The Diary of Anne Frank and compilations of letters by Jawaharlal Nehru, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Emily Dickinson brought the personal into the public sphere. While celebrities have written the letters, Anne Frank’s diary revealed the horrors of a situation that attracted worldwide attention. Is it a violation of personal space? What exactly happens when … Continue reading JOURNALS
Welcome back! FEATURED POEM The poem featured this week is by Peter Bouchier. tide breaks deep silencefading footsteps in the sandempty horizon You will find the link in the Weekly Wrap below. PROMPT #370 We will keep it simple this week with a word prompt. NUANCE You must use the word somewhere in your piece … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #370
I played around with this prompt a little. I wrote two paragraphs as Stream of Consciousness writing - whatever came to mind first. The bourgeois has been a much-misunderstood class, trapped between the Marxist perspective of being oppressors who will instigate rebellions and the label of being privileged. The contemporary version, called ‘the middle class,’ … Continue reading Bourgeoise
Welcome back! PROMPT #307 I give you 10 openings or endings for your piece this week to be included in your piece at the beginning or end. Find a way to include it in fiction, non-fiction, poetry, poetic prose, prose poetry or alternating prose. Choose any one of the following prompts. He smiled as he … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #307
I found some interesting research related to entropy and formation of the universe. We know that entropy either increases or remains constant. It never decreases. So in theory or some of us would vouch that it happens in practice, the disorder in the world goes on increasing. The theory of ‘bouncing universes’ suggests that there … Continue reading Entropy
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