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Thursday photo prompt #writephoto – Door

23 Jun 2016 61 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, My Writing, Poems, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #WritePhoto, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Doors, Poetry, Sue Vincent, tanka

I do love Sue’s photo prompts! She has given a beautiful door to work with this week. And I give to you, a poem made up of 3 tankas – a Trianka!

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The Unknown…

What is it that lies
Beyond the ancient entrance
Cloaked in mystery?
A portal to a new world
Or simply another house?

Do you dare to look?
To turn that rusty door knob?
To push it open?
To force ageing joints to creak?
To quench your thirst for the truth?

But be careful though
You know not, what you may find
Like Pandora’s box
Could be a pleasant surprise
Or you may unleash a beast….

Ritu 2016

Funny, but as I wrote this, all that kept on going through my mind was the EU Referendum today! We were all faced with this dilemma… do we vote to stay, and stay on this side of the ‘door’, safe with what we know? Or do we take the risk, and push open that door, to see what lies beyond the confines of Europe?

See what your Referendum has done to my mind, Government?! It’s taken over my creative process!

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Photo prompt #writephoto – pale

18 Jun 2016 24 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Poems, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #WritePhoto, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Pale, Sue Vincent

Sue’s Photo prompt.

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I found it quite hard to think up something for this one, but here goes!

A family
There once were three
Now there’s nothing left

A calamity
Took their dignity
And no one has confessed

A community
presumably
Are now feeling bereft

Futility
They cannot see
This happen to the rest

Ritu 2016

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Sues’s Photo prompt #writephoto – walking on air

09 Jun 2016 22 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Poems Tags: #WritePhoto, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Sue Vincent, tanka, Walking in the air

Another beautiful photo prompt from Sue…

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A blanket of cloud
Covers the mossy ground
Hiding what’s below
An illusion created
I feel I could walk on air

Ritu 2016

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Thursday photo prompt – Isolated… #writephoto

04 Jun 2016 16 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Fiction Tags: #WritePhoto, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Fiction, isolated, Sue Vincent

Sue gave us another great photo prompt this week!

Alongside the word Isolated, we have this photo to work with…

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A dark silhouette of a building came into view.

“Perfect setting, isn’t it?”

Peter, looked over at Mandy, who was bouncing excitedly in the passenger seat.

“You know how I love a good Whodunnit Weekend, and I think they have surpassed themselves with the venue this time!”

I looked over at the view and had to agree. It wasn’t really my cup of tea, but I had wanted to impress her, and her mates told me that this was what she was into.

The building looked so… creepy. I was tempted to back out, but I couldn’t look like a wimp in front of her!

On the other side of the lane was a grim looking black forest… Oh, this gets better and better…

The saving grace was the view… That sunset. I was glad I had packed my camera. If nothing else, at least I could get some good shots for my portfolio.

Oh and the fact that if she was suitably impressed, I might get lucky!

With that thought, I pressed down on the accelerator.