The family is known for its rich culinary heritage. They enjoy entertaining and experimenting with cuisines. The daughter-in-law is unable to digest the fact that one needs more than bread, butter, jam, ketchup and milk to survive. Life moves on with the help of expert domestic staff. “My Mom never cooked more than this…” she … Continue reading Benchmarks
You are lost if not held up by others You fear finding yourself in my poetry It may reveal a soul hiding behind mirrors skilfully covered with stains on my attire -scars of blame for being happy with myself for being lost in my own world You feel threatened by your own inadequacy by your … Continue reading Lost and found in sludge
Found Poem Somewhere there the flash of short-term memory waiting to speak to fill in empty space with name, date, trivia, punch line. holding the shadow of life to go on hundred times a day. I greet my neighbour, who smiles looking for some clue, anything to break the spell of disappointments in long-term memory … Continue reading Found Poetry
bending downto see, if you aresame as me-backdrop ofthe infinite skymakes a gesture look divine https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2021/10/19/tankatuesday-weekly-poetry-challenge-no-248-photoprompt/
ash-grey eyes match the charcoal dress make me visualise her rising like a Phoenix from wherever she’s dumped dreams embalmed in an egg now sprout wings fly across the sky on the same path as the Sun Determination beats both life and death https://dversepoets.com/2021/10/18/22981/
indifferencegrows like moss on rockssaltinessof her tearsunseen, untastedcontaminates the landscape https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2021/10/18/what-do-you-see-104-october-18-2021/
happy to conceal lack of it or smugly reveal action kits what gets fried poached or boiled perishes untried is Potential https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2021/10/14/reenas-xploration-challenge-203/
Legions of ideas race through fertile ground of the mind, and get stuck at a point. Try hard as I may, it’s impossible to move ahead. Sammi’s word limit is 32 words. https://sammiscribbles.wordpress.com/2021/10/16/weekend-writing-prompt-231-legion/
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Pl0of7xNLnPRMtw1K1agw?si=KFikYyt5SNiqoIsNwACbrQ Mother Earth gifted him a daughter. King Janak always knew she’ll ultimately return, just like she emerged in a pot - a cute baby asking to be reared - but aware all the time she is the Mother. He did his best to raise her like a princess, and married her to a Prince. … Continue reading Daughter of the Earth
https://open.spotify.com/episode/00eN2wVBK8Nl4i6RHwDPsB?si=U3dVm-DFRQO8lX5SLkaGkA Well, you’re right when you say I wanna be my own girl. But then what makes you say I’ll need someone to look after me? Check contradictions Clean those outdated mindsets Need no one, just me… Looking after me? Is that what makes one so claustrophobic, eager to break the cage, eager to fly … Continue reading Look within
