Stroll – A Poem by Shashikant Dudhgaonkar Stroll By Shashikant Dudhgaonkar This poem is written in response to a prompt on Simply 6 Minutes – Welcome to the Challenge (01-14-2025) . The prompt was to write about the photo given below. An image used as the inspiration for the poem. They smiled at me Rather … Read more
These lines are written in response to a prompt on https://christinebialczak.com/2023/10/24/simply-6-minutes-welcome-to-the-challenge-10-24-2023/# The prompt was to write about the picture given below Timberland It had been a long time That the dilapidated house Had felt the presence Of joy wandering through its corridors Crashing into walls With unrestrained exuberance Of sadness or grief That hobbled around … Read more
These lines are written in response to a prompt by Sadje on https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2023/09/11/what-do-you-see-203-september-11-2023/ The prompt was to write about the image shown below My response to the prompt is as below. Two Bicycles and One Tree Most kids that played here Have grown up now Many have shifted their homes Carrying the child inside them … Read more
Written in response to a prompt by Sadje at https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2023/01/30/what-do-you-see-171-31-january-2023/ Life in a Nutshell A life spent constantly chasing Dreams that suddenly change Moment one succeeds In realising them Leaves one hollowed out With just limbs and brain While heart and gut together In despair have walked away ©️ShashikantDudhgaonkar #WDYS
These lines are written in response to a prompt on https://christinebialczak.com/2023/01/17/simply-6-minutes-welcome-to-the-challenge-01-17-2023/ The prompt was to write about the image shown below. Drawers With food and toys Warmth and care World out there Looks a fun filled place Don’t pull out the drawers And fall far the bait There are monsters hiding in ©️ShashikantDudhgaonkar
These lines are written in response to a prompt on https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2022/10/31/what-do-you-see-158-october-31-2022/ The prompt was to write about the image given below Garden Beyond What do you see, they asked Pulling off the blindfolds From my eyes See a wall rising high Of bricks, mortar and lime An arched open doorway With doors open wide Floor … Read more
These lines are written in response to a prompt on https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2022/08/04/reenas-xploration-challenge-242/ Two Planes Two planes flying trying to reach Somewhere high, at great extremes Flying above even the clouds Where they can see Both sun and earth Its a dizzying feel At supersonic speeds When everything on ground Swiftly recedes Sun looks far, never in … Read more
These lines arein response to a promote on https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2022/06/14/three-things-challenge-994/ Arc of Light Dawn dusk twilight The arc of light That is all one has Till the unending night Finally arrives ©️ShashikantDudhgaonkar
These lines are written in response to a prompt by https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2022/03/15/three-things-challenge-903/ The prompt was to write something which should include the following three words courier, delivery and front. Cargo There was once just A single postal service Then came the couriers With their cargo trucks Ocean crossing fleets of Huge containers ships They delivered packages … Read more
This poem is written in response to a prompt by https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2021/10/06/tuesday-writing-prompt-shadows-of-our-past/ Shadows of the past Been walking along everyday Half in search, rest in vain As lights of tomorrow, shine ahead Shadows of the past Seem to melt away Some lost on the way Some left behind Some lost in the dazzling Tomorrows light Yet … Read more