Restaurants

pleasure of being servedfood with visual appealcooked with a twistfar outweighskitchen drudgeryhealth benefitsand will always be a choice A sudden flashTHIS IS ITrestaurants are preferredjust becausethey offer a CHOICE as long as chefsare innovativefood stylistscreativewaiters politebe appreciativepay for the experiencenot just a mealdon’t be calculative Written for dVerse Poetics

Navigating the Absolute & Ignite

Eugenia navigates the absolute here. https://amanpan.com/2022/08/04/navigating-the-absolute/ Grace Y. Estevez-Reddy Ignites a take on RXC#242 https://graceofthesun.com/ignite/

Celebrate life

-celebrate lifedo not mourn death-someone who leftmade a mark hereimpacted livesbig or small way-those imprints areindelible-give them a namebefore they fade-celebrate life Written for Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge #284 - Specific Form

Authenticity

authenticityis doomedwhen no one’s interestedto knowthe real you confined by imagetypecast by mediahe struggles to expresshis truest self But…they believewhat fits intheir storiesstitched, decoratedcarefully presentedto tellwhat’s their typewhat’s not Written for dVerse Quadrille hosted by whimsygizmo

Sepia Tints

memoriesas oldas discardableas worn out packagingnot recyclable relationshipsas short-livedas fake laughterDo I throw outlast remnantsof what remained after? Do you rememberwheels not movingwhen shots were takenand then canned?Nobody knew why… we posedwe pretendedhappinessnot meant to be oursIn a time framestuck and bookended we moved long agofrom sepia tintsto blueprintsof a futurewithout each other Written for … Continue reading Sepia Tints

Transgression

it’s so easy to cross boundary linesbehave like you own the placeown people, own minds and lifestylesdemonstrate superiorityyou were born privilegedto lord it over others privilege of birthstatus, money or just-an assumption that othersshould fall in linebecause everybody you knowhas always done so-and everybody else will always doIt’s something you are used toAnd can’t see … Continue reading Transgression

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #242

Welcome back to an ever-changing world! What's new about it? PROMPT #242 Write whatever the image brings up in you. There is no restriction on length or 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, … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #242

August

waterlogged streets, cloudy skiesheavy downpour, clothes won’t dry yet, drop in temperaturea tremendous reliefheat is such an alienator my birthday’s just passed bybut Leo month keeps me high will this year be worse or betteror between the yearsjust another connector? A time to reflect, a time to dreammaybe it’s a chuckle or a scream I … Continue reading August