Incensed at incest from 5 to 10 Perturbed by a pounding at nine for refusing a kiss Ballastic over being “bitch!’ed” at random rambunctiousness to shut up and shut down Pissed off at being punched for disagreeing — the night before his mother came to visit Displeased at being drenched with water for trying to…
Category: Reena’s Exploration Challenge
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #139 and #MM Saturday Mix — My Transgressive Prescription
My Transgressive Prescription In our tribe, from birth we’re taught Follow has its time and place Strength in herd will save your skin Bend the knee and serve with pride Safe we’ll be, but are we free? Bound with threads of should and ought Shrug them, soon you’ll find disgrace Couched in terms like bad…
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #138 — Intrepid We Go Forth
“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women are players. They have their entries and exits” — Shakespeare. Who we are is learned behavior. Reinforced by repetition Institutions’ sour savor Us v. Them a favored flavor Cooked by gluttons’ craved ambition Who we are is learned behavior. Taints our sense like…
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #137 — Platform and Cave
I turned the first two into acrostics and filled them out with aspects of each. The writer’s platform is a framework to build your scaffolding for the story: Point of View – there is no story without a point of view Life – the story comes with how people, places, and things interact with each…
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #136 — The Circus of Right
Reena, I have taken your poem apart and did a statement and response with it. Would I care to be right? If life was not finite Life is infinite. So is death. It’s an eternally revolving door. If I’d the luxury of eternity to let it be naturally proved that I’ve always been right… When…
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #135 — Listen Twice
I’m about halfway through Chuck Palahniuk’s new book, “Consider This: Moments in My Writing Life After Which Everything was Different,” and the prompt phrase today reminds me of something Chuck says in it. In the section, Establishing Authority: Your Storytelling Context, he says, Context and source are more important now than they’ve ever been. So…
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #134 — Happy Home
A happy home A fuzzy nest A comfy place Where one can rest It makes me smile To know we’re there As love has perched Eternal fair Delicate yet Tough are the blooms Whose fragrance touch Each of the rooms We have no fear As when we said Forevermore Our love we pledged. Our bond…
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