The challenge is write a polysyndeton which is a complex sentence with conjunctions used instead of commas. What you read or hear below is a kind of conversation or stage play with each character speaking one complex sentence. I once expected you to be more like me and understand what I need but I should … Continue reading POLYSYNDETON
https://www.youtube.com/embed/ByNZILGsCZQ?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent Somebody once commented on a post of mine about Rituals, saying “Too much freedom is scary.” The sentence has stuck with me ever since.Most of us need a structure to exist in, to belong, to excel in. Yet, we complain about a lack of freedom, when the structure we exist in does not match … Continue reading Freedom — SacredCircleforWomen
The Passport …..by okachiko
A hundred word story for you today:
The Passport
I stood stoic as the officer flipped through the pages, every one marked except the last. He inked the rubber on an indigo-colored pad, looked up at my civvies and grown-out hair and asked, “Where did you go on vacation?” I told him the places I’d been over the last decade– Beirut, Kabul, Ukraine, Krakow. His face grew serious, and he stamped the passport. When he looked up again, a smile had bloomed on his face, and he said, sincerely, “Welcome home.”
Also for Reena’s prompt #194 on Polysyndeton, the practice of using conjunctions rather than commas, though limited in this piece. https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2021/08/12/reenas-xploration-challenge-194/
She's glowing once again - finding herselfIt was a battle tough and longkilling demons for a songboth inside and outside It was a battle tough and longidentifying what ails the soulboth inside and outsideinvading silent spaces she coveted identifying what ails the soulnever letting her feel wholeinvading luminescencewith shadows of the dark never letting her … Continue reading Glowing
Yes, it happened once again that nightonce again and again afterinfinite times before, whenshe was blamed, criticisedappreciatedNEVER - and thenblood flowed downthe streetsPeace! https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2021/08/14/lucky-dip-saturday-mix-14-august-2021/
Stand by me …… By s.s.
you stand by me in the day's bright sun
or in the pouring rain
with your feet firmed to bear us both
as much in joy as in strife
when life lets us know
we need our souls
to hold hands
and stay
one
dVerse’s Monday quadrille , prompt word – stand, hosted by Lisa & Reena’s exploration challenge – polysyndeton
Izzy didn’t believe in luck, until that cat crossed her path. It was the luckiest day in her life, a day she will cherish as long as she lives, and maybe after that. She often sees that cat on the moon, blessing her even after crossing over to other worlds. The mere act of adopting … Continue reading The Black Cat
It’s the same old house. I’m on the terrace, ready to take off on a flight, but fall. My wings have failed. I see myself on my destination, jumping through the golden orb into a zone of bliss. Fame, wealth, peace, love all surround me. Then, those dark corridors again…. Which take me back to … Continue reading Dream a little dream
They tell me I’m God What’ll happen when I go? The minions all depend on me I see helplessness, tears flow It’s all darkness out there I cannot hear, I cannot see I see helplessness, tears flow The minions all depend on me I can’t wield power, I can’t roar Who will reap what I … Continue reading Fear of Death
https://www.youtube.com/embed/5CqpDBddkrA?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-gb&autohide=2&wmode=transparent I spoke to a person who had just received the news of a birth in the family. After the initial round of congratulations, she said with a sigh, “One more life …full of promise ….full of potential for disappointment & failure.” She had slipped in a negative mode, perhaps reflecting on her own life. … Continue reading The Candle — SacredCircleforWomen
