Mob frenzy

music and dancepeople in a trancedirected frenzyin the name of Godseeps into bloodstreamsthreatens DNA disruptionto acquire permanence action of massesbecomes the vehicle of changenobody questionsif change is neededand if yes,to benefit whom? Gods refuse to questionwhy are they invokedat a specified time-but take noteof exalted powergifted by the powerful-pleased like punchthey retreat to hibernate Weekend … Continue reading Mob frenzy

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #314

Welcome back to another adventure with words and thoughts! PROMPT #314 Here are four cryptic sentences. You may use any one of them in your piece as a theme or verbatim. He knew the password, but he didn’t know what it would unlock. She saw the reflection of a stranger in the mirror, and it … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #314

Dynamism

When Facebook throws memories at herjammed sensibilities; she fails to recognizethose faces or moments; those are memoirsof a stranger, she does not know, a personshe would be ashamed of being if thoseare true and not virtual or augmented realitywhy would anyone want to make albumsthat insist on continuity – why would anyonesacrifice the freedom to … Continue reading Dynamism

Thirst

tired-beingshowcased ondesert safarisI thirst for some paraglidingor river adventures - Are you listening, humans? Photo Challenge #498

Aspirations

The young lad looks aroundfascinated by the tallness of buildings;intimidated by the slickness of motionAdventure beckons;he is unsure of landing spacesbut eager to craft storieshe will tell his brethrenback home in the village crouched in a cornersmaller than the spacereserved for cattle at homehis dreams begin to crumblebut who knowsa mansion or skyscrapermay engage himas … Continue reading Aspirations

Cyclic Power

cold clouds mockfoliage-stripped treesdefiantbranches swaypowered by cycles - spring isaround the corner 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge Image credit: Winter in the Country, c. 1859 by George Henry Durrie, Artist from the National Gallery of Art

Dinosaur

ferocious, by all meansready to devour light-heartednesswith its forked tongueoscillating between agesIt is but a memoirof a buried culture It pops out of pages of historycrosses geographies of the minddestroys civic sensein an alien languagecauses incalculable damagewith a different mathundefined in scientific methodsnot punishable by extant laws only to reclaim a partof belongingslong since abandonedmetamorphosed … Continue reading Dinosaur

Let it happen

new beginnings happenif you don't go against the streamrowing backwardsin memory whirlpoolsleading nowhereand sink new beginnings shinelike the rising sunonly when you givethe moon its duerespectfullyand let it go Moonwashed Weekly Prompt - New Beginnings

Found Poem – Last Year’s First Eleven

claustrophobic between the greys I’m sure an alien passed me by, not once but many times blazing sun evaporating wet rivers all sources of light hold a conference to discuss their future mingle with nature here; valleys exhilarate Unfastened seatbelts; willpower ready to leap Balancing weight of existence with desire to fly Do you see … Continue reading Found Poem – Last Year’s First Eleven