Colleen’s Poetry Challenge – Fall & Try
The prompt for Colleen’s Weekly Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge is Fall & Try, #SynonymsOnly.
The fall season is a delightful time to be in Portland, Oregon. The leaves are changing colors. Some trees are changing gradually. some changed completely. I’m glad my camera is always with me to capture these moments.
Summer wants to stay
Its admirable effort
Gives way to autumn
Performs the gorgeous show of
Yellow, ruby, brown, and gold
The Showers of Blessings 
Beautiful
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Thank you so much for reading.
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A beautiful poem, Miriam! Love the first image especially.
I haven’t seen your post through my WP reader for a while…
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Thank you, Amy! I haven’t posted for two weeks. I went to Portland, Oregon for my granddaughter’s birthday for a week. After I came back to CA, I haven’t been sick. Also, I’m pushing the finish line to do editing for my poetry, hoping to publish in a couple weeks… they all happened at the same time!
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Stunning photos Miriam.
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Thank you so much Héène. I saw your link but I have been sick so I didn’t visit your post. Hope to get better soon. Have a wonderful weekend!
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Get well soon Miriam. Blessings.🙏
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Thank you, Hélène. ❤
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I had this instinct that you are not well. Hope you will regain your health soon.
Belated Happy Birthday with tons of love to our Autumn 🌻
Your book is going to achieve fame Miriam! I’m sure of that!
Much love eagerly waiting 💝
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Thank you, Meenakshi. The doctor prescribed antibiotics but asked me not to take it unless it gets worse. He said the flu will run its own course for 10 days. It’s still there but it’s not getting worse. 🙂
Thank you for your good wishes for Autumn. She is so cute. ❤ ❤
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Hi Miriam! Where are you these days? No new post?
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Oh, Meenakshi! So good to hear from you! I have been sick for a week. Prior to that, I went to Portland for a week for my granddaughter’s first birthday.
I’m almost done formatting the interior of the poetry book, just have some before and after chapters matters to finalize. I designed the book cover, so still working on the blurb. But I think have it.
I haven’t visited anyone’s blogs for several weeks.
How are you doing?
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Beautiful photos, so colourful ! 🤗
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Thank you for reading and your comment. 🙂 🙂
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It’s really Fabulous 👏👍🎉
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Thank you so much! 🙂 🙂
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Nice:) I haven’t see the leaves changing colour here… looks forward to it:)
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Yes, I think leaves change at a different time in different places. In southern California where I am, not many leaves change colors. 🙂
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Gorgeous Miriam! 🙂
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Thank you, Debby! 🙂 We had a great birthday party for Autumn. I’m going home tomorrow. 🙂
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Travel safe! 😉 x
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Thank you! 🙂
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The colors of autumn are always a treat to the eyes! (K)
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Thank you so much, K. Now I can come to this part of town every year to see them because I’ll come to my granddaughter’s birthday party. 🙂
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The best excuse possible!
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Thank you very much!
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Thank you, Colleen.
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Miriam, your photographs are stunning, and your words capture their beauty succinctly. We don’t have fall here. It looks amazing.
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We don’t have fall in southern California wither. Now I can come north every year for my granddaughter’s birthday and watch the autumn leaves.
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What a wonderful reason for doing so!
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Yes, I love all the colors!
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Gorgeous fall pictures, Miriam. Very clever use of the word fall. Brilliant Tanka! ❤ xx
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Thank you, Vashti. I just let some words brew in my heart and mind and wait for inspiration. It usually works. ❤ xox
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It certainly worked this time. Very good. ❤
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Thank you, Vashti! ❤
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A lovely poem, Miriam, and your pictures are so beautiful, I love the colours of autumn.
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Thank you, Robbie. Now I can come to this part of the US every year for my granddaughter’s birthday and see these colors.
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Lovely poem and photos, Miriam… ❤ Wishing you and awesome autumn! xo
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Thank you so much Bette for reading and comment. I finally put together my poetry book and I’m doing the final touch. Hopefully it will come out soon. ❤ I'm so happy for you to have many books written. 🙂
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So excited for you, Miriam! ❤ Looking forward to reading your book and wishing you much success. Let me know if there is any way I can help with your book launch. I'm working on my first poetry (haiku) book now and must take time to get it put together… I do love your poetry! xo
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Thank you so much, Bette. I bought your books long time ago. Now that I’ve put my book together, I need to be involved in the book review. Should I have a few days of free download for the book launch? I also will ask friends to reblog my book launch. I’ll need your help to reblog. >3 xox
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I would suggest a few days of discount during the launch vs. free download, Miriam. That will be my strategy for MY MAINE, Haiku through the Seasons. BUT, I would definitely check with a few other authors for further insight about reduced/free pricing. As for reviews, I would be delighted to read/review before the launch or afterward as you wish. AND, I’ll be delighted to host your launch post on my blog. I generally use my WordPress Admin–set up Launch Post(s) using the ‘visual editor'(tab)/ then switch to ‘text editor’ THEN COPY the post(s) and paste in WordDoc(s) so I can send them to my launch host friends, making it easy for them to copy and paste for publication on their blogs. ON MY BLOG, I just save these as DRAFTS for the time being, unless I’ll be using the same post on my own blog as well. Keep me posted! ❤ xoxoxo
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I wanted to have 2 or 3 recommendations listed on my back cover. I lost some time because it took a while before I found out that some are too busy to do it.
