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April 16: Flash Fiction Challenge – A Stir-Crazy World

17 Apr 2020 24 Comments

by Ritu in #CarrotRanch Tags: 99-Word Fiction, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Carrot Ranch, Charli Mills, Stir- Crazy

Charli’s Carrot Ranch Prompt this week:

April 16, 2020, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about something crazy. Laugh like crazy, show the setting of stir-crazy or go off the rails on a crazy train. Have fun with the word and the situation, but go where the prompt leads!

A Stir-Crazy World

I can’t help but laugh.
 
When else have we seen people:
Lunge for loo roll?  
Fisticuffs over flour?
Battle for bread?
Scuffle over sanitiser?
Persist over pasta?
Tiff over tinned tomatoes?
Dual over dried milk powder?
Brawl over bleach?
Challenge over chicken?
 
The world is stir-crazy right now.
All we can do is
Sit it out
Walk it out
Watch it out
Read it out
Write it out
Create it out
Cook it out
Eat it out
 
We’ll come out the other end
Possibly fatter
Maybe thinner
Hopefully more compassionate
Definitely grateful
 
And able to still raise a smile.

Ritu 2020

April 16: Flash Fiction Challenge

Otherworldly #writephoto

17 Apr 2020 24 Comments

by Ritu in #WritePhoto Tags: #WritePhoto, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Photo Prompt, Sue Vincent

Sue’s #WritePhoto prompt this week:

Train
Your eye
It might look
Rocky right now,
And in the future
But, stretch your mind's eye, though
Try. Look a little further
Beyond bumps that present themselves
And you'll see, the path begins to ease
It might take some time, but it will happen

Ritu 2020

Thursday photo prompt: Otherworldly #writephoto

Writing My Way Through A Pandemic

15 Apr 2020 Leave a comment

by Ritu in My Writing, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, My Writing Journey, Ritu Bhathal

Pop over to http://www.ritubhathal.com for some updates on the world of Ritu the author!

https://ritubhathal.com/2020/04/15/writing-my-way-through-a-pandemic/

Ritu Bhathal

Well, hello there, my dear readers.

Firstly, can I apologise, profusely?

I have been very naughty, not posting on here properly for the last six weeks or so, thanks to this ‘thing’ that is happening around the world.

What thing?

Oh, come on, you know exactly what I’m talking about.

That coronavirus, or more specifically, COVID-19.

It sure is a surreal world we are living in right now.

Who would have thought that something regarded as a flu of sorts, would bring pretty much all of the world to a standstill? (I know it isn’t like the flu at all, but that is what most people thought at first.)

As reality slowly hits, people you know become affected, infected, and either recover, or the other option. I, personally know of at least two people who have passed away, including a member of our family.

It’s serious, you know, this…

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Colleen’s 2020 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 173 #Cinquain #SynonymsOnly Idea & Fancy

14 Apr 2020 53 Comments

by Ritu in #ColleensWeeklyPoetryChallenge Tags: #ColleensWeeklyPoetryChallenge, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Cinquain, Idea & Fancy

Time for Colleen’s syllabic poetry challenge!

Two words, this week, but the twist… you can’t use them! but you need to include them, as synonyms, instead!

Idea & Fancy

I apologise… it is extremely silly. But I give you a video to demonstrate it too!

A
Design
In my mind
Something special
Something so stylish
With elegant notions
Yet, practical in its use
A fashionable solution
To curb the worries we have right now
The Star Wars Boxeer Short Mask!

Ritu 2020

https://www.instagram.com/p/B-KtbIHAOHi/