Tag Archives: Inspiration

We Are Healing Writers

Posted on May 4, 2023 by Charlotte Digregorio

     Most of the people who read this blog would probably identify with being interested in reading and/or writing pieces that have healing qualities. I try to reach as many people through my blog as possible with the healing … Continue reading →

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Poetry Open Mic Filled with Inspiration

Posted on February 8, 2022 by Charlotte Digregorio

Our Poetry Open Mic through Zoom on Sunday, Feb. 6, sponsored by the Winnetka-Northfield Public Library District in Winnetka, Illinois (USA),  drew 28 poets from Canada, Ireland, England, New Zealand, Wales, and India, and from states including: Illinois, Iowa, Virginia, … Continue reading →

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Thank You! Special Offer Extended

Posted on December 7, 2020 by Charlotte Digregorio

Thank you to all of you who ordered Haiku and Senryu: A Simple Guide for All and Ripples of Air: Poems of Healing, taking advantage of my special holiday offer. One follower emailed me yesterday because he missed the Dec. … Continue reading →

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Daily Haiku: April 24, 2020

Posted on April 23, 2020 by Charlotte Digregorio

cloud reflections in a rainforest stream the footbridge quakes   by Geoff Pope (USA) Fresh Out: An Arts and Poetry Collective, June 2019    

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A Simple Thought for Readers & Creative Writers

Posted on March 22, 2020 by Charlotte Digregorio

Many readers of this blog  are probably doing a bit more reading than usual, staying at home during the coronavirus crisis. I was reading Ellen Grace Olinger’s blog and I spotted an interesting thought in a long poem of hers … Continue reading →

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Daily Haiku: March 22, 2020

Posted on March 21, 2020 by Charlotte Digregorio

Atlantic sunrise my great-grandfather’s third language by Mary Stevens (USA) Modern Haiku, 50.2. 2019

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Daily Haiku: March 17, 2020

Posted on March 16, 2020 by Charlotte Digregorio

senryu library hall the straight back of an old chair by Nikolay Grankin (Russia) Frogpond, Vol. 43:1,  Winter 2020

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Daily Haiku: March 13, 2020

Posted on March 12, 2020 by Charlotte Digregorio

summer dusk the piano plays me by Terry Ann Carter (Canada)

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Daily Haiku: Feb. 5, 2020

Posted on February 4, 2020 by Charlotte Digregorio

senryu   homemade biscuits at the homeless shelter . . . All Saints Day   by Paula Moore  (USA) The Sacred in Contemporary Haiku, 2014

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Daily Haiku: Feb. 1, 2020

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Charlotte Digregorio

thoughts of home seagull calligraphy on the beach Chen-ou Liu  (Canada/Taiwan) Frogpond, Vol. 40:2, 2017

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