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Treasuring Poetry – Meet poet and author V.M. Sang and a review #poetry #poetrycommunity #bookreview

Today, I am delighted to Welcome V.M. Sang, author and poet, as my April Treasuring Poetry guest. Welcome Viv! Thank you, Robbie, for inviting me to …

Treasuring Poetry – Meet poet and author V.M. Sang and a review #poetry #poetrycommunity #bookreview

Robbie’s Inspiration – Tanka Tuesday and Sunday Stills #autumn #poetry #photography

I am scrapping in with this challenge today. I couldn’t think of anything to write about autumn. I was driving Michael to school this morning and the following kindly presented itself.

This is Melissa’s prompt:

For this week’s Tanka Tuesday Challenge, I’d like us to write Double Ennead poems. The Double Ennead is a form created by our very own Colleen Chesebro. Here is a description of the form:

The Double Ennead comprises five lines with a syllable count of 6/5/11/6/5, (33 SYLLABLES per stanza) 3 STANZAS EACH = 99 SYLLABLES, NO MORE, NO LESS! You can add rhyme schemes or not. Title this form.

Let’s write about the season we’re in, wherever we’re at; or you may write about a missed opportunity because of the weather.

You can read other poet’s contributions here: https://tankatuesday.com/2025/04/08/tankatuesday-poetry-challenge-no-7-double-ennead-4-9-2025/

Soggy Autumn

Autumn has arrived

But where are the colours?

Perhaps the endless rain has washed them away

Trees wring bedraggled locks

Dripping with moisture

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Autumn has arrived

But where is golden veld?

It has been replaced with miles of rolling green

Am I in Africa?

Or is this Europe?

Sunday Stills

Purple! There are no purple animals around here. I wracked my brain for photographs including purple. Then, I remembered the interactive art experience in Tokyo. Ah ha! You can join in Sunday Stills here: https://secondwindleisure.com/2025/04/13/sunday-stills-monthly-color-challenge-dramatic-shades-of-purple/

Picture caption: glowing eggs. Probably more blue than purple but, oh well.Picture caption: Pink and purple balls and my clothes look purple in the light but they are actually bluePicture caption: a colour spectrum of fish in many shades including purplePicture caption: TC among the glowing fish. He had more purple than me.

This is a short YT video of hydrangeas at TeamLab:

Mixed flowers YT short:

YT short of the coloured balls:

“Rag Doll” a Quirky Response Poem by Robbie Cheadle

Thank you to Nolcha from Chewers by Masticadores for sharing my poem, Rag Doll.

I had the stents keeping my sinuses open so they could heal properly out on Friday. This necessitated a local anesthetic and the suctioning of a lot of blood and clots. Not an overly comfortable procedure and I felt a bit fragile afterwards. The doctor did more than I expected during the surgery as he had to drill a drainage hole through the bone on my right hand side. No wonder it was a rough week . I made him give me two boxes of strong pain killers as compensation and show me the video clip of the new drainage hole. A perfect circle, he is an artist.

Rag doll, lying on the operating tablePulled this way and that by busy handsDisarrayed braid caught badly under neckWhere it interferes and makes …

“Rag Doll” a Quirky Response Poem by Robbie Cheadle

Robbie’s Inspiration – New Book Spotlight on Smorgasbord

Thank you to the amazing Sally Cronin for sharing this wonderful post about my new book, Burning Butterflies, and a poem from the collection.

Smorgasbord Book Promotions – New Book Spotlight – #Poetry #Africa – Burning Butterflies: Poetry About Southern African Flora and Fauna by Robbie Cheadle

Read and Cook with Robbie Cheadle – The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera and Filled Heart-Shaped Meringue Shells #bookreview #fiction #…

The Unbearable Lightness of Being, by Milan Kundera I knew when I started reading this book that it was unusual and had a big focus on extramarital …

Read and Cook with Robbie Cheadle – The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera and Filled Heart-Shaped Meringue Shells #bookreview #fiction #…

Robbie’s Inspiration – Barb’s Wordy Blurbs: Poetry Treasures 5 (Small Pleasures)

Thank you to Barbara Harris Leonhard, contributor to Poetry Treasures 5: Small Pleasures, for this wonderful post about her contribution and the collection.

Barb’s Wordy Blurbs: Poetry Treasures 5 (Small Pleasures)

Robbie’s Inspiration – Elephant Photography on Chewers by Masticadores #elephants #photography

Thank you to Nolcha Fox for sharing a selection of my elephant photographs from a recent trip to Babanango Game Reserve.

Elephant Photography by Robbie Cheadle

“Rubbish Mountain” a Quirky Response Poem by Robbie Cheadle

Thank you to Nolcha Fox for publishing my quirky response poem, Rubbish Mountain

She asked if she could stay a whileto finish the last year of her degreeHer life was in a right muddlewith her lover she’d parted waysShe needed a …

“Rubbish Mountain” a Quirky Response Poem by Robbie Cheadle

Robbie’s Inspiration – Amid the Flowers on Chewers by Masticadores #poetry

My operation went well. It was four hours long and I had some discomfort and pain afterwards but it is already improving. This quirky poem, written in response to Nolcha’s quirky poem prompt here: https://writingaddiction2.wordpress.com/2025/04/04/quirky-poetry-prompt-4/, is what I remember about the procedure. Sigh! Such a nice dream.

Thanks Nolcha for publishing my poem on Chewers by Masticadores.

“Amid the Flowers” a Quirky Response Poem by Robbie Cheadle

“Hair Failure” a Quirky Response Poem by Robbie Cheadle

Thank you to Nolcha Fox for publishing my quirky poem, Hair Failure, on Chewers by Masticadores.

Today is my operation so my response to comments will be delayed [image error]

“What have you done?” Hair demanded.“You frivolous piece of shaped plastic,I’m not a slick and sophisticated knot.I’m a messy ball with untidy …

“Hair Failure” a Quirky Response Poem by Robbie Cheadle