Beep! Beep! The medicines have arrived. I open the door to pick up medicines from the conveyor belt, but who knows what it has touched in the numerous circular trips it takes. Disinfectants are being sprayed on it, yet who knows… I would disinfect the box and packaging again. There are large sound-proof and weather-proof … Continue reading Deja vu – Corona who?
Welcome to another week in a VUCA world! We never know what’s going to happen next, and we pine for comfort in a familiar feeling. Why did your mother say you should always wash your hands before a meal? Asians delight in saying certain things been a way of life with them, but globalization led … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #127
I don’t like being scanned under microscopes being isolated in a petri-dish I steel my resolve to dump friends who need permission to go explore the world I embark on a journey they look perplexed, not happy with my pretty shape refuse to shake hands stare with suspicion hide themselves I empathise … Continue reading Isolation
Welcome back! PROMPT #126 Here is the theme for this week. ISOLATION As usual, there is no restriction on length or format of the piece. Write a post on your blog, and copy-paste the link here. If you are choosing a pingback, please check if it has worked. There have been instances of pingbacks not … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #126
Is it a culture Is it a flower Is it an emotion? She is a woman She is a whole new tradition… Is it a caged bird? Are the words really what you heard? She is a woman She is a whole new commotion… Do you see her fly across the blue sky? … Continue reading She is a woman…
Welcome to Women's Week! Do the rest of the weeks in a year do not belong to women? 🙂 They sure do, but I choose women and womanhood as the theme for this week's prompt. PROMPT #125 Reena's Exploration Challenge #125 The image and quotes are indicative, not restrictive. You have full freedom to write … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #125
Coming back to life is a dream come true … for those who worked at nullifying the curse, for those who waited patiently for the unfreeze, but did not live to see this day. There is bustling life outside – humans looking different, semi-humans and robots. And the inhumans? Well, they’ve always been there, but … Continue reading The fly who escaped traps
Welcome back to another week! I had a tough time getting a pesky fly out of the house today. In the process, I came to admire her incorrigible optimism. Here’s a poem by Lisel Mueller IMMORTALITYIn Sleeping Beauty’s castlethe clock strikes one hundred yearsand the girl in the tower returns to the world.So do the … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #124
And so here we go – 1,2,3 …. into another week of the Exploration Challenge. Welcome back! PROMPT #123 Use or don’t use one or more of the following oxymorons in your piece silent screamopen secretdisgustingly deliciousawfully luckyunbiased opinion You may choose not to use the word, but let the meaning reflect in your piece. … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #123
When did you get so engrossed in yourself your fears dominate every move you project insecurity on others expect them to feel the guilt which was never theirs? When did you let concealed hatred incinerate relationships while you pretend all is fine expect a miracle to restore confidence which you let disappear, deteriorate? … Continue reading SELF-OBSESSED
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