A heritage to be proud of

PROMPT QUESTIONNAIRE  by Wendell Berry How much poison are you willing to eat for the success of the free market and global trade? Please name your preferred poisons.For the sake of goodness, how much evil are you willing to do? Fill in the following blanks with the names of your favorite evils and acts of hatred.What … Continue reading A heritage to be proud of

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #111

Welcome to a week of transition! The weather is changing. A cyclone that was expected to rock our Diwali festivities took a detour and moved elsewhere. A terror regime has ended, hopefully bringing peace to Syria. The Western world celebrates Halloween (parts of other worlds too), compelling a rethink on what certain masks or symbols … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #111

Paradoxical

Newcomb’s Pradox A paradoxical game between two players, one of whom can predict the actions of the other. My take I sought sanctuary in silence to escape predictiveness of your words -ringing like an outdated cassette on auto-replay mode   I sought solace in becoming a stranger once again to escape the burden of knowing … Continue reading Paradoxical

Drive the drivers

There is a kind of sacredness about a honest day’s work and the consequent fatigue. Imposed work generates resentment. This state is the result of self-driven activity. earning it justifying existence I fly high The aches and pains are real, and yet so wanted. I could live again for it, but this is only about … Continue reading Drive the drivers

You’re impossible

Get off the turtle, if you want to move ahead in life. I am moving constantly. The speed is imperceptible to you. Moving to where? I’ll be outta here, before the water reaches my neck. Do your arithmetic right. The tank fills up at a faster rate. I start leaking after that, and some of … Continue reading You’re impossible

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #103

Welcome back to another week of inspiration and exploration! PROMPT I have a video for you this week https://aeon.co/videos/strap-in-for-a-delightfully-disorienting-dance-of-humans-going-places If you do not have the patience to watch 6 minutes of it, use the following words as a prompt Delightfully Disorienting Dance The video refers to humans, but you are free to choose nature, music, … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #103

Destinies

I saw this young man, let’s call him X, on a past life regression show, wanting to know about his bonding with a guy he met on the train. Somebody requested him for a change of seat with an enticing smile, and X willingly obliged. As fate would have it, the train was derailed, and … Continue reading Destinies

My way

I met you in your space aeons ago and liked your fierceness but life has changed since then and so my disposition I’m not submissive any more I choose my life over you – let’s part ways - unless you learn to respect my space https://colleenchesebro.com/2019/08/27/colleens-2019-weekly-tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-142-synonymsonly/