General

dew drops on morn sun,
wakes to aurora’s spell work,
zeitgeist phoenixes,
iridescence of purpose,
births fresh wave of tomorrows.

Poetry Form :- Tanka (5/7/5/7/7 syllables)

Acknowledgements :- Thank you Reena Saxena for hosting Reena’s Exploration Challenge. I’ve combined prompts of last week #236( Re-birth) and current week#237 ( Zeitgeist). Thank you Sadje for hosting What do you see challenge #140. Thank you all for stopping by and reading.

My Story

if you know my story
you’d be amazed
for mine is the
modern account
of an era where women
are regarded as the weakest
human version
mine represents
the zeitgeist of the
unfortunate era for women
an era when if a woman speaks
her mind she is stubborn
she is selfish
she is arrogant.

if you know my story you’d either
hate me or love me
hate me for not standing up
for myself or love mefor being
the most resilient patient
woman you’d probably
encountered this age.

however you take it
i guarantee you
i am well aware of
my rights my dispositions
my priveledges and i will
fight the moment
i am least expected to
retaliate.

that’s who i am strong
determined empowered
but resilient and patient
most importantly
i never rage a war
without a game plan
so if you think
i am weak and…

We have a word prompt this week

Zeitgeist

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It’s hard to capture zeitgeist of our current era

On one hand, we have loosening of the norms

Things that were acceptable are being trashed

And more freedom is being given all around

While on the other hand some conservatives are trying

To drag the society back into the dark ages

By curbing the rights of women and minorities

I do wonder what the future generations would say

About our confused decisions, our indeterminate reactions

Have we failed at everything that we had set out to do?

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Written for RXC ; PROMPT #237, hosted by Reena

#Keepitalive

#RXC

Like this old beaten house, my heart and mind are full of grief and loss. Long story short…My daughter duped me and took away everyone in one swish of her razor tongue. All I ever wanted was for my kids was for them to be loved, happy, and have a new mom with a new look on life. It’s clear that they just want me to be the bad guy, so I am going to mourn in the way that I know how. I don’t want to answer a lot of questions. I just need to feel this in order to not break down again.

Place – My Mind

Emotion – Mourning

Adjective – Misunderstood

Verb – Mirrored

My animal – Mockingbird

My essence – Misery.

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My mind is tangled and weaved in sorrow.

I feel like an old house, abandoned and forgotten.

Its a terrific day to bypass the world and languish what’s needing to be
Done are the days of silly cartoons dangling fake lives ‘front of me
I bend to the floor, escaping the lights, from the moon accessible through the blinds
My stonewashed jeans are clean and are dry and nothing weighs on my mind
The opalescence in this worldwide debut is the beauty of an angel’s halo
A zeitgeist of long gone serenity waits while dreams of a utopia grow.

©2022 CBialczak Poetry

• Eugi’s Weekly Prompt: https://amanpan.com/2022/06/28/eugis-weekly-prompt-opalescence-june-28-2022/
• Reena’s Exploration Challenge: https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2022/06/30/reenas-xploration-challenge-237/
• 3TC: https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2022/06/30/three-things-challenge-m10/
• FOWC: https://fivedotoh.com/2022/06/30/fowc-with-fandango-terrific/
• DS: https://thedailyspur.wordpress.com/2022/06/29/accessible/
• WOTD: https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2022/06/30/worldwide/
• EM’s RWP: https://emkingston.wordpress.com/2022/06/30/e-m-s-rwp-204-stonewashed/
• MVB: https://chellebcom2.wordpress.com/2022/06/30/todays-prompt-dangling/
• RDP: https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2022/06/30/ragtag-daily-prompt-thursday-halo/
• YDWP: https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2022/06/30/your-daily-word-prompt-Languish-ydwordprompt-June-30-2022/

Inspired by Reena’s Exploration Challenge #237 – Zeitgeist
& Eugenia’s Weekly Prompt – Opalescence

the zeitgeist of the 70s
shimmering opalescence
of hope
springing forth
what we thought
eternal

now
powerful crusty men
attempt to dim our light
by deciding our future
i ache with a desire to fight
for and with my sisters

never in my lifetime
had i thought we’d be subjected
to this orchestrated control
forced upon us
our bodies
once again not our own

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #235

Creeping out at dawn, she tiptoes barefoot over golden sand, gritty grains sliding between her toes. The sun, a crimson sliver, struggles to free itself from the horizon. She steps onto the jetty, its planks still moist with dew. Now, tugging softly at the mooring rope, she draws the boat towards her. With a brilliant flash, sunlight flares across the azure water bathing the bay in its gilded rays. She shades her eyes, tastes the salt on the breeze, inhales. Then, she drops lightly into the boat, casts off, and slips away into the morning.

her island awaits:
magical voices whisper
giving up secrets

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Image credit:Saffu@Unsplash
The image showsa red motor boat anchored near a quay. There is a small buoyfloating near it. In the distance you can see a small island.

Written in response to Sadje‘s What Do You See #138 photo prompt

Rebirth

a change of heart
reinvention
a rebirth
whether literal or metaphorical
it is a momentous occasion
in our lives
a moment of great change
an extraordinary development.

literature offers a smorgasbord
of rebirth stories
from the classic rebirth story of
Ebenezer Scrooge in Christmas Carol
who sees the errors of his ways and transforms
to the magical love story of Beauty and the Beast
when Belle realized there was more to the Beast
being just a beast.

i have my fair share
of rebirth stories myself, the ones
that did not only change my ways
but my perspectives and my disposition
in life, in situations, and in handling people around.

but my greatest most amazing
rebirth story, if i may say
is when i met you when you held my hand
for the first time, when you kissed me
and embraced me and made your own
that my love…