Wishing all my Indian friends across the world, a very Happy Diwali! Diwali or Deepavali (Festival of Lights) will be celebrated on the New Moon of October 27. We light up our houses and public spaces with earthen oil lamps, candles or electric lights. It is a metaphor for conquering darkness with light. Darkness and … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #110
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holding dreams in unstable hands you melt my heart with your touching innocence God bless – May they all turn true! https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2019/10/17/reenas-exploration-challenge-109/
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Welcome to Week 109! My thoughts go back to a stark neighbourhood – identical yellow buildings with numbers painted on them. I enter 109, the building where my uncle lives. It is a rainy day, trains are stuck on water-logged tracks, college is closed and I have walked on the tracks to reach there. My … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #109
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Welcome to a poetic week! Poetry touches the soul, and has the power to impact thoughts and lives. Only a writer can appreciate the craft of making poetry whatever it is – be it a game of rhyme, syllables, structure, choice of words or a free flow of thoughts. I’ve chosen two short pieces of … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #108
