Reena’s Xploration Challenge #176

Welcome to yet another week! PROMPT #176 Our prompt this week has the potential to cover more than the written word. Think images, computer art, paints and brushes or a camera lens. Words are not going anywhere though, because that is what we are talking about. If you are a book, what will the cover … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #176

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #175

PROMPT #175 A year back, the prompt on Exploration Challenge was “Woman”. I decided to reverse it. In this week, write a story/anecdote/non-fiction piece which does not involve a woman. There is no restriction on length of the piece. There is no last date either, unless you wish to be featured in the Weekly Wrap.  … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #175

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #174

Welcome back! PROMPT #174 @avogado6 on Twitter Image credit: @avogado6 on Twitter FOR NEWCOMERS 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. Technically, language too, is not a barrier, as we have posts in Hindi. But it … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #174

Dammed

barricadesto divert the flowof wild thoughtscreate lulls- then dams burst openemotions mislead, but rule https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2021/02/18/reenas-xploration-challenge-173/ https://dversepoets.com/2021/03/04/open-link-night-285-on-this-day/

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #173

PROMPT #173 We have a one-word prompt this week. FLOW Flow is a state of mind where one is fully immersed in the task involved, and delivers a lot with minimum effort. Flow is a software by Microsoft, which facilitates team functioning. Flow is poetic, as in the flow of words, water, winds - taking … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #173

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #171

PROMPT #171 We have a dialogue prompt this week .... with a twist. What is the twist? You need to take it forward from the perspective of the opposite gender, not yours. You may use the dialogue as a theme, beginning or end. Your piece can be fiction, poetry, an anecdote, historical fiction, biographical sketch, … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #171

Magnets

I struggled with motivation, behaviour management and therapy for a long time. And then during a visualisation session, enlightenment struck… I felt these innumerable magnets dancing inside me, uncontrolled. I just had to re-orient those and increase their power to attract the right things. No mean task though …. There is always an opposite pole … Continue reading Magnets

Ropes

they celebrate bondage, swaying to tunes condemning freedom, dancing on sand dunes notice not - slipping ground, controls shift euphoria; all’s well puppets telling stories vanish, dropped from invisible strings - their pictures float  programmed memories thought - on controlled oxygen  welcomes contamination  as new awakening seepage of venom -  never cared to know -is … Continue reading Ropes

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #170

Reena's Exploration Challenge #170 Welcome to yet another week! I don't see the scenario changing as expected. I see faint glimmers of hope, not the bright sun. Will 2021 be another transitional year, or a pathbreaking year? Let's go off at a tangent, and conquer ---- our mindsets, if nothing else. Control the controllable! PROMPT … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #170

Etymological Grace

I once met a renowned author. Neither did I take a selfie, nor autograph .... just stopped reading his books. You can feel, not define unquenched thirstas eyes grow weak, but books come firstdark-rimmed glasses frame my old faceshowcasing a mind one cannot ace as eyes grow weak, but books come firstI befriend authors, meeting … Continue reading Etymological Grace