Intent On

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Intent on ….. by Susi Bocks

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Inspired by Reena’s Exploration Challenge #220 – Life is a mountain. Your goal is to find your path, not to reach the top. – Maxine Lagace & Eugenia’s Weekly Prompt – Still-life

my gaze finds solidarity
in the still-life
impressing itself upon me
its immobility gracefully being
the pristine presence so noble
banishing inquietude

to be that solid
to be that stoic
and remain stable
while the tragedy of life inflicts wounds
it’s admirable

i too
will chart my course
deliberately
and unwaveringly

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Sketchy Characters IV – Torn by War

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Sketchy characters in the war room ….by Artie

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“War is at the doorstep. What do you expect me to do?” her handwriting was expressive, flowing, beautiful. I didn’t know what to expect when I found her gone in the morning. The note left me to decide what I must do next. Her son’s father was from a border town. I had been able to track their flights, he had taken young Piotr there. Of course she had to go find the little rock before the war spread. That’s what families do. What’s my duty as friend, only possibly more even given last night together? What’s my duty as a human. I didn’t and don’t prefer moral questions staring me in the face when I don’t prefer the answer that is also staring me in the face. When looking deep within, most of us anyhow, know what is right. And know what is a failing, then ask for forgiveness…

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It’s Your Life

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It’s your life …. by Jim Adams

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George Harrison wrote a song titled ‘What Is Life’ and in it he said, “I’ll try my best to make everything succeed.” Oddly Ringo Starr wrote a song titled ‘It Don’t Come Easy’ and in it he said, “Got to pay your dues if you wanna sing the blues, and you know it don’t come easy.”  Nothing good in life ever comes easy, and life will continuously throw challenges and obstacles at you, as no one ever promised you a rose garden.  From the time you are born, it can be an uphill battle, and the way in which you climb and the time that it takes for this journey, is left completely up to you, as nobody can live your life for you, and people don’t live forever.  The textbook definition of life says that this is the state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and…

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Reena’s Xploration Challenge #220

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PROMPT #220 We have a quote this week as your weekly prompt. "Life is a mountain. Your goal is to find your path, not to reach the top."Maxime Lagace WEEKLY WRAP Jim Adams at https://jimadamsauthordotcom.wordpress.com/2022/02/24/fight-or-flight/ Susi Bocks at http://iwriteher.com/2022/02/24/peace-please/ Radhika at https://radhikasreflection.wordpress.com/2022/02/25/another-casualty/ Sadje at http://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2022/02/25/war/ Eugenia at https://amanpan.com/unite-for-peace/ Diana Coombes at https://writerravenclaw.com/ Brigid Faye at … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #220

Where do I go?

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Eunoia …. by Smitha Vishwanath

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War is at the doorstep. What do you want me to do?
You say I must run- but where
you do not say-
Where do I go
When this is the only home I know

You say, 'Do it for your family.' 
And I agree.
I wake my sleeping children
Stuff my pockets with money, and bags
with food and clothes, and toys

'Go!' you say. 'Before, its too late.'
But how- how do I take it all?
I have two hands- one for each child whose hand I must hold
My back - it hurts- but it's what I've got
So, I'll carry what I can and the rest I'll leave, behind.

I’m participating in Reena’s Exploration challenge which requires me to include the sentence somewhere in your piece.“War is at the doorstep. What do you expect me to do?”

And with this poem, I’m not going to…

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Launch anew

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The auditorium looks gigantic with only four people in the audience. All bookings have been cancelled. Naveen is worried about the bills. He has to pay minimum charges for the event, even if people have not turned up. He gathers himself and starts an informal chat with the four attendees. He thanks them profusely for … Continue reading Launch anew

Between the Covers

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Eileen does not want to be in Chapter 1 ….she’d rather appear a little late when Morris has committed mistakes and she has an opportunity to change his life, that is if he is willing to mend his ways. I see myself as a creator of both, but they show no respect for the plot … Continue reading Between the Covers

Silent monuments

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Tourists make a monument whatever it is. I’ve always been fascinated by history. I like to guess the stories of what happened then. What were the characters involved thinking? How did the place evolve to its present state. I want to write a novel, but coming with a physicist changes it all. All I hear … Continue reading Silent monuments

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #219- WAR

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War ….. by Indira

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Reena’s Xploration Challenge #219

PROMPT # 219

Include the sentence somewhere in your piece.

“War is at the doorstep. What do you expect me to do?”

WAR

War is at the doorsteps.

So?

What do you expect me to do?

Take sides or

take out my armor and sword

and plunge into the war.

What if I don’t want to fight?

For warmongers don’t fight themselves.

They make us fight in the name of patriotism.

We have no choice but to follow.

Who benefits from war except for the armament manufacturers.

But,

who pays the price, who loses

except

mothers, wives, and children

waitingfor their beloved ones.

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Still life

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Still photographs are out. Videos are in. Friends, prospective employers, partners all want to see the vibrancy of a personality, not a frozen mood clicked from wrong angles. But this prompt took me back by two years. The lockdown had just started, and I enrolled in a charcoal drawing class online.  Placing still objects at … Continue reading Still life