Contrapuntal Poetry for dVerse Poetics Chosen words - scatter and collect
Future
Reena’s Xploration Challenge #275
Welcome back! PROMPT #275 We have a picture prompt this week. There is no restriction on format of the piece. There is no last date either, unless you wish to be featured in the Weekly Wrap. Any post that is found to be offensive, vulgar or something that hurts common sensibilities will not be included. … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #275
First step
It is disturbing to see tiny implosions of rebellion in the behaviour patterns of inmates. The sanctuary for oppressed and distressed women has long ceased to be a haven of peace. Breaking news about the arrest of the ashram chief rocks television channels while each social media post on the subject is an explosion. It … Continue reading First step
Liberation
Give in-mysteriousethereal instinctsdrive stories from your deepest hellnow, getreal about surrounding wallsdestroy what consumes yousmash what you bredVENOM Moonwashed Weekly Prompt - Ethereal
Inscription
Brick by brick, our intentions converged to build a structure meant to last forever. Little did I know how visitors will write different stories on chosen stones, and choose to call it their own. They look for their fifteen minutes of immortality, as much as I wanted it for decades. The structure weathers storms, rain … Continue reading Inscription
Sulking Beauty
I call her my sulking toyheartbreakingly cute she isangry for no reason at timessitting under the tablehiding behind curtainsshe cuts off communication-maybe it’s disappointmentwe fail to meet her expectation disciplined and promptshe starts walkingin reflex action when called-Then she stopsturns back to see ifher sibling darlingwalks in tandem-she takes another momentTo decidewhat she wants to … Continue reading Sulking Beauty
Dreaming of dogs
I wake up in cold sweat as I dream about the abandoned dog in the desert. It suspiciously looks like the one who left me for her heavenly abode. Did I fail her in some way? I bring up kittens and puppies, looking for a reunion with the same soul. Aria looks like her and … Continue reading Dreaming of dogs
Anti-Gods
no musicsongs of silence rocksleepy birdsflap their wingsEarth prepares to welcome GodAnother day calls followed bydark intensityfood for thoughthope, despairwalk hand-in-hand, antigodscrowd grey horizons welcome themthey are all you haveclouds swarmingdroopy sunsunflowers overpoweredsway directionless giant feetof technology-expand forlifetimes spentenslaving minds to machinesGod’s back in heaven Tanka Tuesday Weekly Prompt
Perspectives
you and Ican’t see eye to eye what you focus on expandsproportions allocatedto a life purpose, callsor mundane errands opinions zoom out of focusor converge in tiny wholesit’s too small for meyou make mountains out of moles Quadrille at dVerse
In process
Image credit: Reena Saxena caterpillars waitin the throes of creationready to emergeand fly - waiting for right winds,unseen shores, defined targets Sunday Confessionals
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