Jun 18, 2014 Uncategorized
Creek
©June 18th, 2014
By Vijaya Sundaram
Haiku prompt provided by Carpe Diem.
Awash in clearness
I sit, feet in the water,
Mind babbling, empty.
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Tags: #haiku, #Original Poetry, carpe diem
Jun 18, 2014 Teaching and Learning
WOW! Never thought much of Jindal until now. Waiting to see which states follow suit.
Jun 18, 2014 Original Short Stories
PHOTO PROMPT
Copyright -Mary Shipman
Below is my 100-word short story for Friday Fictioneers. Thanks to Rochelle Wisoff-Fields for hosting, and to Mary Shipman for the photo prompt.
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Word Count: 100
Quake
©June 18th, 2014
By Vijaya Sundaram
Earthquakes don’t announce themselves.
Sujata was putting the baby to sleep. Sudhir would be home soon. She’d made fresh chappatis, dal and sabji for him, humming quietly. Although they were poor, and living in tenement housing, she felt fortunate — loved, at peace.
She’d had been brutalized at seventeen. Now twenty-four, married to a loving man, she’d learned to deal with her demons.
Such things don’t disappear. She’d been broken. Self-reconstruction was difficult.
A glimpse from her window made her freeze. Looking back at her from a window opposite was him. Their eyes met. He smiled.
Then, the earthquake struck.
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Tags: #Friday Fictioneers, Flash Fiction, Original short story based on photo-prompt