There is a distinct sense of unease around the oncoming festival. She knows that certain things can’t be done. “But we aren’t having any visitors”, said her husband, \’just cook and eat and decorate the house as you like. Post some pictures with a wistful write-up on social media.” “It’s all a joke for you”, … Continue reading Whose traditions?
The world burns ….. By Radhika
Noxious intent brews
rampant callous endeavors
toxic news flare up
flames of greed engulf mankind
theworld burns, inhales vile ash.
Hoodwinked ….. by Eugenia
a world without barriers
it’s a natural high
an ally on your side
existence a gift
but life ain’t tied with a bow
enter the scammers
fake news their game
the daily rag ablaze
polluted noise raucous
infotainment tainted
liar, liar, lies on fire
“If you don’t read the newspaper, you’re uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you’re mis-informed.” – Mark Twain
Reena’s Exploration Challenge#164
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Word of the Day Challenge – Natural
Your Daily Word Prompt – Ally – December 3. 2020
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I had no idea, I was a netizen….. by Jim Adams
Apparently, this word is a portmanteau of the words Internet and citizen, so that fits me quite well, because I am often involved in online activities. ‘Paper in Fire’ was a hit single from John Cougar Mellencamp’s ninth studio album The Lonesome Jubilee which was recorded in 1987. This song reached #9 on The Billboard Hot 100 and it got to #86 in the UK. Mellencamp’s Uncle Joe had died of cancer at the age of 57 the year before this song came out and ‘Paper in Fire’ is about Joe and the family’s ingrained anger. John Mellencamp came from Seymour, Indiana and this is where his father, Richard Mellencamp, met his mother when he slammed into her on the street one day in the late 1940s. Richard and his big brother Joe were running from the cops after pummeling four guys in retaliation for a whupping that his father…
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In my world, there’s sanity….. By Susi Bocks
news travels faster than ever
the accessibility of evil at our fingertips
through social media, print, radio
all grinds the blackness into us
fair and balanced reporting
what a joke
where’s the tons of good stuff
it happens daily too, probably more
i’m tired of being tainted grey
dulled from the nastiness of life
disenchanted with the news
exhausted from being set on fire cerebrally
people wonder why i’m a hermit
preferring my four walls
leaving society and culture to its own
in my world i prefer to cull balance
On Fire ….. by Sadje
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We hadn’t done a picture prompt for quite some time, so here it is
The piece you generate can be fiction, poetry, essay, art, photographs, or anything else that your creativity brings forth.
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You sit here calmly while the world burns
Everything looks normal to you as it all implodes
Not a crease on your forehead nor a tear in your eyes
As this beautiful world is being divided up, torn apart
Brother against brother, walls of lies separating, segregating
When will you wake up from your lethargic apathy
And try to save your world from the beasts that are savaging it?
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Reena's Exploration Challenge #164 Welcome to the last month of 2020! We’ve all hoped it ends soon, and I hope all of us are ending it on a note of hope. I throw open a question, before netizens take a break for the holidays. How can we change the format of this Challenge in 2021? … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #164
I wonder what holds me back a disapproving glance asking me to dance to a tune I detest causing unrest… I wonder what pulls me away churning of gossip mills outdated customs, drills I know I want to flee I know it’s not just me I wonder why I did not speak what held my … Continue reading Barriers
Dinner with Diana on Fridays was a ritual, inmates of the asylum had always followed …. some had to be wheeled in by attendants, in a semi-conscious state after medication, but they were all present. ‘You know what, the shots aren’t as bad as you think, and I like the way they put me in … Continue reading In a trance
TLT 253 when was the last timewe led full lives till sunsetand there was no fear... https://only100words.xyz/2020/12/03/three-line-tales-253/
