Eugenia's take on Xploration Challenge #212 https://amanpan.com/wait-for-the-dawning/
Reena’s Xploration Challenge #212
Wishing you all a very Happy New Year! And the Xploration Challenge is back with a new image 🙂 PROMPT #212 It's new ... does it mean it's welcome? Ponder over the above line, and write whatever comes to mind. There is no restriction on length or format of the piece. There is no last … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #212
Delivery
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6oNJv5qTNzZYBSCv4GZqGP?si=a1be54205c5149e5 Can exuberant personalities pale into insignificance on hearing a few words? I felt my sister shrinking in size as she struggled to assimilate what she had just learnt. “Is that true, Ronit!?” The executor of the will had just informed her that she inherits the vacation home in Goa along with the personal belongings … Continue reading Delivery
Dare to live without me
I stand at the edge to be amalgamated, create the rainbow I'm red, watch me reflected in passion, danger and life https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2022/01/04/tankatuesday-weekly-poetry-challenge-no-255-tastetherainbow/
Work culture
His expression is different tonight, “I’ve been working 14-hour days. Don’t you think I deserve humanistic treatment other than a raise?” “We like people to be obliged, so a raise is possible. But that word ‘humanistic’ - my answer to your Goodnight will be Goodbye.” https://sammiscribbles.wordpress.com/2022/01/01/weekend-writing-prompt-242-goodnight/
A DIGIT CHANGES
A child will not learn to walk if mobility is not a promise of freedom. I would never work for money, if it did not promise a lifestyle. Calendars are created with an expiry date, to give way to the next. A digit changes to promise continuity of the past, while announcing a new venture. … Continue reading A DIGIT CHANGES
Magic
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6JUTwUulKb1SK43rYr3K0L?si=86fefb3801b14682 The much-hyped magic show is a flop, as people walk out of the auditorium before the show ends. Discussions abound backstage later, “I spent ten years of my life learning the tricks, so you can’t discredit me with non-performance.” A senior from the audience places his hand on the distraught young man’s shoulder, “It’s … Continue reading Magic
Cycles of cheer
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7uornYIzQ74DC4LCdLLPig?si=d962e194e2c84acc The season of cheer is over. Santa moves back to familiar environs of comfort after doling out promises and gifts. The pall bearers of dreams carry the carriers away. Coloured wrapping paper is strewn all around carrying different stories of ecstasy and disappointment. A child exclaims, “Mosquitoes sparkle so much in December.” The homeless … Continue reading Cycles of cheer
Being alive
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2stmCKlcH44ZhZmAdwqZZa?si=44de61b638464386 Sadje's prompt It takes a lot of courage to be here - being alive to warm your soul. They believe a lamp spreads light by burning itself. I burn to fulfil the purpose of existence. It’s the only way I know to exist. I revel in self-created auras around me. If someone benefits, it’s … Continue reading Being alive
A-changing
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5spWzQfl0v7IKP8xPdEQGR?si=aa73b8505edc4457 The storyline of some movies I saw in childhood centred around village fairs - lost and found themes, kidnapping, poverty and exploitation. I see a new tribe of village women here, all made up and wearing red lipstick selling sugarcane juice. It is a marvel how the local mindset has changed from keeping women … Continue reading A-changing
