A book is born

Sarah gives us a Roundabout in her Lucky Dip Challenge this week. The Roundabout is a four stanza poem, with each stanza consisting of 5 lines. The poem is written in iambic and the lines have 4 feet, 3 feet, 2 feet, 2 feet and 3 feet respectively. The rhyme scheme is abccb/bcddc/cdaad/dabba. Roundabouts can be … Continue reading A book is born

Fairy Tales

The garden fairy looks lonely today. Her friends have not come out to play. The air is clean and pure, but plants and flowers are wilting a bit, despite it being spring. They need water, and the service guys haven’t been too regular. Something has changed about the world. The Fairy Queen knows, but does … Continue reading Fairy Tales

Agenda

The station reminded her of some great creature, its constant machine whir breathing around her as she worked. It appeared to have a will of its own, not subjugated to human thought processes. She knew it they would come for him, but Herbert refused to listen to her at that point of time. She felt a … Continue reading Agenda

Blues

layers of blue sometime grey sometimes light fail to elevate blue moods where are the birds to show me the path my wheels remain firmly on ground failing to take off..   layers of blue sometimes grey sometimes light I wish it was dark the sun was shining in some other world while stars smiled … Continue reading Blues

Never before

Never before has the country been so sharply and so vociferously divided into two camps. Social media is vitriolic. At the same time, people love getting doped with inane challenges- wear this, tag that person… And now comes the mega Challenge from the political leadership – Switch off all lights at 9 pm for 9 … Continue reading Never before

Confinement

The phone buzzes… someone wants to check on my well-being. I switch off social media notifications. The frequency is higher than normal. I like seeing the well-dressed news reporters on television. There’s a normal life out there somewhere – people dressing up for work, interacting, going live … I say my gratitude for the internet … Continue reading Confinement

Dizziness

energy of spirals accelerates speed destinations remain the same   what did I miss or lose on the way wrapped up in my dizziness?   I cannot go back guilt will haunt each step where feet did not touch the ground https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2020/03/31/photo-challenge-309/