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PROMPT #163

We are getting ready for a re-lockdown here, after a sharp spike in the number of Covid cases.

Here’s a video depicting a poet’s interpretation of life in lockdown.

https://aeon.co/videos/lean-into-loneliness-like-it-is-holding-you-a-poetic-reflection-on-life-in-lockdown

Take us into your inner world., and let us see how you view this unusual space.

The piece you generate can be fiction, poetry, essay, art, photographs, or anything else that your creativity brings forth.

Write a post on your blog, and copy-paste the link in Comments. In case you are using a pingback, do check back to see if it has worked.

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There was a world before COVID

We all remember how we lived

A life where restrictions were unheard of

We were free to come and go as pleased

This disease has turned all…

Was it a random explosion,

Or plan conceptualised by group of head hunters?

That led to birth of this universe,

Who orchestrated rising of Sun,

And twinkling of stars?

What is day?

What is night?

Why are some places hot,

Yet others freezing cold?

All of us share the same space,

Not similar situations,

Thoughts too many,

Answers hardly any,

*And Sun decides to go a holiday*,

To unbox these paradoxes?

71 words

* And Sun decides to go a holiday* :- I had read a couple of days back, that a town in Alaska, by the name Utqiaġvik, witnessed its last sunset of the year 2020 on November 20. And, they will be next seeing the Sun only in 2021, to be precise on January 22, 2021. This led me to thinking, all of us share space, not similar situations. Attaching a link to the news clip here.

Acknowledgements…

human hubris

recalcitrant roadblocks reigning

minds mindlessly

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Mindfills by s.s. for

Crimson’s Creative challenge #106

Reena’s exploration challenge – “Random words in front of other random words create a random sentence”

FOWC hubris

Random words before random words

Create a random sentence cord

No agenda nor deadlines, try

Own voyage of discovery

Depends on my delivery

If it’s not good enough, I sigh

Look up the sky, something will fall

Whatever happens it’s my call

I’m my own author and speaker

I have fallen down once or twice

And it’s like throwing of the dice

Don’t know what’s next, I’m so eager

I’m a seeker of something lost

If I am crossed you’d be weeper*

(c) ladyleemanila 2020

• A Jeffreys Sonnet was created by Scott J. Alcorn. It is isosyllabic (only 8 syllable per line), 2 sestets with a cross rhymed couplet (the cross rhyme is in the 2nd to 4th syllable in each of the two lines of the couplet). Also there is a cross rhyme in the first line of the 2nd sestet (between the 2nd to 4th syllable), tying…

करके इबादत बना दिया मैंने खुदा तुझे
डरता हूँ अब बख़्शेगा क्या मेरा ख़ुदा मुझे

होते थे खुश सुनकर कभी हमसे अपनी तारीफ़
लगती है अब गुस्ताखी सी क्यों ऐ ख़ुदा तुझे

सुनते थे कि प्यार का भूखा होता है ख़ुदा
लगती नहीं क्यों वो पहले सी भूख ख़ुदा तुझे

काश करता कोई हमसे भी मुहब्बत हम सी
सिखला देते कैसा होता है खुदा तुझे

लगता है डर तेरी ऊँचाइयों से “अमित”
कैसे पहुंचूँ तुझ तक बतला दे ख़ुदा मुझे

In response to: Reena’s Exploration Challenge # 162

करके इबादत बना दिया मैंने खुदा तुझे
डरता हूँ अब बख़्शेगा क्या मेरा ख़ुदा मुझे

होते थे खुश सुनकर कभी हमसे अपनी तारीफ़
लगती है अब गुस्ताखी सी क्यों ऐ ख़ुदा तुझे

सुनते थे कि प्यार का भूखा होता है ख़ुदा
लगती नहीं क्यों वो पहले सी भूख ख़ुदा तुझे

काश करता कोई हमसे भी मुहब्बत हम सी
सिखला देते कैसा होता है खुदा तुझे

लगता है डर तेरी ऊँचाइयों से “अमित”
कैसे पहुंचूँ तुझ तक बतला दे ख़ुदा मुझे

In response to: Reena’s Exploration Challenge # 162

करके इबादत बना दिया मैंने खुदा तुझे
डरता हूँ अब बख़्शेगा क्या मेरा ख़ुदा मुझे

होते थे खुश सुनकर कभी हमसे अपनी तारीफ़
लगती है अब गुस्ताखी सी क्यों ऐ ख़ुदा तुझे

सुनते थे कि प्यार का भूखा होता है ख़ुदा
लगती नहीं क्यों वो पहले सी भूख ख़ुदा तुझे

काश करता कोई हमसे भी मुहब्बत हम सी
सिखला देते कैसा होता है खुदा तुझे

लगता है डर तेरी ऊँचाइयों से “अमित”
कैसे पहुंचूँ तुझ तक बतला दे ख़ुदा मुझे

In response to: Reena’s Exploration Challenge # 162