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

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 […]

Anthology

Ghostly Romance Anthology Volume 1 – Plaisted Publishing House

4 weeks ago 4 Comments

I’m thrilled to be part of the latest anthology from Plaisted Publishing House. Ghostly Romance Volume 1 – Media Kit Have you lost a loved one? Do you see or hear them? This Anthology gives you a selection of Short Stories plus two poems about the ghosts who can’t move on, be it due to love or hate. From the Highlands […]

Poetry

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

1 month ago 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 […]

Poetry

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

2 months ago 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: […]

Poetry

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

3 months ago 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 […]

Poetry

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

3 months ago 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? […]

Poetry

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 […]

Poetry

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 […]

Poetry

COLLEEN’S 2019 WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 134 #SYNONYMSONLY

July 4, 2019 19 Comments

It’s poet’s choice of words this week. I’m going to have a go at a Shadorma as per the detail on Colleen’s blog: The Shadorma is a poetic form consisting of a six-line stanza (or sestet). Each stanza has a syllable count of three syllables in the first line, five syllables in the second line, three syllables in the third and fourth lines, […]

Humour

COLLEEN’S 2019 WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 132 #SYNONYMSONLY

June 21, 2019 14 Comments

I’m looking for a Christmas venue for our staff party which is proving to be more difficult than I first anticipated. A colleague at work suggested I considered The Cock pub. Anyway, to cut a long story short I called The Cock and checked the size of the venue. We require a big capacity – over fifty guests – and […]