Reena’s Xploration Challenge #352

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Welcome back! The mood was retro last week, but the present keeps pulling us back. PROMPT #352 Once again, we have a line prompt. "Halloween is still days away, but horror rides unmasked on the streets." The format of the piece is not restricted, and there is no last date either unless you wish to … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #352

Friendship curtailed

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I chose the Curtal Sonnet format. She asked with a smile and twinkling blue eyesWill you be my friend for a little while?The moment forever etched in my mind.I bent down to greet, but only to rise,To shake her hand and flash a dimpled smileHow I wished the daintiness to be mine...Raising its head now was … Continue reading Friendship curtailed

On a hungry stomach

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“Is this a house?” “It looks like an old-fashioned inn we read about in story books”. “It's not inspiring enough for me to get in,” Ted said, turning his face away with an upturned nose. So we walked on, the anticipation of finding a place that would satisfy Ted’s taste and my rumbling stomach keeping … Continue reading On a hungry stomach

Attention

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moon in full gloryrides celebrations galoredid I see it blushwhen the fair maiden looked upto wish on a falling star Moonwashed Weekly Prompt - Blushed P.S. We celebrate the Hunter Moon as Sharad Poornima (onset of winter), with night time celebrations under the open sky. Some people keep a rice pudding in the open at … Continue reading Attention

When Truth Shrinks

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truth filters in like light shaftsfrom the branches of an old treeunsure of survival-fearing intense focuswhen the tree is choppedwith a political axeby opportunist woodcutters truth shrinksmakes way for darkness-parallel existenceleaves onlookersin a quandary Quadrille #210