“You managed to escape clutches, whenever a trap has been laid out for you,” said an ex-boss once. I thank him for his forthrightness. In a flash, I recognised the nature of the evil that doggedly followed me all my life - a desire of certain people around me in personal and professional circles, to … Continue reading Human blackholes
Week 82 welcomes you to the Exploration Challenge! I’m happy about how the theme of darkness inspired many more people this week. PROMPT I am not a fatalist. I’m not obsessed with darkness. Yet, a landmark development in astronomy this week inspires me to remain on the periphery of the theme, but not get sucked … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #82
Without much ado, I present this week’s challenge, as posting has already been delayed a little. PROMPT #80 Exploration Challenge #80 FOR THE NEW ENTRANTS There is no restriction on the length or format of the piece. Write a post on your blog, and link it up here with a pingback, or copy-paste the blog … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #80
Stains of distrust on the psyche got deeper and difficult to erase, as I saw your imperviousness to the color of my dreams. Relationships have different hues at different stages in life – what matters is the intensity. Love and mutual respect should be un-erasable pigments responding to external inputs, and creating different shades, but … Continue reading Fading
Welcome to a colourful week! Different versions of the Spring Festival are celebrated across the world. Here, we celebrate Holi, a festival of colors. The image below gives an idea of how the festival is celebrated. Holi-festival of colors So, here goes the theme for this week’s prompt. Use one or more of the words … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #79
I alternate between worlds I undulate, I’m serrated, I arrange myself in whorls as a flower, I’m rated stoma – my windows to worlds absorb toxic carbon - give oxygen epidermis hides vital activity but I lend meaning to acrogens pressed in pages of life I constitute memories read with care - the … Continue reading Unusual Leaf
Welcome back! Today, we have a paragraph as a prompt. Do whatever you can with it. Reflect on it, twist it, break it into pieces and use a phrase or just write if you agree/disagree or whatever you think about it. As usual, there are no restrictions on length or format. Suit yourself. PROMPT “That … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #78