Chandra

Square book cover with white background. In center of cover: a yellow and black swallowtail butterfly feast on pink blossoms mottled background, navy blue with yellow specks. Book title and author's name in blue serif font. Title: Drops of Sacred Water: Scripture Haiku for the Healing Soul. Author: Chandra Tyler Mountain.

New release! 🙌🏽 Another small collection of Scripture haiku and photo art. Released Oct 1 for breast cancer awareness month.

Created for those who are navigating physical, mental, or emotional health challenges.

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#poetry #haiku #scripture #skypoets
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Betty Acquah, Ghanaian painter,
Heart of innocence, 2021 #WomensArt

The Not Gonna-Gonna Lists I was talking to one of my “lil’ writing sistas” yesterday about how I had not posted on the blog in a month. She sent me a list of suggested “hotbed” topics to which …

Not gonna...

#blogpost #wordpress #lists

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Sunflowers and Serendipity There are no words to express how incredibly challenging my inner-life has been lately. There are so many threads to tease out. I realize now forgoing vacation during the summer and delaying till w…

#sunflowers #blogger #blogpost #serendipity

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I wrote a poem about lies & liars many, many moons ago while sitting in a meeting listening to lies. 🤦🏽‍♀️ Here's a snippet.

#poetry #poem #poetrycommunity
#skypoets #blueskypoetry #fiction #lies

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@freyapickard.bsky.social, thank you for including me. 🤗

Beautiful Tuesdays | Pearls of Wisdom for This Moment Last week I had beautiful moments at UNCF UNITE Summit 2025. I was inspired by amazing speakers, sessions, music, and, of course, the camaraderie of colleagues from all over. Although there were in…

Beautiful Tuesday with pearls of wisdom...

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White Roses for My Friend and Mentor It was the loss of my dear friend and mentor, Dr. Jerry W. Ward, in February that sent me into a retreat from heavy emotions. As the losses mounted, my coping mechanisms literally failed, so I thre…

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5 Minutes with the Roses A rose is a rose, even by another name. But we choose whether we will offer beauty to the world, or if we will use our thorns to sting.  –Chloe Gong, Our Violent Ends As mentioned in an earli…

I've been sharing "LaSierra Roses" on my blog all week.

#roses #blogpost #blogger

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Endlessly..💖

My painting BLUEBONNETS

Congratulations!

Online Flipbook Created with the Heyzine flipbook maker

I facilitated a seminar last week at ASU's Summer Writing & Arts Summit, Haiku in Focus. Click the link below to view an ebook featuring the work of 7 of the participants.

#haiku #poetry #writingcommunity #visualhaiku #art #ebook #skypoets

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Beautiful Tuesdays | Ducks, Ducks Everywhere! I have a slight thing for “rubber duckies”—they’re just so cute! You can imagine my absolute glee when I encountered rubber ducks all over The Peabody (hotel) in Memphis, Tennessee. While I was che…

Because ducks...

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Beautiful Tuesdays | Hope and Humanity A week ago, a few colleagues and I jumped into a van and drove to Memphis, Tennessee to spend the day at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. We briefly visited with our students who are in…

Healing arts...

#stjude #childrensart #teenart #blogger

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I'll be facilitating a seminar at the ASU's Summer Writing Summit.

In the session, we'll practice focused observation and explore the art of haiku, translating fleeting moments into poetry and images.

If you're in the area, join us. It's free!

#poetry #haiku #writinglife

Thank you! 🤗

A fairytale in Tuscany. Fun fact: Taken with my smartphone

Beautiful! 😍

It's here!!! My poem, "You'll Hear Music," is included in the newly released Stafford Challenge 2024-25 Anthology--available in paperback or ebook.

Learn more at: wildpoetpress.com/anthology/

#staffordchallenge #poetry #skypoets #writinglife #published #newrelease #poets #anthology

Daisies and Poetic Bits and Bobs I was going to start this post whining about the monster that’s eating up my time and energy and preventing me from getting to this blog. Then, I realized, I am the monster. It’s not that I haven’t…

Randomness...

#poetry #blogpost #staffordwritingchallenge

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@arwashington.bsky.social thank you for reposting. I do not know all the ways of the sky. Please tell me how this relay works. 🤗

Love this! I've been trying to find time to write a pantoum all year! Your poem inspires me to try it this week!!!

Last week's message from the lilies...

#lilies #spring #poetry #skypoets #excerpt #poetrycommunity #darkness #BlueSkyPoetry #light #lessonsfromnature

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My lilies inspire when they return each spring. I wrote "Transitions" last May.

#lilies #spring #poetry #skypoets #excerpt #poetrycommunity #transitions #BlueSkyPoetry #photography

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Writing, Writing, Writing | Stafford Writing Community Final Report [Months 10-12] I’m hanging my head in shame. This post has been sitting on my task list all year. In fact, I planned to share it January 17, the official beginning of the 2025 Stafford Writing Challenge. Buuuuut&…

744 poems...

#poetry #writer #writerlife #poet

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Thank you, @poetkatiratejeda.bsky.social. That was the goal, so thanks for confirming it was achieved. 🤗