Somy has parted with her second baby today - to another set of parents, who are in fact her baby’s biological parents. She thinks of the baby’s softness around her bosom and cries again. “Forgive me, my child …. it’s the only option I have to escape abject poverty.” She wonders aloud if what she … Continue reading Motherhood
Welcome back! PROMPT #216 CHARACTER SKETCH We have an image here, but the task is not just to write a story or poem about the picture or spirit of the picture. You need to imagine this as a character in a story plot, and write about her. Give her a name.Mention the geography she lives … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #216
I am so curious but my life journey spans from unknown to unknowable -ends there moving beyond is a nurtured dream of the soul it may take many cycles to unlearn and then be stopped by what is unexplainable lessons I've learnt - give me the right Teacher https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2022/01/27/reenas-xploration-challenge-215/
PROMPT #215 The words to lead your piece for this week are unknowableunexplainable Here is a video to stimulate thinking. https://aeon.co/videos/what-zen-buddhist-riddles-reveal-about-knowledge-and-the-unknowable 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 … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #215
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3I7swaa8qGukGxzTqBP90Y?si=4d267b36a1dc498e I smash the mirror in which they see themselves. The coating behind is not metal. It’s an element that creates illusions. I switch off the flattering lights around the mirror, and they are horrified by their own ugliness. Fear grips them. I’m the enemy. I’m the force they need to crush. I’m the iconoclast. … Continue reading Iconoclast
PROMPT #214 Let us grapple with the word ICONOCLASM and its meaning. Iconoclasm is a breaking of established rules or destruction of accepted beliefs. Poetry The shortest example I could find is by Ezra Pound in In a Station of the Metro The apparition of these faces in the crowd: Petals on a wet, black … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #214
breaking open -misinterpreted as getting even with walls -or a breakthrough in realms of thought the narrator desperate to become a character changes the storyline -A battle in the mind declared, but never fought The audience shows audacity rewrites in bold colours to fill up gaps -stories never told lessons never taught Shared with Open … Continue reading Breakthrough?
Orange you all that ….by Artie & Stu
I want to rhyme, the decision is mine.
I want to wear orange, don’t you?
break on through, be true you.
Welcome back! PROMPT #213 Image credit: master1305 at freepikFor those who read only text:Catching something. Cheerful caucasian young man poses in torn yellow paper background, emotional and expressive. Breaking on, breakthrough. Concept of human emotions, facial expression, sales, ad. There is no restriction on length or format of the piece. There is no last date … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #213
Eugenia's take on Xploration Challenge #212 https://amanpan.com/wait-for-the-dawning/
