Interestingly Yours

( Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge #296 posted on Sep 7, 2023)

Fiction in the time of fake news-

Will lead to “The end of imagination” since fake news shall have all the imaginations.

Letters in the time of instant messaging-

                 What will then happen to “Things that Can and Cannot be said“, delicate enough not to be captured in messaging.

                  Books in the time of apps-

will be unthinkable like “The Ordinary Person’s Guide to Empire“, an absurd thought.

Lies in the post-truth era

shall become a part of “The cost of living” as day today affairs.

Human proficiency in ChatGPT era-

will either make humans “The God of small things” or demon of crudest things?

Freedom in the times of listening devices –

Will it not be something like “Listening to Grasshoppers“?

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #296

All blue fonts – books written by her, Good evening and see you next time. 

Welcome to another week!

Weekly prompt #296

A phrase by Arundhati Roy (winner of the Booker Prize for fiction in 1997) caught my attention –

Fiction in the time of fake news.

I coined a few of my own inspired by it.

  • Letters in the time of instant messaging
  • Books in the time of apps
  • Lies in the post-truth era
  • Human proficiency in ChatGPT era
  • Freedom in the times of listening devices

Feel free to coin some of your own in the same spirit, or use one or more from the above, including the inspiration from Arundhati Roy, and base your piece on it.

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(Un)Humanly Yours

(Written for Moonwashed Weekly Prompt – Ignited Eugi posted on 5 Sep 2023)

Divine ray required.

to keep ignited in us.

some human virtues.

Moonwashed Weekly Prompt – Ignited

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Heavenly Yours

For a change, today some stunning shots of the great Himalayan range from Kumaun and Garhwal regions of the Uttarakhand State, “simply heaven“. My sincerest thanks and gratitude to Mr. Saurav Joshi, a technical professional from an IIT who has got no lesser charm and flair towards trekking, photography and nature than the consultancy enterprise he leads. He also manages a blog with the title “travelindevbhoomi.in”.

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(Chaukhamba peaks in the western Garhwal, Panchachuli peaks,

Darma valley and view from Mankot village in Bageshwar district)

Good afternoon and see you next time. 

 

Amply Yours

(Written for dVerse prompt: Quadrille #183, A Sliver of a Poem posted on 4 Sep 2023)

Though It’s made with much adroitness,

With cheese rich decoration and ambrosial taste,

Enough for human temptation,

But this is not why only a sliver of the cake

will do for me,

It’s the emotional aroma that plates any dish,

So delicious or gritty.   (44 words)

Let Them Eat Cake! Quadrille #183, A Sliver of a Poem

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Guidelines-

Let Them Eat Cake! Quadrille #183, A Sliver of a Poem-

dVerse prompt: Quadrille #183, A Sliver of a Poem written in 44 words

Colleen M. Chesebro
1 minute , , , , 
The dVerse prompt hosted by Kim from Writing in North Norfolk, bringing you the Quadrille, when we take any meaning or form of one word and transform it into 44 poetic words. Today, she wants us to write a poem of exactly 44 words (not counting your title), including the word SLIVER.
Cheesecake—rich, creamy
a simple pleasure of life
divine ambrosia 
on a graham cracker crust

temptation beckons
only a sliver will do
cut me off a slice
of my guiltiest delight

right now, the scale can wait
tomorrow's another day
today is all about cheesecake

©Colleen M. Chesebro

Silvery Yours

(Written Meant for dVerse prompt: Quadrille #183, A Sliver Silver of a Poem posted on 4 Sep 2023)

I misread the prompt word as Silver in place of Sliver and came to know about it only after Colleen’s lovely comment “How wonderful… but Kim’s word is “sliver.” I also like it with silver. LOL! 💟” That is why I like poet fraternity; always kind hearted. A totally invalid entry but she still appreciates it. I owe you a thousand thanks, Collen! more than anything, for having a real poetic heart. Having deleted it promptly, I am reinstating it just to remind you all that you must not work on your tab or the laptop unless you are on with your own spectacles.  😍😁

 

If only I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth,

I would never bother about,

Whether my fate-cloud had any silver lining,

It ain’t…

But I could have ensured that I was silver tongued

Alas! Even that I could not ensure.    (44 words)

Let Them Eat Cake! Quadrille #183, A Sliver of a Poem

Good evening and see you next time. 

