Glad to be here tonight. The Café’s owner has been pouring warmth into cups for many years now, while a tall, lanky man constructs elaborate word maps on the round table. The beautiful storyteller and accidental blogger with an adorable pet on her arm keeps everything together without much ado. Mimi hums like a secret … Continue reading Poetry Slam at Six Sentence Cafe & Bistro
We protest against perceived injusticeWe protest against ourselvesfor not protesting earlier,letting it alltake over your lifeperceived failuresgnaw at your core …then one daywe stop protestingand reclaim ourselvesbeyond this pointwe are the only onesaccountable Quadrille #354
divergentlines change directionscharactersin storiesfumbling on faith, scoot awayto find a new niche choose a spacebetween flowing lineswaveringexpandingto become an unseen pathlife's journey goes on What Do You See #355
vulgarity being broadcastocean currents deflect the mastjammed headend responses jump out of a boxno one sees invisible lockshold headstalls the loudest voices dominatevested interests kill, berateheadworkers conspiracy theory setsimpose fears, identity threatsheadachy emptiness hunts for parking spacejump headlong into hatred raceheadshrinkers MTB: Compounding the Stem
Welcome back to another week of inspired writing! PROMPT #444 We have two images below to serve as inspiration. You may choose one or both. The image by Nellie Adamyan is borrowed from Unsplash. It shows a sculpture of a woman mounted on a wooden block, with her head out and body inside a triangular … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #444
Are you the one I lost?But you always lived in my heart-the missing piece in the puzzleon questions about my childrenI look at the sky wistfullysee you romping aroundon grass greener than greenfresher than childhood You survived abortion attemptssometimes in the guise of a lawsometimes a mother's guilt rawbut failed to breathe under arc lightsof … Continue reading Flame in the Waiting Room
once in a lifetimeyou will turn back and lookat the footprints of bleeding feetwith volcanoes threatening to burstinside you; and you will know it has beena long way. It is time to chuck it alllike a traveller does, in absence of return faresettle down in the shade, to be cooland invisible once in a lifetimethe … Continue reading Once in a lifetime
I wincemy truth is underplayedmy honesty suspectedfor I happen to bea storyteller stories are pixelated truthfragments of thoughtsfloating through humanity And if my words are shadows on the wall,is it deception—or the only way to touch the light? OLN #413
Welcome to yet another week of a weekly routine! PROMPT #443 This week, I would like you to focus on the MUNDANE and make it sound as boring or as interesting or as value-adding as you want. Would you give it up if you can? Is it the baseline for your existence? Do you see … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #443
I love chocolate truffle cake-yet I drive a knifedeep into its hearttill it bleeds brownand mouths droolto taste the latest version the names spelt in sugardo not always evokesweet memories-mindlesslyI pierce creamy layersin search of a sensationon the tongueephemeral; yet desirable I count the engagementon social media postsannual ritualsof remembranceall those emojiswith folded hands and … Continue reading Calendar Efficiency
