Rains - 6WS Series

Join the rains and get drenched. ;)

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Nice to see the rains falling on the lounge again! :D Hope to see Asbah back in her own account soon, than "on behalf" :)

The Amateur Poet,

Rains - 6WS Series

It did not rain; it poured. ;)

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The Amateur Poet,

Rain - 6WS Series

Rains - heavenly tears - sad, or joyous?

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The Amateur Poet,

Rain - 6WS Series

Nothing eases my mind, like rains.

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The Amateur Poet,

6WS - Rebirth

Let a chain be reborn again...

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I don't know who's there here right now from the old gang, who is there new, for I am myself feeling new here. But the last time I enjoyed myself at the Lounge, this six word stories posts on Death were (in Twitter terms) "trending". 5 posts in 8 days is hardly WL style. So I think, what the heck, lets get the chain going once more. What say fellas? Anyone up for it?

The Amateur Poet,

Back, For Another Stay.

Old habits die hard. And old memories even harder. It wasn't voluntarily that I left my second home, The Writers Lounge, last year.. but that's irrelevant now. From the first time I wrote here, from the first friend I had to the anticipation of rain in the winter, all stay clearly in my head. People Friends I met here have changed, they've gone on to better things in life. Some have remained close, some slowly drifted apart, though I don't want them to. I don't want to say by names who all are part of this gang, who I've had the pleasure of meeting, of fighting with, sharing a pizza or a coffee just that once. Such friends are keeps for life. I've changed my first home, and watched from a distance as my second began to die. Homes die only when they are not taken care of. I've been asked back before, but I've not felt the need to come back till now. I've been trying to pen down something better than this small paragraph, for marking my return here. All I can manage is this. Leo is back at the lounge, don't know how, don't know till when, don't know why. To me, all those questions bear no meaning any more.

Life Now?

Our mistake.
Realization dawns.
Life restarts.


Hey WL, up for another Six Word Story chain, this time on Life??

Chemical Warfare

Chasms of destruction
Helplessly open up
Empowerment by science
Misleads into useless
Innumerable little problems
Changes that aren’t
Accepted by nature
Leaving many voids

Wanton entry of
All deadly chemicals
Restrains peace, creates
Fissures of intolerance
Another battle begins
Rampant victory sought
Everyone loses though


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...Death....1

Loving hands cruelly kiss;

Innocence dies.

Death?(DUH!)

Sifts through time;
Death, my rhyme.

Death(Yet Again!!)

Death, I live on inside you.

Death(Contd.Yet Again)

Death didn't trap me;

I surrendered.

Death(This is gettin interesting)

I never stopped loving;
Death failed.

Death..(Again another!!)

I think this was somewhat expected...

Lounge reincarnates,

March of Death continues!!

Death(Yet Again!!)

Darkness falls,
Death arrives,
I embrace


Six Word Stories!

Brotherhood

Being just brothers was never enough for us. Nick and I were best friends. We were twins, so our relationship had just an ounce more of love than usual. We could read each other’s minds and at many times, we were known to finish each others sentences.

“Remain strong always, your bond is very valuable”, our mother had told us. We’d taken it to heart and followed it well. We never fought till the day Nick fell in love with Lisa Davies.

Once my girlfriend, I’d left her because she wasn’t someone who shared true love. All she cared was for a date with one of us, trying to split us up. Nick knew I’d dumped her, so I was surprised when he started dating her.

“That gal’s not right Nick. She just wants to get in the way”, I said to him.

“Hell, just because you made a mistake, doesn’t mean I should make the same mistake. Lisa’s a lovely girl. Stay out of this Nathan”, he replied adamantly.

Eager to avoid an argument, I retreated and let him have his space. I kept a close eye on him though. He was innocent, and I did not want my brother to get hurt. When I went to the local restaurant one night, I was surprised to see a crowd there, and among them I saw a couple.

Ryan Cartwright was dancing with Lisa, my brother’s girlfriend. The waitress there was my friend, and she told me it was Lisa’s birthday. I was shocked, because Lisa had just got an expensive bracelet from Nick two days back claiming it was her birthday. I called Nick on his cell phone.

“Have you some time? Come down to the restaurant. Let’s have dinner outside tonight”, I told. He was repenting getting angry with me, so he agreed. When he entered the restaurant, he was greeted enthusiastically by Lisa.

“Oh, I didn’t expect to see you here Nick. Come join us”, she called. Ryan wasn’t to be outdone, I knew, and true enough, he called too. “Yeah Nick, do join us. It’s Lisa’s birthday today and we’re having a grand party.”

“Oh is it? I thought it was two days back. Well Lisa, wish you a very happy birthday. Good day for a breakup don’t you think? You seem to have something I gifted wrongly. I’m taking it back”, said Nick and removed the bracelet from her wrist. He walked toward me now.

“Dude, I should have listened to you. I’m sorry. You really mean a lot to me Nathan. This belongs to you”, he said and placed the bracelet on my wrist. As we had dinner in a corner table, my eyes kept going back to the bracelet. It read, “To my best friend forever”.

Acrostic Story #3 

Phoenix

Plumage of fiery amber

Healthy for thousand years

Once done, burns to

Embers, reincarnating again in

New life from ashes

In similar previous form

Xanthic bright amber plumage

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Prompt 11, Phoenix

Brotherhood

Blessed this relationship is

Remains divine bond this

Open arms, open minds

Treasured love from start

Hearts might be separate

Envisioning so much alike

Respecting each other so

Hampered ways open up

On their working together

One long staying relation

Dear to both souls

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Prompt 3, Brotherhood

Our Land

One land precious such

Used by our ancestors

Relying on it frequently

Living on it, practicing

Agriculture in its soils

Never can our hearts

Denounce its worth ever

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Prompt 5, Our Land

Happy Birthday Aks & Steph

Today, 24th November, is the birthday of two of our members. Both are quite good friends of mine. 

The first, Akansha aka Aks is one of the more silent members here at WL, very talented at poetry and prose and she gives more of a tadka in her works. She's very friendly, easy to talk with, the happy-go-lucky type! :)  Wishing her a TADKAFUL happy birthday and many more to come.

The second, Stephen aka Solli aka Steph aka (I cant list all his nicknames, the guy's too popular! :P) is the Lounge bossman, founder etcetc.. (I think today is one day I can safely call him that). His writes are known world over so its not at my level to praise him. His poetry, though not known that well, is a good strong part of his blogging too. He's the one who got me to these hallowed halls of TWL. Wish you a non-solitary happy birthday, Solli :)