Guidelines-

Let Them Eat Cake! Quadrille #183, A Sliver of a Poem-

dVerse prompt: Quadrille #183, A Sliver of a Poem written in 44 words

Colleen M. Chesebro
1 minute , , , ,
The dVerse prompt hosted by Kim from Writing in North Norfolk, bringing you the Quadrille, when we take any meaning or form of one word and transform it into 44 poetic words. Today, she wants us to write a poem of exactly 44 words (not counting your title), including the word SLIVER.
Cheesecake—rich, creamy
a simple pleasure of life
divine ambrosia 
on a graham cracker crust

temptation beckons
only a sliver will do
cut me off a slice
of my guiltiest delight

right now, the scale can wait
tomorrow's another day
today is all about cheesecake

©Colleen M. Chesebro

Greenly Yours

( , haiku challenge, My Poetry, Natuarlist Weekly- Colleen M. Chesebro)

Autumn leaves renounced,

Colorful they come and go,

Trunk remains unfazed.

Autumn Arrives, haiku

Good evening and see you next time. 

 

Guidelines-

This week’s haiku invitation from Mark, at Naturalist Weekly is to write a haiku or senryu

that references the shifting weather and the arrival of autumn.

 

shorter days
maple leaves turn red
at sunrise

autumn arrives
full blue moon 
shining at dawn

a little cold
bonfires blaze
in my neighborhood
© Colleen M. Chesebro

 

Persistently Yours

Courtesy Eberhard Grossgasteiger at Pexels

I happen to come across an old friend of mine who ventured into a techy start up a couple of years ago, and I am made to learn that he is still struggling with it. But, this blog is not about the story of his success or rather, if I may say so, his failures. He entrepreneurs with certain ideas which despite technical perfection often don’t click and surprisingly, failure never stops him from coming up with yet another one. When I asked him about his obstinate attitude which costs money as well, he gave me a lesson of life which I have not seen any professional motivator deliver in such a simple way. His version-

Ignoring every failure and trying hard to achieve success again is a symptom of humanity that separates us from divinity. As per him, divine souls do not know what a failure is since they don’t fail at all so, why it should retard us from venturing on a new endeavor after an unsuccessful attempt if at all it comes.

What a simple way to understand a really hard fact of life, hats off to you Man!

Good evening and see you next time.

Lastly, leaving you all with a great number by Maria Carey- ” A hero lies in you” an all time favorite for many…..

Empirically Yours

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

( Written for What do you see # 201 and Reena’s Xploration Challenge #295)

Human needs, dreams, all aspirations same,

Virtues, vices, and life’s destinations same,

Knowledge thirst and its proliferation same,

Information burst and its accumulation same,

Rustic emotions and their sophistication same,

Religion, dogma, and its ever justification same,

Progress with empirical ways n discrimination same,

But, we are lesser human, though bio identification same.

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #295

What do you see # 201- August 28, 2023

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Romantically Yours

( Written for Moonwashed Weekly Prompt  – Peaceable )

All the energy

in nature, still peaceable

We don’t seem to learn.

—————-

Turbulent waters

become peaceable to peep

“Pardanashin Moon”

( “Pardanashin Moon” is used in Hindusthani dialect and it implies the Moon that remains behind the curtains of the clouds. My apologies, couldn’t find a better English word within syllabic threshold)

Moonwashed Weekly Prompt – Peaceable

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Refreshingly Yours

(I wrote my ekphrastic poem towards the prompt as an Etheree, a poem of 10 lines, the first line with one and the tenth one with ten syllables with an incremental of one syllable after each line)

O!

found you,

after ages,

same pungent scent,

same willowy frame,

same insouciant  walk,

with confident and firm gaze,

ignoring  subtle emotions,

in  lieu of  responsibilities,

do you still remember this very place?

#TankaTuesday #Ekphrastic #Poetry Challenge No. 335

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🍃 This week, using the painting as your inspiration, please write either a syllabic poetry form or a freestyle poem, including a syllabic form (both on the same post). 🍃

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“Ekphrastic poems exist to respond to a piece of art critically, analytically, and reverentially.”

Ekphrastic poetry explained

traveldailylife.com/syllables

A simple yet powerful syllable counter for poems and text which will count the total number of syllables and number of syllable per line for poems like haikus, limericks, and more.

synonyms.com 

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