Creative Experiments and More

“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women are players.
They have their entries and exits” — Shakespeare.

Who we are is learned behavior.
Reinforced by repetition
Institutions’ sour savor

Us v. Them a favored flavor
Cooked by gluttons’ craved ambition
Who we are is learned behavior.

Taints our sense like toxic vapor
Fairy tales teach with precision
Institutions’ sour savor

Villains slain and who’s in favor
Rulers make the best decisions
Who we are is learned behavior.

Scales askew for misbehavior
Death or cage are poor’s perdition
Institutions’ sour savor

Kings walk free and stroke their sabers
As we yearn for manumission
Who we are is learned behavior.
Break the chains, intrepid sailors!

I decided to do another villanelle in response to the prompt. Reena, thank you for yet another evocative prompt.

Reena Saxena is the host of Reena’s Exploration Challenge.  Reena says:

“All the…

Reena is the host of Reena’s ExplorationChallenge

Welcome back to another week of creativity!

PROMPT #138

“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women are players. They have their entries and exits” famously said, Shakespeare.

Shakespeare got it all wrong. Life is what we choose, and everything else is just existence.

Well, I just noticed that Shakespeare has not used the word “life” anywhere. The Master knew what he was talking about.

All you need to do is just think about how the above lines gel with or rub against your thought process. Then, start writing and there you are with your piece.

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We came

We saw

We conquered!

Or did we?

We come, as in, are born but have no choice in where and when.

We live a life which, for the early part, is pretty much pre-decided for us. Then there comes a…

scarlet stilletos

guilelessly tripping on fate

~ fortuitous design

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Mindfills for JibberJabber’s design & Reena’s exploration challenge – all the world’s a stage

birds display plumage
gorillas pound on their chest
do not jump the queue

for Reena’s Exploration Challenge

Hours, without a muse,

Strikes like a bolt of lightning,

Fluidly grasping,

Brainstorm at opportune time,

No stopping writer within.

Poetry Form :- Gogyoka

Acknowledgements :- In response to Reena’s Exploration Challenge # 137. Thank you, Ma’am for running the challenge. Thank you all for stopping by and reading.