Reena’s Xploration Challenge #367

Writing Prompts

Welcome back! FEATURED POEM FROM LAST WEEK Enjoy a Sijo from David the wind carries every leaf yet leaves dance while they're yet afloat; branches bend; we fall with time but we ought pirouette with grace; though our journeys end in dust spirit shall root us deeper PROMPT #367 The image above shows the largest … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #367

Pause

The daily morning walk is a time for reflection. It is when I am with myself and with the elements of nature. If I’m sad and see a bud blossoming into a flower or a white rose smiling at me from a bed of thorns, I know the Universe has a message for me. At … Continue reading Pause

Mutual

reflections of birdssurf the waveswater rises highto touch the sky listen to the sun rayssing what they sayrecipients of warmthseizing the day they look at each otherwith a promiseof complementingenjoying each other -not wistfullyor with envyand that my dearis the differencebetween us and them What Do You See

Masters of the Universe

Something is different this yearI’m not adequately prepared for itWe’ve not been warned… (music with jarring notes) But doesn’t nature have a rightto change its mindlike we dowith long-held ritualsto suit our needschange is the only constant factor in life (a man in deep thought walks across the stage, and lights are dimmed) Is change … Continue reading Masters of the Universe

Bereft

looks likea pale shadowof its glorious selfblooms look good in their tribe - beautybereft Puzzle This - Saturday Mix at MLMM

Speak to us, threaten….

I grew up in an era when television screens received inputs from metal antennae planted on terraces. Watching the sun entangled between bars saddened the child in me. I was taught at home not to catch butterflies and cause them pain, but dissecting a frog in the lab was forgivable. Dear Nature, your silence has … Continue reading Speak to us, threaten….

Limited sky

skies stretch endlesslyI lament limitations-no wings, no airplanesbut I'm blessed with unboundedhuman imagination paint poems on skieswrite it in colors unseen-it whispers softlyWhat have I missed in myself?Why don't I see what you see? https://amanpan.com/2022/07/12/eugis-weekly-prompt-unbounded-july-12-2022/

Folk Art

Zeitgeist of a bygone era - when humans and gods were both in communion with Nature. Art credit: Reena Saxena https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2022/06/30/reenas-xploration-challenge-237/

Showers

showers from the sky bring ephemeral petals twice in a blue moon in a whiter shade of pale absolutely fabulous https://dversepoets.com/2022/04/19/poetics-naming-the-rose/