Image by Prettysleepy from Pixabay The five women gathered under the pearly radiance of the full harvest moon. They represented air, water, earth, fire, and spirit. Hands clasped together, they formed a circle, their upturned faces raised toward the orbs' soft glow. This was how they would pay homage to the passing of another cycle—another… Continue reading “Harvest Moon,” haibun, #TankaTuesday
Welcome to Fairy Tarot Friday. Each Friday I'll share a card from the Fairy Tarot deck by Doreen Virtue & Radleigh Valentine, featuring an uplifting message from the fey. I'll also include a bit of syllabic poetry inspired by the card reading. The Major Arcana contains 22 cards that describe major events and turning points in our… Continue reading #Fairy #Tarot Friday—Ten of Autumn, #chōka
Artwork credit: Kerfe Roig Kerfe shared a breathtaking piece of art she created for our Tanka Tuesday challenge this week. I saw so much magic in this piece. The Summer Solstice is right around the corner! Can you feel it? A note about the chōka form. The nine-line chōka (5-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-7) should be unrhymed... but for… Continue reading “Midsummer’s Eve Magic,” Chōka-like
John Bauer Art The Tanka Tuesday #PhotoPrompt challenge for this week explores Ekphrastic writing inspired by visual art (photographs). Diana Peach from last month’s challenge has provided the photo for this month’s challenge, seen above. "The Rebirth," #Tanka the forest's womb holds my reflection in limbo— grief cleanses my soul saying goodbye, my tears fall another rebirth awaits ©2020… Continue reading “The Rebirth,” #Tanka
Twirl your wands and cast your spells, for power exerted over others leads them to behave in ways they would not otherwise behave. The veil is thinning as the energy shifts. Be careful what you wish for... "The Illusion of Power Spell" On this Samhain eve of the full blue moon, I wait until midnight… Continue reading “The Illusion of Power,” tanka prose/haiku
This week's poetry challenge was a photo prompt that I assumed would give us all much food for thought. Never mind all the song references we couldn't get rid of (Jim Croce: Time in a Bottle) (Sting: Message in a Bottle), etc. Then, there was the obvious... a bottle on the beach means trash washed… Continue reading “Memories ~ Set Adrift,” #Shadorma
First, let me wish you all a Happy New Year, a happy new challenge, and a happy new week. It's the first of the month, so we get to choose our own words to write a poem. The first of the month challenge is the only one where we don't have to use synonyms, but… Continue reading “Creativity,” A Shadorma
This week for my poetry challenge, I used the word "scheme" for plan, and the word, "end" for finish. The last few weeks, when my blog was broken, kept me in a constant uproar. I think I had the first real writer's block of my life. It's not like I don't have plenty to write...… Continue reading “The Mystery of Creativity,” A Tanka
This week for my Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge, I used synonyms "stretch" for the word give, and "grasp" for receive. Stretch your wings and fly— snatch what seems outside your grasp, success will find you. © 2018 Colleen M. Chesebro Find your magic and let it shine!
Colleen M. Chesebro 