3 Views in a Mirror

Watson :     A broken mirror leads to a horror story…. Onlooker :  It is just a smoking-friendly place. Sherlock:    Section 420 of Indian Penal Code covers offences relating to cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property. If I were you, I would try to decode the other two numbers. https://only100words.xyz/2019/08/15/three-line-tales-week-185/

Honeymoon

“I’m not sure how are you going to live together.” “Baby, we are on our honeymoon…” “I’m not sure if I want to continue with the marriage. So many differences have surfaced already.” “We just had a fun-filled day capped by a candle-light dinner …” “But what about the night?” “Wait for the magic to … Continue reading Honeymoon

Beyond

The inspiring piece I choose from the Poetics Challenge at https://dversepoets.com/2019/08/13/tuesday-poetics-lost-in-translation/ is Anniversary And we go on and on, neither sleeping nor awake, towards the meeting, unaware that we are already there.  That the silence is perfect, and that the flesh is gone. The call still is not heard nor does the Caller reveal his … Continue reading Beyond

What a writer does

News reports say the plane crash landed. The pilot alone knows the truth. He was searching for Atlantis, which does not exist. Blame it on Ayn Rand, and the false hopes she built about an ideal world, in her epic work Atlas Shrugged. All said and done, life would never be the same again. Nor … Continue reading What a writer does

End of hope

Fifty thousand vehicles are in queue to enter the flooded town. Some carry relief material. Some carry mothers wanting to reach their children. Sounds from the radio are ominous “Two gates of the overflowing dam to be opened”. The motorists see water gushing their way. End of hope. (280 characters) https://katmyrman.com/2019/08/13/twittering-tales-149-13-august-2019/

Spaces

snapshots of those who turned away, those yet to come, empty spaces in between - frame life https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2019/08/08/reenas-exploration-challenge-99/

Meetings

Oh,no! There you go….. once again carrying my dreams with you sketches on that notepad frozen shots entrapped in power zones with glue   ideas that flew so smooth stopped mid-air unaware of destinations I await my fate hanging at your mercy   I come again -yet another meeting notepads, screenshots scribbled thoughts of the … Continue reading Meetings

Tanka

five lines give a good scope for expression Tanka is my fave it assimilates haiku cutting need for kigo words https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2019/08/10/saturday-mix-lucky-dip-10-august-2019/