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Colleen’s Weekly #Poetry Tuesday Challenge Recap & A Month of November Poetry Prompts

By Colleen M. Chesebro October 31, 2017 October 29, 2017 Colleen's Weekly Poetry Challenges

Happy Halloween

WELCOME TO POETRY TUESDAY!

I’ve had a brilliant idea concerning the poetry challenge for November 2017. Today, I will give you five weeks’ worth of prompt words. (I won’t be doing another post until December 5^th so that I can participate in NanoWritMo). That way you can still carry on with your poetry.

BUT HERE’S THE CATCH: For the entire month of November, you can’t use the prompt words! You MUST use a synonym!

Have fun and please support the other participants in the challenge by commenting and sharing their work. <3

HERE ARE THE NOVEMBER PROMPTS

10/31: FRIGHT & NIGHT

11/7: AUTUMN & LEAVES

11/14: SMELL & COZY

11/21: THANKS & FAMILY

11/28: PLENTY & MEANDER

Please note: We are all students of poetry. I have given you the instructions on how to write the different forms. Try your best to be as exact as you can.

The most meaningful change you will learn about is in writing a Haiku vs. a Senryu. Also, remember, pronunciation in various parts of the world will affect your syllable count. Go with your gut on deciding the syllable count. You are the poet and the creator of your own work.

The main idea behind my sponsoring this challenge is to help everyone learn how to write various forms of poetry. Remember, if you are sending your poetry for publication in literary journals, contests, or self-publishing, you should know the correct forms and use them. Check the rules by clicking on the links below. <3

For Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge, you can write your poem in one of the forms defined below. Click on the link to learn about each type:

HAIKU IN ENGLISH 5/7/5 syllable structure. A Haiku is written about seasonal changes, nature, and change in general.

TANKA IN ENGLISH 5/7/5/7/7 syllable structure. Your Tanka will consist of five lines written in the first person point of view. This is important because the poem should be written from the perspective of the poet.

HAIBUN IN ENGLISH Every Haibun must begin with a title. Haibun prose is composed of short, descriptive paragraphs, written in the first person singular.

The text unfolds in the present moment, as though the experience is occurring now rather than yesterday or some time ago. In keeping with the simplicity of the accompanying haiku or tanka poem, all unnecessary words should be pared down or removed. Nothing must ever be overstated.

The poetry never tries to repeat, quote, or explain the prose. Instead, the poetry reflects some aspect of the prose by introducing a different step in the narrative through a microburst of detail. Thus, the poetry is a sort of juxtaposition – different yet somehow connected.

Cinquain

Senryu in English 5/7/5 syllable structure. A Senryu is written about love, a personal event, and have some sort of irony present.

Image credit: Pinterest.com

(Currently, free-verse prose poems are NOT part of this challenge)

Here are some great sites that will help you write your poetry and count syllables.

thesaurus.com

For Synonyms and Antonyms. When your word has too many syllables, find one that works.

howmanysyllables.com

Find out how many syllables each word has. I use this site for all my Haiku and Tanka poems. Click on the “Workshop” tab to create your Haiku or Tanka.

THE RULES

I will publish the Tuesday prompt post at 12: 03 A.M. Mountain Standard Time (Denver Time). That should give everyone time to see the prompt from around the world.

WRITE YOUR POEM ON YOUR BLOG as a post.

How Long Do You Have and Your Deadline: You have a week to complete the Challenge with a deadline of Monday at 12:00 P.M. (Noon) Denver time, U. S. A. This will give me a chance to add the links from everyone’s poem post from the previous week, on the new prompt I send out on Tuesday. I urge everyone to visit the blogs and comment on everyone’s poem.

The rules are simple.

I will give you two words that you need to use (in some form) in the writing of your poetry. This will be a challenge in writing your Haibun poem. Follow the rules carefully.

The two words can be used in any way you would like to use them. Words have different definitions, and you can use the definitions you like. Feel free to use synonyms for the words when the poetry form calls for it.

LINK YOUR BLOG POST TO MINE WITH A PINGBACK. To do a Pingback: Copy the URL (the HTTPS:// address of my post) for the current week’s Challenge and paste it into your post. You may also place a copy of your URL of your post in the comments of the current week’s Challenge post.

