A message from Lilian: 🥳 Announcement 🥳 Please join us at dVerse LIVE on Saturday, October 25th, from 10 to 11 AM EST. Click on this POST to join us with audio and video. Come sit in on our LIVE (video and audio) session. We welcome everyone to read aloud a poem of your choosing, […]| The Evergreen Hedge
Kim is our host at dVerse today for Poetics: Creating our own micro-seasons. Here’s what she would like us to create: Your challenge is to make up your own name for a micro season, such as ‘it’s raining again’ or ‘it’s still too cold to plant potatoes’, and write a poem about it, with the micro season’s […]| The Evergreen Hedge
Punam is over at dVerse as our host. She asks us to use a form of the word, sparkler! Just in time for Diwali. Let’s all celebrate the return of the light! Let the light return—in a ✨sparkle✨we must defeat our collective griefour world hungers for justicenew moon shadowshaunt our sovereigntythe people awakenwe reach for […]| The Evergreen Hedge
Just in time for the holidays, Robbie Cheadle has released a new photo- illustrated cookbook, called Something Fancy: A Winter Wonderland Celebration, book one. This book gives the reader recipes for gingerbread and Christmas cakes. The fun part is these recipes are great for all holidays. How creative can we be? Here’s the blurb: Robbie’s […]| The Evergreen Hedge
This week for Tanka Tuesday, Willow is our host. She asks us to write about the October Hunter’s Moon or the aging of the year as the theme to our poem. Or, we could explain in our poetry how Autumn makes you feel. Write a sijo, or a form of your choice, from the forms list HERE. If you’re in the […]| The Evergreen Hedge
Merril is over at dVerse hosting Poetics. She says: Today, I ask you to write a poem about some version of the headless horseman. It’s your chance to escape reality. Base your poem on one of the fo…| The Evergreen Hedge
I’ve written a rensaku for dVerse & #TankaTuesday using the prompts from both challenges. For dVerse, Dora asked us to write a poem about what October means to us. For Tanka Tuesday, we used a list of uncommon autumn words here: https://www.thesqueezeblog.com/fall-words/ This is a rensaku, which is a s-l-s-l-l tanka series: susurrus murmursunravel dryad […]| The Evergreen Hedge
At dVerse, De Jackson, is our host. It’s quadrille #233: Bring on the BOO! I tried to be lighthearted, but the muse was not amused. So, I wrote my feelings instead. Boo, words are highlighted…| The Evergreen Hedge
Selma is our host at #TankaTuesday this week. She asks us to write haiku like Bashō. What does that mean? I wrote my haiku in the s-l-s syllable count because Bashō’s haiku are translated fro…| The Evergreen Hedge
I was honored & thrilled to be selected as a 99-word story writer for Carrot Ranch, along with several other Carrot Ranch writers, for the 3rd Annual Interactive Keweenaw Art Walk. The art walk…| The Evergreen Hedge
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Featuring Your Next Weekend Read! This year it’s been difficult trying to keep up with my book reviews. I simply can’t stay up to date. But here’s the highlights of the books I re…| The Evergreen Hedge
Featuring Your Next Weekend Read! Hello beautiful readers! Grab a brew and let’s talk about books! I’m behind in my book reviews, and fair warning, it will take me some time to get these posted to …| The Evergreen Hedge
This afternoon our temperature in mid-Michigan reached 48 F. It’s an amazing start to the week! This past weekend, my husband and I noticed the birds returned to our neighborhood. We saw Mour…| Colleen Writes & Publishes
The author is working on Japan’s 72 micro-seasons and invites others to join. They recently wrote a haiku reflecting the current snowy weather and gardening plans.| Colleen Writes & Publishes
Here we are in a new week and I barely keep up with last week’s challenge offerings! David’s W-3 challenge featured a poem by Svenja. See the post: Svenja’s prompt guidelines: THEME: Wr…| Colleen Writes & Publishes
UPDATE: I still can’t comment on most blogs. I’ve tried the bell menu, and going directly to the post. I keep getting kicked out because I’m not logged in. If I can post this, I w…| Colleen Writes & Publishes
Sanaa is the hostess at dVerse: She says, “For today’s Poetics, I want you all to select ONE of the following three options and write a poem:” 1- Love Potions and Concoctions: Write a …| Colleen Writes & Publishes
I’m a day late. I moved my office and did some spring cleaning since I was having trouble with Sunflower Tanka. I know WP was in my site Saturday and Sunday. It appears I can now comment on m…| Colleen Writes & Publishes
Robbie’s Syllabic Poetry Spin the Bottle prompt for this week was the Reverse Etheree. You could choose to write about the cake in her post or the concept of a special celebration. Since Imbo…| Colleen Writes & Publishes
Tanka and tanka prose are some of my favorite Japanese forms. I explain both forms in detail in my book, Word Craft: Prose & Poetry. The earliest form of tanka was called a waka. (Sorry for the…| 📚 Unicorn Cats Publishing Services by Colleen M. Chesebro 📚
