Cyclic Power

cold clouds mockfoliage-stripped treesdefiantbranches swaypowered by cycles - spring isaround the corner 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge Image credit: Winter in the Country, c. 1859 by George Henry Durrie, Artist from the National Gallery of Art

Wolf Meat

The long, dark hair and red lips are beautiful. But the extended eyeliner and lip color leaking out of the perfect bow-shaped mouth makes one feel as if she just walked out of a horror flick. Then she smiles and the aura changes. Well, it could be the makeup artist overdoing his job. Her beauty … Continue reading Wolf Meat

Dinosaur

ferocious, by all meansready to devour light-heartednesswith its forked tongueoscillating between agesIt is but a memoirof a buried culture It pops out of pages of historycrosses geographies of the minddestroys civic sensein an alien languagecauses incalculable damagewith a different mathundefined in scientific methodsnot punishable by extant laws only to reclaim a partof belongingslong since abandonedmetamorphosed … Continue reading Dinosaur

Aria

I will take off from the point I ended my last piece on cats. I said, FM wanted to be with me. FM is back. I had decided to get a dog at a late stage in life so that the darling lives as long as I live. The separations I’d suffered of Chappy, my … Continue reading Aria

Musings

I lost the license to the stock photo despite having paid a hefty price for it. Is it a consolation that the photo has lost its premium with the advent of artificial intelligence? We mourn losses on losing the exalted ground beneath our feet built over decades of hard work, attention to detail and manipulation. … Continue reading Musings

Let it happen

new beginnings happenif you don't go against the streamrowing backwardsin memory whirlpoolsleading nowhereand sink new beginnings shinelike the rising sunonly when you givethe moon its duerespectfullyand let it go Moonwashed Weekly Prompt - New Beginnings

Found Poem – Last Year’s First Eleven

claustrophobic between the greys I’m sure an alien passed me by, not once but many times blazing sun evaporating wet rivers all sources of light hold a conference to discuss their future mingle with nature here; valleys exhilarate Unfastened seatbelts; willpower ready to leap Balancing weight of existence with desire to fly Do you see … Continue reading Found Poem – Last Year’s First Eleven

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #313

Welcome back! PROMPT #313 I made a video for this prompt. It is titled Magic. You can choose the video or the word Magic or both to inspire your piece. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qPrzWRglbu4 There is no restriction on the format of the piece. There is no last date either unless you wish to be featured in the … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #313

A New Year

a rabbit holean exit dooror light of dawn?I question intenttired ofcatching up with life Reena's Xploration Challenge #312

Who typed this on my screen?

Blank pages are less scarythan this transparentalmost invisible creatureoccupying my thinking room I throw ink on itits super-absorbent bodyconsumes the intentthrows out wordsin jets and squirtsbut stays out of sight I want to know its nameBut silence greets meHorror…Who typed these words on my screenWhile I was away? I am but a mediumI don’t know … Continue reading Who typed this on my screen?