Because of the time difference between where you are, and I am, you might not think your link is there. I manually approve all links. People taking part in the challenge may visit you and comment or “like” your post. I also need at least a Pingback or a link in the comments section to know you took part and to include you in the Weekly Review section of the new prompt on Tuesday.

BE CREATIVE. Use your photos and create “Visual POETRY” if you wish, although it is not necessary. Use whatever program you want to make your images.

As time allows, I will visit your blog, comment, and TWEET your POETRY. Remember – I’m participating in Nanowritmo and all comments on my blog must be approved before they appear. Be patient. I’ll go through everything in the evenings. <3

If you add these hashtags to your post TITLE (depending on which poetry form you use) your poetry may be viewed more often:

#Haiku, #Tanka, #micropoetry, #poetry, #5lines, #Haibun, #Prose #Synryu, #CinquainPoetry

IF YOU DO NOT HAVE YOUR TWITTER ACCOUNT LINKED TO YOUR BLOG – I WILL NO LONGER TWEET YOUR POETRY… THERE IS NO SENSE SINCE YOUR TWEET BECOMES PART OF WORDPRESS.COM AND THERE IS NO ATTRIBUTION BACK TO YOU.

You may copy the badge I have created to go with the Weekly Poetry Challenge Post and place it in your post. It’s not mandatory:

HERE’S WHO JOINED US LAST WEEK FOR OUR 56th POETRY CHALLENGE USING THE WORDS – EERIE & COSTUME

Nature – Reena Saxena

Voodoo – Poetry by Sarah

Colleen’s Weekly #Poetry Tuesday Challenge: EERIE & COSTUME #Haiku #Senryu #Cinquain | But I Smile Anyway…

Colleen’s Weekly #Poetry Tuesday Challenge: EERIE & COSTUME – Mick E Talbot Poems

Costumes – #Tanka | Trent’s World (the Blog)

Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Prompt Eerie & Costume | Annette Rochelle Aben

Colleen Chesebro Weekly Haiku Challenge. 24/10/17 | willowdot21

Poetry Tuesday: Haiku – Jane Dougherty Writes

War Paint | like mercury colliding…

Reverend Zombie – Smell The Coffee

Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge – It’s the Costume – The Bag Lady

#Tanka Tuesday 10/24/17…as Halloween comes… – Frank J. Tassone

thoughts and entanglements

Haibun – Eerie & Costume | radhikasreflection

Bite | Sue Vincent’s Daily Echo

#Tanka: Guise | Charmed Chaos

Haiku – The Orange & the Black – CroneChronicler

Cinquain: Eerie & Costume – tea & paper

graveyard drive (tanka #17) – Stories

Wind Sighs of Dreams: Haibun | Yesterday and today: Merril’s historical musings

Witching Hour – In Emma World

Colleen’s Weekly #Poetry Tuesday Challenge: EERIE & COSTUME | M J Mallon Author

Don’t FORGET! If you are selected as my Poet of the Week, your poem will also be featured in my bi-monthly newsletter.

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This week’s Poet of the Week is Story Teller from their blog, Stories. Graveyard drive (tanka #17), was the perfect Halloween Tanka. Although, that wasn’t the main reason I selected the poem. I especially liked the way the Tanka told a story. It put the reader in the middle of the scene, and your five (maybe six) senses exploded with spooky mind images from the words used. Well done.

graveyard drive (tanka #17)

crossing the graveyard

there is an eerie silence

moonlight casts shadows

veiled behind the ensemble

sending shivers down the spine

See you in December! <3

About Colleen M. Chesebro

Colleen M. Chesebro is an American Novelist & Poet who loves writing paranormal fantasy and magical realism, cross-genre fiction, syllabic poetry, and creative nonfiction. She loves all things magical which may mean that she could be experiencing her second childhood—or not. That part of her life hasn’t been fully decided yet. A few years ago, a mystical experience led her to renew her passion for writing and storytelling. These days she resides in the fantasy realm of the Faery Writer where she writes the magical poetry and stories that the fairy nymphs whisper to her in her dreams. Colleen won the “Little and Laugh” Flash Fiction Contest sponsored by the Carrot Ranch Literary Community on November 2017, and in 2018, she won first place for the “Twisted Travel” category. Colleen lives in Arizona with her husband. When she is not writing, Colleen enjoys spending time with her husband. She also loves gardening, reading, and crocheting old-fashioned doilies into works of art. Learn more about Colleen on colleenchesebro.com.

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