I came across an interesting article on ghosts today, as if on cue from the universe. I have done a slightly different version of an Erasure poem. The prose constitutes of excerpts taken from the source article, without disturbing the order of words or meaning. The poetry (in italics) has been added by me to … Continue reading Different Perspectives
“In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer” – wrote Albert Camus, a timeless seer of truth. My take on it is that he was talking about creativity. It lies inside all of us, unused and unrecognized at times. It surprises us by its sudden appearance … Continue reading JSW Prompt 8-6-2018
All the persuasion by his friends failed to make him participate in a jungle picnic. He looked petrified, and his wife insisted that he be left alone. The friends decided to take him to a counsellor later. Nobody realized that he was consumed by guilt. It was a crime committed in the first flush of … Continue reading Those two
Welcome to Week 49! Walking through fire and not getting burnt reminded me of ghosts. What is a ghost but a spirit? We see them as unwanted relics of the past, who seemingly, refuse to leave our world. We fear them, because they are not limited by physical bodies and can get in anywhere. What … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 49
There are days when the white clouds look like flocks of birds, which will descend to destroy the flowers. Their menacing shapes symbolize evil, out to destroy happiness. I desperately want to spread a net on the flowers, or cover them with my body to protect. There are days when I think that the sky … Continue reading Mindset
The Grartor party last year was akin to the Ashley Madison data leak. The organizers had laid down facts with proof on the tables, but remained invisible themselves. It led to a lot of speculation along with break-ups and heartburn. Who could be masterminding this? The guy I spurned in college, because he was too … Continue reading Leaking goodwill
The media devotes more space to kinky behavior and displays of brute power, because ‘man bites dog’ is a story, not the reverse of it. Gamers get a chance to display more of what they consume on their newsfeeds, and then one fine day, they lay their hands on an actual weapon with fire or … Continue reading Future
I don’t know what is insanity, and why do they call me insane. It just happened that the geography did not match the maps ingrained in my mind. I asked for the airfare in local currency, and people around me mentioned miles yet to be covered. There are no milestones in the sky, and I … Continue reading Maps and devices
The grass had not been trimmed for ages. They believed that it protected the house against evil. It did breed a lot of mosquitoes though. The health worker, Sara, who came to the village, to teach prevention of malaria found herself battling social evils instead. The campaign brought her face to face with an old … Continue reading Trimming the grass
I’ve done it before it takes imagination coordination I’ve done it before lounging around on just sun, sands and sea it takes imagination extrication from spirals to rejoin life coordination to break into reality be human again Heeding Haiku with Chevrefeuille
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