Reena’s Xploration Challenge #374

Writing Prompts

Welcome back to another week! PROMPT #374 This week, I would like to pay tribute to some of my fellow bloggers. I apologize for not being able to cover all of them. Below is a list of phrases (blog titles or site names). Choose one or more that is not your own, and include the … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #374

52 Aces

The targets for each quarter are set; the balance sheet is pre-signed; now, the business and numbers need to align. He never meets a client or industry colleague, or anyone who is not obliged or dependent on him; he is known for his rough edges and whims. He incites internal rivalry, and teams work in … Continue reading 52 Aces

Anticipation

What could have been and what isstories that reverberate through my spineunstabbed back, but the dagger can striketo change my shape forever I look forward to some, but am terrified ofdrums; that invisible pen which writes my fatesprinkles ink on my budding bloomsgarden of hope; on the tentacles of a storm Anticipation - the monster … Continue reading Anticipation

Muse or Terror?

The city that never sleeps fascinates me. I walk under the streetlamps like a model walking the ramp under arc lights. I drape a scarf around my frail shoulders in different ways. One night … an invisible force tugs at my scarf. I’m pulled up to the bridge above the lights. It is a new … Continue reading Muse or Terror?

Infinity

my senses can’t comprehendblack, white, colourless spaceat the edge of existenceI call it infinity I invent godsto make sense of the unknownbut cannot interactwith the superhumanor supernatural I imagine strangersout there in the unknownfor whomI am unreachableI am infinity Moonwashed Weekly Prompt

Elusive Mediums

stories etchedon soft surfaces-revised-erased-crevices filled upwith imaginationconnect the dots life stories-entombed-engraved on stoneinterpretedby random people biographerscatch snippets from the airto paint saleable tales souls crave expressionelusive mediumsflirt withvanishing ink Quadrille #220

SNIPPETS OF GRIT

The photographer combines different elements to tell a story. It is her attempt to retain sanity in an increasingly complex world. Image credit: Hanan Mamoun Photography The character of a rebel artist portrays the essence of a dictatorial regime through his work – a man being crushed by the royal elephant’s foot. This is the … Continue reading SNIPPETS OF GRIT

The TakeOver

they camethey studied all the loopholesthey conquered… a fortress was builtoriginal inhabitants banishedthose who lived insidewere bound by loyaltyand ESOPs brick-by-brickthey constructed deceitall those who made a profitturned a blind eye the tyrant ruledthe tyrant fellpeople wonder howand whythe ground beneath his feetgave away a semblance of unityholds them togetherto protect sinful secretstill they build … Continue reading The TakeOver