aka, The Abject Muse

Category: Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday

  • Conversations With Colleen: Meet Author, Susan M. Shuman

    Conversations With Colleen: Meet Author, Susan M. Shuman

    Hello everyone! This week, I’m thrilled to bring you author, Susan M. Shuman. I asked her to pick three or four questions from my huge list HERE. We all aspire to be successful authors, and the best way to learn some tricks of the trade is to ask questions. First, please meet my guest, Susan…

  • Yesterday’s Catch

    Today’s prompts at Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday are cold and storm, synonyms only. Where I am concerned, ‘A whirlwind of apathy’ best describes your heart. And you? A limp, oily carp, yesterday’s catch thrown back.  

  • Calixta

    Calixta

    This Cherita was written for Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday  but I failed to read the guidelines carefully. This should have been written in Tanka, Haiku, Senryu, Haibun, Etheree or Cinquain poetry forms. Ooops! Here’s mine anyway: Calixta bewitched her men as they dreamt, making them burn and ache with desire; craving her touch, her warmth. They…