate post for your tanka.
Your imagination is beautiful 🙂
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Madeeha, thank you. Many hugs my friend. ❤️
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I hope Ron and you had the perfect Thanksgiving Day, Colleen. I hope you’ll reveal what Ron was cooking. I’m sure it was mouthwatering and delicious.
Hugs to you both.
xx
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Thanks, Hugh. The holidays are still hard for me. We had a lovely turkey dinner and as usual, Ron did fabulous. ❤
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This made me feel good.
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That’s great, Linda. I’m glad you enjoyed it. Thank you. ❤
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A fine Tanka. I’m sorry your holidays are tinged with sadness. ❤
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Thank you, Viva. I feel your kindness. ❤
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I’m not much of one for holidays either, Colleen. Sending a great big hug.
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Thanks, Teagan. I felt that hug and am sending you one back. 💖
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