Reena’s Xploration Challenge #188 by Reena Saxena

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #188 PROMPT #188 The word prompt for today is DEVIL This video may provide additional inspiration. https://aeon.co/videos/the-devils-you-know-how-satan-became-a-versatile-stand-in-for-all-manner-of-evil 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 […]

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Mechanics by Reena Saxena

Mechanics “These are not weeds, but garlands woven by time on your existence.” It is my tenth day in the seniors’ home. I’m doing a survey for my thesis on speed of social change. I gather distilled wisdom, but the context has changed. They are unable to build a relevance for themselves in new frameworks. […]

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“Bravery” – A Cidorma by Reena Saxena

Bravery Photo by Darren Lawrence on Pexels.com CIDORMA = CINQUAIN + SHADORMA Am Ithe brave personyou make me out to beI had no option to turn back-I walkedtill my feet ached with a parched throatsurvival drove me therewhere you found me…Soldiers!I salutegenerosityyou saved measked questionsgave me credit fordiscovering oasis https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2021/06/29/colleens-2020-weekly-tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-232-specificform/ Source: Bravery Source: https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com  

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Long Haul Before Dawn by Reena Saxena

Long Haul Before Dawn Long haul before dawn ….. by Artie & Stu We don’t need you to make us feel safe, because you made us feel brave – selah.Teddy Bears watching from the windowshave gone back to their beds.The trembling world has shaken us to the bonebut the winding riverbrings us forever home.Darkness covers […]

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You Were Four by Reena Saxena

  You Were Four You were four …..by Dora Dreams from a Pilgrimage Her father died on June 27, 2021of covid. You were four with a Daddy when you laid out dancing colorsof pink, blue, green and purple When you were four and a daythe colors went orange viralof corona, corona everywhere You sat half-hidden […]

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Grief by Reena Saxena

Grief The sadness behind this prompt hits me hard as I write this. The kid shown in the pic lost her father today. Her mother, whom I see as an exceptionally strong woman, fought till the end, staying afloat with her Buddhist beliefs and chanting “Nam myth renge Kyo.” It kept her going, if nothing […]

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