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 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
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
menacing, short steps bring him closer every moment venomous blues cloud imagination to torment I know it’s the end strapped to monitors once again “See what fear does,” he says addressing the interns “to neural pathways in the brain. Extrapolated vision tenses up nerves I’m not an executioner just look like one….” Darkness envelopes I’m … Continue reading Nightmarish
Welcome to the next normal, as the stories around us change! PROMPT #169 Create a post on your blog, and copy-paste the link in Comments. In case you are using a pingback, do check back to see if it has worked. Last, but not least, don’t forget to tag the post “Reena’s Exploration Challenge” for … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #169
Welcome back! Complexity is a lot like freedom - everybody knows what it is, but cannot tell. The author of this quote was not talking of writers and poets. For they sure can tell. PROMPT #168 Well, there are more terms and conditions in this prompt than any other episode of the Exploration Challenge. Enjoy … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #168
I woke up in 2021… To a world more complex than it has been Where fear separates, not unitesWhere a hurriedly put together remedy to unprecedented ailments divides people into campsWhere Presidents incite violenceWhere claustrophobia causes relationship breakdownsWhere some pine for company, and others pray for solitudeWhere people are fleeced of large amounts with a … Continue reading Where ….
I pack gifts In glittering stars with lots of love and some disdain… I wish they’d taken my thoughts afar given understanding as regular refrain I set the table in red, green go the flavours I hope they appreciate a multi-hued brain matching steps with them merry song and dance I dream of companions on … Continue reading Xmas Poem
scratch the surface, go beneath See - hurt lays buried it sparked off rebellion - got you labelled, while the perpetrators got away scot free https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2020/12/21/what-do-you-see-61-21st-december-2020/
Reena's Exploration Challenge #166 Welcome to the last Exploration Challenge of 2020! Yes, we will take a two week break, while your creativity flows in directions other than blogging. PROMPT #166 I’m employing a reverse strategy for the last prompt in this year. Here are two short pieces for the prompt. inkblots mutate to form … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #166
