Category: Poetry

Colleen’s Weekly Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge – Poet’s Choice

It’s been a while… I’ve missed writing poetry but I’ve been very busy trying to finish editing the second book in my series The Curse of Time and to be honest I’ve been struggling with it as it is a very ambitious project, especially as I work full-time. I’m getting there but still lots to do. My beta readers have […]

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Author Spotlight – Cendrine Marrouat & David Ellis #Poets #Submissions #Auroras & Blossoms Poetry Journal

4 weeks ago Leave a Comment

Today, it is my great pleasure to welcome not one, but two poets… Author Spotlight – Cendrine Marrouat & David Ellis Cendrine and David co-founded Auroras & Blossoms Poetry Journal, a magazine that promotes inspirational and uplifting poetry no matter the topic. They accept everyone, as long as they have something positive to say in their poetry. They published the […]

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COLLEEN’S 2019 WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 146 #SYNONYMSONLY

2 months ago 11 Comments

Red, devil’s needle, Or luck bringer with kind eyes? Ancient, sweet fellow, Sacred magic bestower, Change tumbling on fragile wings. I added the last line as the dragonfly has such a short life like the butterfly and change can be fragile unless we encourage and nurture it and learn to be our better self. This is my contribution […]

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Author Interview: Frank Prem #storytelling #poet

September 7, 2019 32 Comments

About Frank Prem Frank Prem has been a storytelling poet for forty years. When not writing or reading his poetry to an audience, he fills his time by working as a psychiatric nurse. He has been published in magazines, e-zines and anthologies, in Australia and in a number of other countries, and has both performed and recorded his work as […]

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Colleen’s 2019 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge #Poet’sChoice #Etheree #Trees #Photography #Bookish

September 7, 2019 8 Comments

I love trees, and enjoy my wanders in the Cambridge Botanical Gardens which is home to many champion trees. Just recently I came upon this beautiful Paperbark Maple, such a find for an author: a tree that peels it bark, like the well-worn pages of a book that has been read many times! So, I decided to grace […]

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COLLEEN’S 2019 WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 141 #PHOTOPROMPT

August 23, 2019 10 Comments

A Shadorma… Internet Stalker, killer words Trapping me. No message Of kind words roaming the seas, Only threats uncorked. Check out Colleen’s poetry prompt: Colleen’s 2019 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 141 #PhotoPrompt Buy Book: myBook.to/TheCurseofTime Social Media Links Authors Website: https://mjmallon.com Collaborative Blog: https://sistersofthefey.wordpress.com Twitter: @Marjorie_Mallon and @curseof_time #ABRSC: Authors Bloggers Rainbow Support Club on Facebook Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17064826.M_J_Mallon Facebook: […]

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Colleen’s 2019 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 138 #SynonymsOnly #Haiga

July 30, 2019 10 Comments

“Clear & Nature” are the synonyms but we can’t use them! Boo hoo… So for clear I chose (clean) and Nature: (character.) The photo below is taken from my recent trip to Cromer, Norfolk Coast with my hubby. Mr Seagull’s boat Seagull’s character To clean the ocean of boats And bring them ashore Haiga: The haiku is the most important […]

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Colleen’s 2019 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 137 #SynonymsOnly

July 25, 2019 15 Comments

Word prompts: Kind and shift. For kind, I used breed and shift: transform. The idea for this Tanka came from a passage in my WIP: The Curse of Time Book 2 Golden Healer when Esme (the mirror girl,) tells Amelina (my main protagonist,) about her experience with the shadow men. Could it be a dream or is it real? […]

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Colleen’s 2019 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 136 #PhotoPrompt

July 19, 2019 13 Comments

Who’s blue bike is that? Oh wait, I see your shadow Two bikes and two chairs Two fruit scones, butter and jam Two old friends sit by the light To enter Colleen’s weekly poetry challenge follow the link: Colleen’s 2019 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 136 #PhotoPrompt Buy Book: myBook.to/TheCurseofTime Social Media Links Authors […]

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Colleen’s 2019 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 135

July 12, 2019 20 Comments

This Tanka was inspired by the beautiful Golden Willow Tree in the botanical gardens in Cambridge which I visit frequently on my lunch hours from work. I wanted to reach for one of its tempting branches but to do so would to risk falling in the water! So charming you are Sweet golden willow bending Longing for water […]