I haven’t looked at the feature you mentioned on WordPress Admin set up. I need to look at it. I may have three weeks before launching, I feel like it’s too late to ask any one for the before launch review. There are about 100 poems. 99% of them are within one page of the 6X9 book.
If you have time to do the before lunch review and write a brief recommendation, I could email you the Word Doc of my book.
My first promotion at a book signing event is October 4. I’ll do whatever I can. ❤ ❤
Thank you, Bette! xox
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I would be delighted… Please email me at bettestevens@tds.net. ❤ Look forward to reading more of your poetry, Miriam.
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Hi Bette, I just emailed you. Thank you so much! ❤
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Awesome! 🙂 Will be reading it tonight! xo
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Oh Bette. You’re so encouraging to me. I’m very thankful to talk with you about this and you offered to help. 🙂
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P.S. I do this rather than asking for reblogs during the launch. This way, all the Launch Posts for your new book will be original posts on your ‘helpers’ blogs. But, don’t hesitate to ask for reblogs of your own launch post too! 🙂
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Thank you so much, Bette. Let me try to understand how WordPress Admin set up do for the post. I’m helping with my granddaughter’s first birthday party. I’ll work on it tonight. I should have asked you to help a month ago! 🙂 🙂
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Sending lots of love and birthday wishes to your darling little Grand… Enjoy the magic, those moments are so very precious. ❤ xoxo
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Thank you so much, Bette. She brought so much joy in our lives. ❤ xox
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Grandchildren are nothing short of amazing…precious gifts that keep giving! Each age and stage is an adventure. My great grands are four and five and I’ve got a new baby coming this month. My grands and their little ones never cease to delight me… ENJOY! ❤
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I know now, Bette. Autumn learns so fast. Just by watching, she can do it right away. She gives us endless joy. ❤
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These photos are absolutely radiant!!!
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Thank you so much for your comment, Mackenzie!!
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Such beautiful colors of nature!
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Hi Pragalbha, thank you for reading and comment. I love the re-post of your poem!
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You are very welcome and thank you 🙂
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You’re welcome also. 🙂
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The colours are spectacular, Miriam. We are yet to see the colours change here. Cannot wait for them. xx
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Are you on the east coast by New York? The change of colors will be coming to you soon! 🙂
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Excellent Tanka poem, Miriam. Your photos are breathtaking! Happy Autumn. ❤
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Thank you, Colleen. What a timely and excellent prompt. ❤
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I planned it that way. Seasonal poetry is always fun. ❤️
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It’s a perfect planning. People like me reflect on seasonal changes and have fun writing poems about them. ❤
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🙂🙃🙂😉 I love these photos 👏👏👏
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Thank you very much, Elaine. ❤ ❤ 🙂
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The photos go perfectly with your poem! 🙂
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Thank you so much. It just happened! 🙂
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Does your homepage show your recent posts. I know you participate the flash fiction, but I can’t find your posts. Do you have a recent post widget on your sidebar?
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Awesome autumn colors…how quickly time flies…it seems like yday it was just Spring.😊
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I know, Garfield. Time flies. I’m here to celebrate my granddaughter’s first birthday. One year has gone by! 🙂
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How quickly indeed!! Happy birthday to her🎂💕
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Thank you, Garfield. She’d love your BD cake! ❤ 🙂
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🙂 🙂
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Beautiful Poem and photos
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Thank you, Bella. Two of your pages say error. Your About and My Inspiration Thoughts pages. Take a look.
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Oh thanks i dont know what happened
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Go to the widget area and see if you still have your previous About page.
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thanks, sometime our themes can mess things up. and i think wp.com are doing some stuff this weekend, i wonder if i should wait before i do anything
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Okay.
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What is the error they dont error for me ..
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This is what I see when I click you About page.
Error 404 – Not Found
Sorry, but the page you are looking for has not been found. Try checking the URL for errors, then hit the refresh button in your browser.
If you can’t figure out. Email WordPress copy what I sent you and ask them to help.
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okay thank can you send me the url –
it is annoying it works for me, it so annoying that as the admin , we have no tester functionality so i cant see
but thanks so much
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You can ask one other blogger of what they see.
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i think they are fixed now, they some how became draft and unpublished.
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Oh, good. It’s fixed.
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Thanks for confirming
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You’re welcome,
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Fabulous …leaves are changing colors. Thank you for sharing
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You’re welcome. Thank you for reading and comment. I love the fall colors!
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