Reena’s Exploration Challenge #108

Welcome to a poetic week!

Poetry touches the soul, and has the power to impact thoughts and lives. Only a writer can appreciate the craft of making poetry whatever it is – be it a game of rhyme, syllables, structure, choice of words or a free flow of thoughts.

I’ve chosen two short pieces of iconic poetry, which are given below. However, your task is not necessarily to write a poem. You can choose any one line out of the seven given here, and use it as the first line for your piece.  You can choose to end the piece with another line, but it is not a compulsion.

As usual, there is no restriction on length or format of the piece. Write a post on your blog, and copy-paste the link here. If you are choosing a pingback, please check if it has worked. There have been instances of pingbacks not working in the past. Tag it ‘Reena’s Exploration Challenge’ for easy location in the blog roll.

I look forward to see where the lines take you.

“For I have known them all already, known them all:

Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons;

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.”

Source: “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Eliot

“Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave

Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind;

Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave.

I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned.”

Source: “Dirge Without Music” by Edna St. Vincent Millay:

LAST WEEK’S ROUND-UP

hecblogger at

http://playingwithwords.blog/2019/10/03/%e0%a5%9e%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%b2%e0%a4%be-%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%af%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%82-%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%88/

and

http://playingwithwords.blog/2019/10/08/think-about-it/

Jim Adams at

https://jimadamsauthordotcom.wordpress.com/2019/10/03/bridge-on-the-river-kwai/

Susie Bocks at

http://iwriteher.com/2019/10/03/oh-canada/

Jen Goldie at

https://jengoldie493473930.wordpress.com/2019/10/03/the-beast-j-e-goldie-reenas-exploration-challenge-107-october-3-2019/

Eugenia at

http://amanpan.com/2019/10/04/exploring-enigma/

Jade Li/Lisa at

http://tao-talk.com/2019/10/04/reenas-exploration-challenge-107-unbridgeable/

Sadje at

http://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2019/10/05/reenas-exploration-challenge-107-the-unbridgeable-gap/

Theresaly at

https://theresaly520.wordpress.com/2019/10/06/reenas-exploration-challenge-107-unbridgeable/

Reena Saxena at

https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2019/10/07/unbridgeable/

Joe M. at

https://joem18b.wordpress.com/2019/10/07/poem-55/

kittysverses at

https://kittysverses.wordpress.com/2019/10/08/my-fervent-prayers/

Indira at

https://amaltaas.wordpress.com/2019/10/09/reenas-exploration-challenge-107-unbridgeable/

Len at

https://lensdiary.blog/2019/10/09/friends

VJ Knutson at

https://onewomansquest.org/2019/10/12/unbridgeable/