Here, I add my two lines to the Tan Renga started by Chevrefeuille. silence found the colorful sky at sunset – cicadas sing soon enveloped by darkness touching new meaning within
Silence finds ….
Volcanoes that burst
repressed ‘better half’ of the human race breaks free of the irony finds a voice fights back unafraid of calling out who objectified her pricking the bubbles of the power-intoxicated bringing them down to earth with an unexpected thud. It was not an earthquake that kills people but … the lava will burn uncontrolled … Continue reading Volcanoes that burst
Invisible Forces
A topic close to my heart - one day, rage will have its say - by VJ Knutson
Art creates the New Man
Thank you, Merril D. Smith, for suggesting than an erasure poem might fit the prompt. I found an article by Maria Popova on Brainpickings, about art being omnipresent, but not recognized or visible as such. It is about the biography of Walt Whitman by John Burroughs. She calls it more than a biography. Here's the … Continue reading Art creates the New Man
Reena’s Exploration Challenge – Week 72 2-5-2018
The pain of those who can’t speak …. a touching story by athling2001
I found this illustration rather quaint and curious. It is an illustration done for Grimm’s Fairy Tales. I don’t know the story, but why is the tree male and the human female? Is the mobility or immobility an illusion? Is it a scene of love, magic or revenge? What do the projections denote?
I invite you to ponder over it, and write whatever it generates within you.
On with the quill, and the thinking cap ….
PROMPT
She heard him coming, but didn’t slow, running swiftly down the forest pathway, slippered feet barely making a sound. She wasn’t afraid of the forest, but she was afraid of him. How grotesque he looked, gnarled with branches sprouting from his back. His face so smooth and young, but his limbs like branches grown wrong way round.
In the depths of the forest, she heard the cries of the animals…
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The Weeping Willow
The Weeping Willow by Len…..
Taking up Reena’s Exploration Challenge#72
by Reena Saxena. Thanks for the mind prompt Reena and for introducing me to Arthur Rackham illustrations.
The Weeping Willow stood twenty feet south of the meandering stream that ran through the middle of Lord Covington’s estate. On a sunny day, in late Spring, the trees awareness was drawn to a squirrel scrambling along its branches and so he failed to notice the arrival of the young girl. She stood in front of the tree, admiring his shape and luxurious foliage, ” My, you are a handsome fellow” she exclaimed. She started climbing, nesting comfortably in his branches, about eight feet from the ground, sighing contentedly she dreamed her dreams.
She would visit the tree everyday and they quickly became old friends. Some days she would dance around the tree, on others she climbed as high as she dared, but mostly she was content…
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Faith returns
a burst of color sets hearts and forests aflame pure love reigns supreme species co-creating warmth God’s design – faith returns What Do You See?
तेरा माज़ी हूँ मैं
Amit Agrawa’s (hecblogger) response to the Exploration Challenge – English translation given in Comments.
मत छोड़ कर जा मुझे यूँ तन्हा
कि तेरा महबूब, तेरा माज़ी हूँ मैं ।१।
जो भी चाहे सज़ा दे मुझे
अब हर एक सितम को राज़ी हूँ मैं ।२।
क्यों गिनाती हो तुम मुझे गुनाह मेरे
तेरा शरीक़-ए-गुनाह, तेरा क़ाज़ी हूँ मैं।३।
है दुनिया की हर शह क़दमों में तेरे
जो हार गयी हो, वह बाज़ी हूँ मैं ।४।
निकाला गया था खुल्द से आदम अमित
तो क्या उस से बड़ा पाज़ी हूँ मैं ।५।
In response to: Reena’s Exploration Challenge # 72
That one word
“Did anyone ask you to start with that one word?” “Not really!” “Then why have you wasted reams of paper to get it right? Do what your mind tells you….” Shucks, why are we born followers, not trailblazers? I could have changed the world, only …. in absence of that word –compliance. (280 characters) … Continue reading That one word
Masks we don
splashes of dark paint reveal controlling fingers behind our masks our desire to look good with compulsion to comply drives dramas of life Photo Prompt #250 Artist: Origin Eight
