Reena’s Xploration Challenge #210

Welcome back! PROMPT #210 The theme for this week is "On entering a tunnel....." 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 offensive, vulgar or something that hurts common … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #210

Impostor Syndrome

Will you recognise me without the crown? It’s the real me yet so unlike me emeralds of wisdom rubies of knowledge diamonds of trust which you gave me… I wander between gems blinded by lustre find myself in cracks burst out in full glory https://dversepoets.com/2021/11/29/quadrille-141-heady-is-the-poem-that-wears-the-crown/

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #209

Welcome back! It's the festive season, so here's a fun prompt for you. PROMPT #209 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 offensive, vulgar or something that hurts … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #209

Get lost

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3QEz5YH962DNiI91encgRi?si=c8c65782efad425c An old woman rambles on about her life - though the stories have lost relevance to others. Writers pick up a notepad at midnight, to prevent loss of whatever springs up within them. What you do not visualise clearly before you want it, gets lost. Yet, there’s so much I would like to lose … Continue reading Get lost

Tools

https://open.spotify.com/episode/32Td9Xahr4E4pnKodS7pPH?si=b6cc13d3816c44a0 If smallness bothers me, I humiliate others. If inadequacy nags, I tell others they are not perfect. Emptiness in my life drives me to get involved in other lives, stick to them like a leech they can’t get rid of. I transfer all my stress. I feed on their discomfort. I have my battles … Continue reading Tools

Backdrop

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0K2r9usq7bHGbcLJBW9tEy?si=bb7f690cddb0413a The problem with a mask is that sometimes you forget how to take it off. It becomes a second skin and you get comfortable in it.  The bigger problem is when you look in the mirror and believe it’s your face. Not that having a face really matters….. It’s far more convenient to switch … Continue reading Backdrop

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #208

Welcome back! PROMPT #208 The theme this week is A Stolen Identity 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 offensive, vulgar or something that hurts common sensibilities will … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #208

Holding a mirror

If I hold a mirror to you, will you recognise yourself? You may call me disfigured, broken or ugly You may say conforming is the only way to go Will you see shades of your fractured self in me? You may call me disfigured, broken or ugly For all that is different, is alien to … Continue reading Holding a mirror

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #206

PROMPT #206 Today’s prompt has a central word LIGHT You may choose a synonym Bright, luminous, shiny, Blaze, flare, glow, illumination, gleam, glow, incandescence, luminescence, radiance Or a word that contains ‘light’ like Flight, lightning, delight, twilight, lightness, lighter, candlelight, torchlight, moonlight, sunlight, starlight, featherlight, slight, alight, streetlight ….. It could even be a word … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #206

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #205

Welcome back! I confess to going with the flow. But it catches you in your 'flow' zone - writing without too much of effort. PROMPT #205 The prompt line is "Do I believe in ghosts?" You don't have to actually use the words in your piece. You may if you wish to. It should be … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #205