landing with a thumpshocks, it does not hurt as muchon familiar groundwhat breaks my back painlesslyare beliefs that fall with me Tanka Tuesday
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Reena’s Xploration Challenge #356
Welcome back! PROMPT #356 I'm adding a twist to this week's prompt. Image credit: Dr. Akhil Saxena Observe the picture given above. Insert one object/person/animal/idea/colour or anything else from your imagination. Now, base your piece on what you see in the revised picture in your mind. Mention the name of whatever you add before you … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #356
Reena’s Xploration Challenge #355
Welcome back to a new world with a not-so-new POTUS! Debates are raging worldwide. The Financial Times says, "His remarkable comeback is an extraordinary story that we will tell with authority over the next four years." I'm sure the world will settle down to its regular routine and not be interested in a four-year-long analysis. … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #355
Reena’s Xploration Challenge #353
Welcome back! PROMPT #353 We have an image prompt this week. Source: Pixabay Description of the image: The sun is shining with the word TRUTH emblazoned on it. Down here, a man walks with a lantern and an umbrella printed with the word UN-BELIEF. His shadow falls on the ground ahead. The format of the … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #353
Cracking a code
lights blinking in the darkness, but signals do not matchI trust ya and flash a light, but stopthe bridge above calls it a fraudulent moveI'm desperate to meet my counterpart I trust ya and flash a light, but stopWho can crack the code without a common language?I'm desperate to meet my counterparttrust is premium; being … Continue reading Cracking a code
Reena’s Xploration Challenge #352
Welcome back! The mood was retro last week, but the present keeps pulling us back. PROMPT #352 Once again, we have a line prompt. "Halloween is still days away, but horror rides unmasked on the streets." The format of the piece is not restricted, and there is no last date either unless you wish to … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #352
Reena’s Xploration Challenge #351
Welcome back! PROMPT #351 We haven't done a collage for quite some time, so I'll let it rule this week. Do the images evoke something in you? Is there a story or memoir that connects with this? Can you choose one word for the theme or spirit of this collage and use it in your … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #351
Reena’s Xploration Challenge #350
Welcome to yet another week of 2024! I don't know why I feel that 2025 will be decidedly different from this year, but I can't pinpoint the cause or figure out how it will happen. Let's go with the flow. FEATURED POEM I've picked up the first stanza of Jude's poem. Lighthouse in the baySeeks … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #350
Reena’s Xploration Challenge #349
Welcome back! HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK David steals the limelight in his week with his limericks. I have the one I liked most below. You are welcome to feast on another five on his site. Yes, addicted to rhyming I be!Embrace weirdness? Well, that’s poetry!Oh, I know I’m unhinged,Still, I can't help but binge—For these … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #349
Muse
The shell of a human being passes by with unseeing eyes focused on the sunset and a device in his shaky hand. He shudders to recall the scene that had wrecked the core of his being many sunsets ago. She had jumped into the valley, and he was left holding a mask in his hand … Continue reading Muse
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