Life is not a jigsaw puzzle to be solved. But putting together pieces of what actually happened and how I would have liked them to be compel a lot of reflection. Because there is a why attached to every conclusion. The preceding observations and hypotheses jump into the picture. Sadly, the frameworks or contexts where … Continue reading Moving goalposts
Welcome back to the last Challenge of 2024! PROMPT #311 Time is a continuum, ongoing in nature. Yet, at the end of the calendar year, we step over a man-made threshold. Merriment is the flavor of the season, yet on New Year, we do reflect on the year passed by. Well, you may have guessed … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #311
The Maharani graciously announces the name of the winner, who happens to be a commoner. A princess from another kingdom occupies the runner-up slot along with another plebeian. The puppeteer has used the skills of a chess master to get the vote-bank arithmetic right. There is no choice, especially when national elections are around the … Continue reading And the crown goes to …..
Welcome back to another week of inspiration! The next prompt on 14th December, 2023 will be the last in this year. We will take a break and resume again on 4th January, 2024. PROMPT #310 The theme for this week is POWER. Here's some beautiful poetry on power. William Wordsworth, ‘The Power of Armies Is … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #310
imperceptible osmosisslow movement to the other sideI swing betweengratitude and resentmentnot sure if I shouldcelebrate or lamentuninvited guestsuncalled for commentsunexpressed emotionsun-peelable layersslow and steady accretion I watch with interestblacks and whitesmerging in a grey massreplicating fastopposites inseparablenow I knowIt’s just… Mesipping through dimensions.both so differentI consider them almost parallel Co-existence so difficultbecauseit melts identitiesenforced demarcationto … Continue reading Enforced demarcation
Welcome back! PROMPT #309 - OPPOSITES The picture above depicts our theme for the week but is not the prompt. I scanned the net for poems on Opposites and was stuck at two brilliant lines, in a poem by Dzejnieks. It's just... Me sipping through dimensions.Both so different I consider them almost parallel. You can … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #309
At the outset, let me thank each participant, reader and visitor on this blog for enriching my life in some way - knowingly or unknowingly. It is great to know what someone across the seven seas, someone I may never meet physically thinks and how they respond to my words. It is enlightening to know … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #308
He looked at the mirror and saw a stranger. He had forgotten who he was. Somehow, his descent to Planet Earth does not feel like homecoming. He checks his device to know how many days will it take for the brain fog to clear. The answer is shocking – Less than a day. And he … Continue reading To and fro
It’s not easy being you the voice of sanitywhen madness sellseasy going, laid backwhere ambition tellslengths to whichpeople will gotill dreams come true It’s not easyfinding a nichebeing visibleattracting eyeballsrepelling mothsfielding calls It’s not easy movingat your own paceleg-lessplaced by someone elsein a convenient place It’s not easy being a fairy talewhen stories unfold all … Continue reading Dear Lantern
Welcome back! PROMPT #306 Our prompt in this week is the image below. Let the muse take you from dark windows to light, till you see something that resonates with you. So many things keep happening behind windows - of buildings and our minds. There is no restriction on format of the piece. There is … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #306
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