Reena’s Xploration Challenge #328

Welcome back! PROMPT #328 We have a picture prompt this week. Do you see fodder for a story? It can be prose, poetry, a series of pictures, art or anything else that reflects the theme of the image? The format of the piece is not restricted, and there is no last date either unless you … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #328

Unaware

disruptivesignals from withinconscious brainsunaware-subliminal origins-unexplained instincts Reena's Xploration Challenge #327

Gin and Tonic

A quote by Sir Winston Churchill sends me scurrying around for more information, “The gin and tonic has saved more Englishmen's lives and minds than all the doctors in the Empire.” It turns out tonic  is quinine-flavoured soda, the  bitterness is balanced by sugar, and it became a popular, delicious drink with a dash of … Continue reading Gin and Tonic

Imperfect

Fallen leaves belie the truth of stories etched on tree trunks. Spring does not restore the glory of those who fall. Renewal is an illusion, a fallacy of nature that fails to grant permanence to anything other than the soul. A soul feels, records and then departs. It occupies another body with no memory of … Continue reading Imperfect

Solar Bomb

a solar bombwrapped in cloudseclipsed at timesretains its shinelaughs at storieswith silent whines gauges, parametersinadequateto measure profundityof seeminglyundepleted energyfor centuriesor more is it falling apartwill it give way-finallyto dark ageswith man-madelight bombs? humanitywill facilitatelack of uniformityor predictability-someone’s follyanother’s blessing uneven structuresmanufacturedto preserve the fog-clarityis not everyone’selixir of life W3 PROMPT #104

Crown

I’m too bright to wear rose-tinted glassesI keep my vision clearbut wearing flowers around my eyessoftens the viewDid you say I’m the uncrowned queen?you need to tone up your visionHow could you miss the crownI’m born with?the crown that makes youlove or hate me Poetics