This week’s poetry challenge was a photo prompt that I assumed would give us all much food for thought.
Never mind all the song references we couldn’t get rid of (Jim Croce: Time in a Bottle) (Sting: Message in a Bottle), etc.
Then, there was the obvious… a bottle on the beach means trash washed up from the ocean. One man’s trash, another man’s treasure!
I must admit… I didn’t think that photo through, or maybe I over thought it!
For me, the bottle in the sand spoke of forbidden love. Empathically, I felt there was a couple somewhere who communicated through clandestine meetings – writing love letters in their blood, left inside the bottle for their partner to find. I sensed one left the other…
Colleen M. Chesebro is an American Poet who loves crafting paranormal fantasy and magical realism, cross-genre flash fiction, syllabic poetry, and creative nonfiction.
Colleen sponsors a weekly syllabic poetry challenge, called Tanka Tuesday, on wordcraftpoetry.com where participants learn how to write traditional and current forms of haiku, senryu, haiga, tanka, gogyohka, tanka prose, renga, solo-renga, haibun, cinquain, Etheree, nonet, and shadorma poetry.
Colleen's syllabic poetry has appeared in the Auroras & Blossoms Poetry Journal, and in “Hedgerow, a journal of small poems.” She’s won numerous awards from participating in the Carrot Ranch Rodeo, a yearly flash fiction contest sponsored by carrotranch.com. In 2020, she won first place in the Carrot Ranch Folk Tale or Fable category, with her story called “Why Wolf Howls at the Moon.”
Colleen is a Sister of the Fey, where she pursues a pagan path through her writing. When she is not writing, she is reading. She also loves gardening and crocheting old-fashioned doilies into works of art.
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52 thoughts on ““Memories ~ Set Adrift,” #Shadorma”
A dark reading–there’s a whole book there of course.
It’s so interesting the associations we make. Music is a big one, as you pointed out. I’m still working on it. (K)
Ooh, like a magnet! Well done, sis. ❤
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It was great fun! Hope you are on the mend. ❤
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A step closer to home everyday!
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When you get settled in at home, we need to call each other. It’s been too long. I love ya, Sis. ❤
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I agree… love you too! ❤
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Can’t wait! ❤️
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Oooh, I loved this ❤
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LOL! It’s poetry… I figured I could get away with “writing in blood!” 😍❤️
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That was certainly different! 🙂 ❤
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Just a touch of the paranormal… It grabbed your attention and made you think… 😀 ❤
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Reblogged this on Where Genres Collide Traci Kenworth YA Author & Book Blogger.
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Thanks, Traci. ❤️
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Wow, it’s a strong poem ‘penned in blood’! A little bit scary!
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🤣 It’s poetry… I figured I was safe! LOL!
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This is why photo.prompts are so great. They lead us all in our own direction!
Great shadorma, Sis 💜
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Thanks, Sis. I love the Shadorma form. It’s really hard to get the words just right, but when you do… magic! ❤
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Definitely sis 🥰
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Beautifully done, Colleen…
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Thank you. I had to add that paranormal touch, you know… now, the possibilities are endless. ❤
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Looking forward to more!
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Reblogged this on anita dawes and jaye marie.
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Thanks, Jaye. You are such a great supporter. ❤ I appreciate you.
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It sounds like a tragic tale!
Your “heartclutch” image made me laugh! 🙂
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LOL! I loved the drama! 😀
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🙂
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This is lovely, Colleen! So beautifully written.
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Thanks, Eugenia. I do have fun with these photo prompts. 😀 ❤
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My pleasure, Colleen, and I enjoy them as well.
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Loved your poem and art, Colleen! Thanks for the photo prompt this week. Have a wonderful day and weekend! ❤ xo https://vashtiqvega.wordpress.com/2019/08/23/poetry-friday-photo-prompt/
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Thanks, Sis. You too. I planted some veggies this morning so my day is already fabulous. Have a great weekend. ❤
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That’s great! ❤
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So heart throbbing! Thd longing for a sailor or marooned lover is palpable.
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LOL! Can’t you just see her pining away for her lost love? I thought the “written in blood” was a nice paranormal twist. It grabs your attention. 😀
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Makes you think she might be trying something more sinister!
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Maybe he was a vampire…
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Oooh, very cool!
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A dark reading–there’s a whole book there of course.
It’s so interesting the associations we make. Music is a big one, as you pointed out. I’m still working on it. (K)
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Just have fun, Kerfe. I had to really think on this one to make it different. ❤
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Thanks, Traci. ❤
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Absolutely beautiful! So full of emotion!
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Thanks, Jan. I’m thrilled you enjoyed it. ♥️
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Yep! This one was about crazy love, alright! Live it:)
Pat
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LOL! You know I had to give it a paranormal twist! 😜
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LoL! Gotta get some of you in there some how:)
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This is so beautiful Colleen 💜💜💜
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Thank you, Willow. Did you notice my *vampire* (or not) paranormal twist? LOL!
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Yes I did I think that’s why I liked it so much 💜💜
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I knew you would get it. ❤
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👿👿👿
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