20 Apr 2018
by Ritu
in #CarrotRanch, Fiction, Thoughts Opinions & Memories
Tags: #CarrotRanch, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Charli Mills, Flash Fiction, Forest Bathing
Charli’s prompt this week:
April 19, 2018, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about forest bathing. You can use the Japanese term, Shinrin Yoku, or you can make up your own ideas about the phrase. Go where the prompt leads.
Peace of Mind
The twigs crackled underfoot.
Leaves rustled in the gentle breeze that blew through the forest.
This was true peace.
Heaven.
Karen had heard about forest bathing, and she was determined to experience a piece of this natural healing.
Strolling along, she could hear the feint trickle of water.
Getting closer to the sound, it appeared to be accompanied by splashes and voices.
As she rounded the corner, Karen came face to face with a group of drunk men, submerged in a pool of water, having a jolly of their own.
Not quite the forest bathing she had been expecting!
https://carrotranch.com/2018/04/19/april-19-flash-fiction-challenge/
18 Apr 2018
by Ritu
in #1linerweds, #onelinerwednesday, Children, Sonu Singh, Thoughts Opinions & Memories
Tags: #1linerweds, #onelinerwednesday, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Contentment
“I moaned because I had no shoes… until I met a man who had no feet” – Anon
Be content with what you have, you don’t realise just how blessed you already are.
It’s not wrong to aim to better yourself or to dream of bigger things, but it is wrong to forget where you already are.
For Linda’s #1LinerWeds Challenge.
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17 Apr 2018
by Ritu
in #ColleensWeeklyPoetryChallenge, Poems, Thoughts Opinions & Memories
Tags: #ColleensWeeklyPoetryChallenge, #MicroPoetry, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Gather & Soft, Poetry, Synonyms
Colleen’s back with her synonym poetry challenge!
The words to (not) use are:
A Tanka
Pixabay Image
Pulling your closer
Gently reassuring you
I’ll always be there
Soothing words murmured faintly
Hoping you will understand
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And some free verse…
Google Images
Velvety petals
Crushed beneath our hot bodies
Hands clasping
Smooth sheets below
Quickly reaching
Quiet climax
Clutching each other
You complete me
Ritu 2018
https://colleenchesebro.com/2018/04/17/colleens-weekly-tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-80-gather-soft-synonymsonly/
16 Apr 2018
by Ritu
in #ronovansweeklyhaikuchallenge, Poems, Thoughts Opinions & Memories
Tags: #MicroPoetry, #ronovansweeklyhaikuchallenge, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Challenge, Haiku, Senryu, Sun & Fun
Lovely Ron with his Haiku Challenge prompt words this week:
Pixabay Image
Feeling warmth caress
Petals blooming in the light
Joyous days are here
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Pixabay Image
The sun shows it’s face
After many months of rest
Time for fun to start!
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Pixabay Image
Some fun in the sun
A little naughty, maybe
But that’s what heat does!
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