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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Colleen’s 2019 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 131 #SynonymsOnly

June 11, 2019 21 Comments

It’s nice to welcome Colleen back after her break finding and settling in to her new home in Arizona. I’ve missed writing poetry but I’ve been super busy getting feedback back from my early readers and beta readers on my WIP: The Curse of Time Book 2 Golden Healer. The synonyms I’ve chosen for beginning are dawn, and for consume […]

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COLLEEN’S 2019 WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 128 #SYNONYMSONLY

March 22, 2019 17 Comments

I think cats and Buddha have a lot to teach us so I wrote this double Tanka poem for Colleen’s poetry challenge. Isn’t Lily the cat gorgeous? Just like Shadow the black cat in my book! I had fun choosing some alternative synonyms for Colleen’s poetry challenge – for Spring I chose Develop, and for Sing – Serenade. Life […]

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Colleen’s 2019 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 125#SynonymsOnly

February 28, 2019 23 Comments

Who better to write about than my lovely dad, Ronald? He has always been my inspiration. I doubt I would ever have become a writer if it hadn’t been for him. Both of my parents are much loved and have had an extraordinary life with many stories to tell. My dad is quite the raconteur! He has been fortunate to […]

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Colleen’s 2019 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 123 #SynonymsOnly

February 16, 2019 11 Comments

I could have gone Valentine’s with the prompt words: meaning and passion but instead I went love of trees! Lol. I am a funny one! An expressive face Full of such feeling Carved in wood. I pause. Mr Frowning Tree, Stops me on my way to work, With his cheeky frown, Little devil what a tease, I […]

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COLLEEN’S 2019 WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 119 “MYSTERY & ATTRACT,” #SYNONYMSONLY

January 20, 2019 17 Comments

Here’s a short, unedited passage from the second book in the series The Curse of Time – Golden Healer which I’m currently working on. It fits in well with Colleen’s two synonyms this week – mystery and attract. For mystery I’m using enigma and for attract I’d decided upon beguiling. Enjoy! Too Tasty To Ignore! A pleasing parcel, […]