#Tanka Tuesday – M J Mallon YA/Paranormal Author

Colleen’s Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 107, “Haunt & Spell,” #SynonymsOnly

October 26, 2018 14 Comments

Here’s my entry for Colleen’s weekly poetry challenge. It’s been ages since I’ve been able to take part due to long working hours, etc, but seeing as it is nearly Halloween I couldn’t resist! For Haunt I chose lair, and for spell I decided upon trick. Hope you enjoyed my Tanka…. THIS IS THE PRE-ORDER LINK…WE ARE HOPING THE BOOK […]

Poetry

Colleen’s Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 65: AMBITION & CHANGE (#SynonymsOnly)

January 6, 2018 12 Comments

This week’s prompt words from Colleen – ambition and change really attracted me. My youngest is going through quite a lot of impending changes at the moment. She plans to go to University in September to study Fashion Management, and I am so excited for her. Also my husband and I are considering plans in the not too distant future […]

Poetry

Colleen’s Weekly #Poetry Challenge # 39 – MIRROR & HARBOR

June 29, 2017 50 Comments

Today for Colleen’s Weekly #poetry challenge I’m focusing on a short excerpt from my debut novel The Curse of Time – Book 1 – The Bloodstone which I will be releasing this summer, (all the relevant details have been emailed to my book cover designer!) plus a new Tanka I’ve written. Excerpt: The Curse of Time – Book 1 – […]

Poetry

Colleen’s Weekly #Poetry Challenge # 38 – FAIRY & MAGIC

June 22, 2017 19 Comments

Today, my husband and I had a grisly conversation about death… not exactly a cheery morning chit chat but I thought if I have to go one day and no doubt I will…. this is how I’d like to imagine it… Not some black, bleak, meaningless end. No, I’d like a supernatural being to visit me. No vampires please unless […]

Poetry

Colleen’s Weekly #Poetry Challenge # 37 – SMOKE & VEIL #Tanka #micropoetry

June 15, 2017 23 Comments

The prompt words this week are smoke and veil. They fit in beautifully with a particular character in my book : Book 1 – The Curse of Time – The Bloodstone which I am currently formatting with a planned release date to be confirmed this August… The particular character I have in mind looks a bit like the young man […]

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Colleen’s Weekly #Poetry Challenge # 36 – HAPPY & SAD

June 8, 2017 3 Comments

This week’s prompt words are Happy and Sad, very appropriate given the situation in the world at the moment. It seems that humanity is doomed to live in a state of happiness one minute and sadness the next. So, to try to lift our spirits I’d like to share with you some happy photos from Strawberry Fair. Our friends Richard and […]

Humour

Colleen’s Weekly #Poetry Challenge # 33 – CLEAN & SHARP

May 9, 2017 16 Comments

For this week’s poetry challenge Colleen has given us a tricky prompt – clean and sharp. Clean isn’t exactly my favourite word and neither is sharp! I suppose both of them coupled together conjure up moments in our household where my hubby gets a bit cross with me for spending so much time blogging and writing and so little time cleaning […]

Nature

Colleen’s Weekly #Poetry Challenge # 31 – PEACE & TEAR

April 27, 2017 12 Comments

My entry to Colleen’s weekly poetry challenge this week is inspired by a piece I am editing for Dan Alatorre’s Word Weaving Competition. It is taken from a part completed memoir I’ve written of my dad’s early childhood before the Second World War, including his travelling adventures to the Far East, Middle East, Pacific region, Caribbean and Africa. This is a short […]

Poetry

Colleen’s Weekly #Poetry Challenge # 30 – Wish & Magic

April 18, 2017 4 Comments

Colleen Chesebro’s Poetry Challenge Colleen Chesebro and I share quite a few interests in common, as a matter of fact we do find that when we do those quizzes on Facebook we sometimes get the same results! This morning we both ended up being like the moon… with a dark and a light side! It’s my good friend Colleen’s birthday today so […]

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Colleen’s Weekly #Tanka #Poetry Challenge # 24 – “FIRE & RAIN”

March 7, 2017 26 Comments

Colleen’s prompt words this week Fire and Rain are quite tricky… wonder how to approach this. I might as well confess what my new job is… I was a lingerie stylist at Rigby and Peller but unfortunately my maternity leave contract came to an end and that left me with no job. Sigh. Initially, it seemed the obvious choice to apply […]