“Thai cooking is no joke without the right ingredients”, the celebrity chef grumbled, “I found galangal, but kaffir lime leaves are substituted with lemon zest.” “Don’t you think ingredients need to be sourced from abroad, for the astronomical price that you charge for a meal?” the local chef was feeling left out. “Understand the opportunity … Continue reading Exotica
she retired when heruncompromising standardswere put out for sale she restarted lifewhen she gathered the means toredefine standards Moonwashed Weekly Prompt
This was his desk from where he texted customers every evening. “Have dirty linen to wash? You can trust us to maintain complete secrecy.” It was a marketing technique that worked reasonably well for him. Customers smiled as they handed over their laundry. One afternoon, a well-manicured hand filled the empty cup with coffee. He … Continue reading Dirty Linen
hooked by uncertaintyshe is hot, she's spicyeyes shut- just taste, don't see-she shocks, she numbs bright red naga chillycompels cooks to sweetenfor palates unbeaten-balanced dishes Chosen form is Abhanga The Abhanga is: stanzaic, written in any number of quatrains (4 line stanzas). syllabic, 6/6/6/4 syllables each rhymed L2 and L3 rhyme. Often internal rhyme is employed. End … Continue reading Naga Chilly
Salty Sarcasm — by Aishwarya
P.C :- Jason Tuinstra; Unsplash
pepper it with a pinch of salt,
a bit more, too much for comfort,
a bit less, too little for taste,
how am i to know, a constant refrain,
you better do, like dagger’s pointed at you!
Poetry form :- Gogyohka (“Gogyohka usually contains five lines, but could have four or six lines. It’s up to the poet. Each line should comprise one phrase with a line-break after each phrase or breath. Gogyohka has no restraints on the number of words or syllables used”. From Colleen’s Poetry Cheat Sheet)
Note :- The above poem may seem like a cookery lesson, but it isn’t so. Often we end up saying too much or too little, without any care of how the other person’s feelings. And our escape route would be, “How am I to know?”, but that isn’t always so.
Acknowledgements :- Thank you Reena Saxena for…
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I find potential to be a scary word. It comes shackled with doubt on my capability to assess. What if my estimate is incorrect, especially when there’s no historical data to be extrapolated? Mezza Luna laughs soundlessly. She carries a history behind her, but holds out no promise for the future. She doesn’t like being … Continue reading Mezza Luna
"Isn't this incomplete?" "Nope. This is all she shared with us. Her vision and thought process were always her own." Photo Challenge #455
Sarcasm — deep insights from Artie & Stu
Under humorous guise, words
exploding no subtle conflict
blasting a gaping chasm
between you and I.
Do you remember any
better ways, better play
sharing better days with
no sunsets upon grievances?
If a brain can spin, it happens inside these tiny heads. If I had a device to scan the insides of a skull, it would show two different colours on the left and right sides, with the capacity to interchange between left and right, and between the siblings. I’ve never seen any kid carve out … Continue reading Spinning brains
An idyllic sarcasm ….by Jane Aguair
It was an endless and delightful path. When she met him, the path became even more pleasant.
From then till now, shades of purple are spreading across the path adding to their love.
an idyllic path
in the dream of fantasy
she to fairyland
the
form of
contemptuous
fun is sarcasm
Itself
the powerful curse
newspaper got burnt in hand
an experiment
Copyright ©️ 2023 Jane Aguiar
Pic credit: Manjusha Chembil
Written in response to:
moonwashed-weekly-prompt-131-2-21-2023-idyllic by Eugenia
w3-prompt-43-weave-written-weekly by David
reenas-xploration-challenge-269 by Reena
what-do-you-see-174 by Sadje
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