Welcome back! PROMPT #174 Image credit: @avogado6 on Twitter FOR NEWCOMERS There is no restriction on length or format of the piece. There is no last date either, unless you wish to be featured in the Weekly Wrap. Technically, language too, is not a barrier, as we have posts in Hindi. But it has to be … More Reena’s Xploration Challenge #174
PROMPT #173 We have a one-word prompt this week. FLOW Flow is a state of mind where one is fully immersed in the task involved, and delivers a lot with minimum effort. Flow is a software by Microsoft, which facilitates team functioning. Flow is poetic, as in the flow of words, water, winds – taking … More Reena’s Xploration Challenge #173
PROMPT #171 We have a dialogue prompt this week …. with a twist. What is the twist? You need to take it forward from the perspective of the opposite gender, not yours. You may use the dialogue as a theme, beginning or end. Your piece can be fiction, poetry, an anecdote, historical fiction, biographical sketch, … More Reena’s Exploration Challenge #171
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 … More Ropes
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 #170 Create a post … More 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 … More 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 … More 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 … More 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 … More Reena’s Exploration Challenge #168
I woke up in 2021… To a world more complex than it has been Where fear separates, not unites Where a hurriedly put together remedy to unprecedented ailments divides people into camps Where Presidents incite violence Where claustrophobia causes relationship breakdowns Where some pine for company, and others pray for solitude Where people are fleeced … More Where ….
