Life lessons

I’d suffered from typhoid during my first year at school, and missed one paper from the first term examination. I can’t recall the fever or any other symptom. Just that my class teacher, a kindly old lady, Mrs. Kent asked my mother to request the Principal for a re-examination. I’d scored well in all other … Continue reading Life lessons

Taj Mahal

who knowsburied secrets-opulent royal lovemakes all average lives look solove-less Borrowed nuggets from Twitter: ik shahanshaah ne daulat ka sahaaraa le kar ham GhariiboN kii muhabbat kaa udaayaa hai mazaaq 🙂 #SahirLudhianvi कटवा के हजारों मजदूरों के हाथ महोब्बत से बेईमानी की है https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IamkXhPuFPY https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2021/03/01/what-do-you-see-71-march-1st-2021/

Beauty – Lucky Dip – Limerick

she clamoured to slay, be beautifuland those product ads were bountifulshe tore pictures from magsbereft - they looked like ragsnot much to read, but it's all so cool Source of inspiration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIIKTNPP5Ts https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2021/02/27/saturday-mix-lucky-dip-27-february-2021/

Dammed

barricadesto divert the flowof wild thoughtscreate lulls- then dams burst openemotions mislead, but rule https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2021/02/18/reenas-xploration-challenge-173/ https://dversepoets.com/2021/03/04/open-link-night-285-on-this-day/

You made a choice

Remember you said ‘dictatorship is good - to meet a goal’. You made a choice in that moment - to be walked upon, to become irrelevant, to write someone else’s story, to fulfil someone else’s dream. You chose to surrender your voice. The underlying desire was to trample on people you abhor, but you were … Continue reading You made a choice

Rants

BADGER HEXASTICH choosingwhat's right makes thembright - while I absorb painenvelope screaming worldsand yet remaindull grey https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2021/02/16/weekly-tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-213-ekphrastic-photoprompt/

Learning through change

I take pride in being a lifelong learner …. then accept that I need to keep revising theories all the time. I also need to practice what I learn to see if it holds good or not. transience  takes me to places I’d have missed ensconced in  cushy permanence I’m often accused of being inconsistent. … Continue reading Learning through change