Welcome back! FEATURED POEM The poem featured this week is by Peter Bouchier. tide breaks deep silencefading footsteps in the sandempty horizon You will find the link in the Weekly Wrap below. PROMPT #370 We will keep it simple this week with a word prompt. NUANCE You must use the word somewhere in your piece … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #370
Welcome back! PROMPT #369 This week, the Xploration Challenge explores different aspects of physical, geographical, mental or emotional isolation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKB46PTBJlA&t=217s Yes, you guessed it right. The theme of the week is ISOLATION It is not necessary to talk about tribes or islands. Let the word take you wherever it goes. a world riddled bypolitical pleonasmssilence … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #369
Welcome back! FEATURED POEM I'm featuring Yvette's piece because she had a problem posting the link here. glorious banyansprovide shelter for us allfrom sweltering sun monstrous banyan treessurvival of the fittestmagnificent beasts I have included the link in the Weekly Wrap below. PROMPT #368 We are talking about figures of speech today. I have chosen … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #368
Welcome back! FEATURED POEM FROM LAST WEEK Enjoy a Sijo from David the wind carries every leaf yet leaves dance while they're yet afloat; branches bend; we fall with time but we ought pirouette with grace; though our journeys end in dust spirit shall root us deeper PROMPT #367 The image above shows the largest … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #367
Welcome back! PROMPT #366 Here are two short excerpts from the Booker Prize-winning book "ORBITAL" by Samantha Harvey. Excerpt 1 How are we writing the future of humanity? We're not writing anything; it's writing us. We're windblown leaves. We think we are the wind. We are just the leaf. Excerpt 2 How's the moon looking … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #366
Welcome back! PROMPT #365 Here's a short video for you to think about and base your piece on. https://youtu.be/3SNHrfnd0t0 The format of the piece is not restricted, and there is no last date either unless you wish to be featured in the Weekly Wrap. We will not include any post that is found to be … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #365
Welcome back! PROMPT #363 We have a cryptic quote attributed to Oscar Wilde that serves as your inspiration for writing this week. Feel free to explore or comment creatively or create a similar cryptic quote. The format of the piece is not restricted, and there is no last date either unless you wish to be … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #363
Welcome back! PROMPT #362 I found some striking photographs that won the Best Abstract Photos for 2024. Here are three of those. You may choose anyone to base your piece on. If you prefer more than one, write separate pieces and blogs on each so that the uniqueness of the theme is retained. Please don’t … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge#362
I generated a few AI images on the prompt theme. Original couplet naqsh faryaadii hai kis kii shoKHii-i tahriir kaakaaGhazii hai pairahan har paikar-e tasviir kaa Translation by Anisur Rehman Whose crafty creation am I; the image implores –Every image stands enrobed – but in paper robes RXC #361
Welcome to 2025! The RXC banner has got a new look going by the majority vote. I hope you all had a great time with family and friends and are now settling into regular routines. PROMPT #361 I start the year with a translated couplet of Mirza Ghalib. Original couplet naqsh faryaadii hai kis kii … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #361