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/

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #173

PROMPT #173 We have a one-word prompt this week. FLOW Flow is a state of mind where one is fully immersed in the task involved, and delivers a lot with minimum effort. Flow is a software by Microsoft, which facilitates team functioning. Flow is poetic, as in the flow of words, water, winds - taking … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #173

Un-expressions

alphabets on keyboards transform into faces asking for expression,  gather on the face of a clock rotating…… It’s tough… catching them  at right moments -my naps become gaps in storylines -like interrupted wi-fi -like stations where  trains do not stop -like air I punch and it becomes a fistful of emptiness but of course…. there’s … Continue reading Un-expressions

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #172

PROMPT #172 The theme is Components of Time Your take can be poetic or sci-fi or fiction or a piece of art , whatever catches your fancy. To whet your imagination a little (actually, it’s more than a little), find 6 minutes to watch the video below. https://aeon.co/videos/there-was-nothing-quick-about-how-we-arrived-at-the-standardised-second WEEKLY WRAP Sadje at http://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2021/02/04/reenas-exploration-challenge-171/ relaxitsallwrite at … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #172

Why don’t you understand?

Your getting out of here means disaster - for you as well as reputation of the ruling party. You hold secrets which can spell the end of the empire, and your life will not be spared after the expose. “My question is straight and simple — Aren’t you a party to whatever is happening?” “Women … Continue reading Why don’t you understand?

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #171

PROMPT #171 We have a dialogue prompt this week .... with a twist. What is the twist? You need to take it forward from the perspective of the opposite gender, not yours. You may use the dialogue as a theme, beginning or end. Your piece can be fiction, poetry, an anecdote, historical fiction, biographical sketch, … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #171

Magnets

I struggled with motivation, behaviour management and therapy for a long time. And then during a visualisation session, enlightenment struck… I felt these innumerable magnets dancing inside me, uncontrolled. I just had to re-orient those and increase their power to attract the right things. No mean task though …. There is always an opposite pole … Continue reading Magnets

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #170

Reena's Exploration Challenge #170 Welcome to yet another week! I don't see the scenario changing as expected. I see faint glimmers of hope, not the bright sun. Will 2021 be another transitional year, or a pathbreaking year? Let's go off at a tangent, and conquer ---- our mindsets, if nothing else. Control the controllable! PROMPT … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #170

Nightmarish

menacing, short steps bring him closer every moment venomous blues cloud imagination to torment I know it’s the end strapped to monitors once again “See what fear does,” he says addressing the interns “to neural pathways in the brain. Extrapolated vision tenses up nerves I’m not an executioner just look like one….” Darkness envelopes I’m … Continue reading Nightmarish

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #169

Welcome to the next normal, as the stories around us change!  PROMPT #169 Create 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. Last, but not least, don’t forget to tag the post “Reena’s Exploration Challenge” for … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #169