Reena’s Xploration Challenge #186

PROMPT #186 An image prompt this week Xploration Challenge #185 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.  Any post that is found to be offensive, vulgar or something that hurts common sensibilities will not be included. This … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #186

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #185

Well, I'm back, guys... Without too much of ado, let's get straight to the prompt. PROMPT #185 (Sentence prompt) I'm not languishing, I'm dormant Find a way to use this in your piece - prose, poetry, fiction, essay, anecdote, memoir, diary page or anything else that you can invent. You can just capture the spirit … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #185

Reena’s Xploration Challenge

Well, the good news or bad news is that I'm putting the Xploration Challenge on hold for at least a month. I'm running out of prompt ideas, and need time to refresh and rejuvenate. If someone wants to run the challenge from your blog for 4 weeks, keeping the name and spirit intact, let me … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #183

Welcome back! I happened to be doing the sub-titles on a video, and in the process, I re-discovered the expressions of the speaker, and re-interpreted many words. Close observation is something we miss on a regular call. Well, I had faces and expressions on mind, so here's this week's prompt. Taina Bernard on Pexels There … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #183

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #181

Welcome to isolated times once again!  Just when we thought a jab would immortalise us, the offending organism has hit back with greater intensity. We just might see a mutant version of humanity in the next normal. Long back, when a wave of Feng Shui swept the world, experts opined that one recharges at home, … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #181

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #180

This notification from WordPress infused a sense of warmth in me, two day ago. I’ve been disciplined enough to post something every single day in the last one year. In the past, the continuity broke in a few months, due to travel or connectivity issues. The last one year has any way kept us glued … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #180

360 degrees feedback

Scene 1 “I hear the Branch Manager of JNPT branch is in a relationship with one of his colleagues. He is married ….” The boss is digressing from the topic of discussion. “Should we really bother about personal lives of employees? He is an excellent performer.” I suppress a smirk as plenty of unsavoury stories … Continue reading 360 degrees feedback

Layers

I remember those wooden frames in my grandfather’s courtyard. We covered it with sheets, and made temporary shelters for ourselves on sultry afternoons, when the adults were all enjoying their air-cooled siesta inside. Those were moments of freedom, of creativity for us, when unbound by rules, we created our own worlds and played out imaginary … Continue reading Layers

Maturity

Absorbing processing torture expressions, impressions -unsolicited judgements delivered letting it blend in eliminating toxic influences highlighting best notes letting people hold it against light sniff, swirl fruits transform to wine all credits go to A new identity what else can it be but maturity? https://dversepoets.com/2021/04/05/quadrille-125-in-praise-of-the-grape/