Transition of Thoughts

My first solo e-book after years of getting my stories published in anthologies #BlogchatterEbook Looking forward! @blogchatter pic.twitter.com/DGxiajt0Ai

— Aseem Rastogi (@aseemrastogi2) May 20, 2020

I have always been very observant about whatever happens around us. A lot of my short stories and other forms of micro fiction over the years have always been based on what I have seen and what I feel may happen. The ability of humans to survive all odds and come up trumps is what keeps me going.

Each of the five stories in this e-book is based on my thoughts and experiences of the way humans survive in difficult situations.

There are so many of us who work late at night, don’t we? Haven’t we ever felt nervous on what could happen? A safari sounds like an experience of a lifetime. But what if things go awry? If you are on the way home and suddenly run into a tragedy happening around you, how would you react? Do you just run away? We all wait for that perfect holiday with our family. But what if the perfect holiday turns into a perfect nightmare?

Life of an Olympian

By transitionofthoughts

On August 6, 2021

In dVerse Challenge, Poetry

Years of toil to be the best,

A lifetime of passion for sport,

Extraordinary dedication to thrive against all odds,

Life of an Olympian.

Linking to dVerse Challenge: Open Link Night #297

Paradox of our times

By transitionofthoughts

On August 3, 2021

In dVerse Challenge, Poetry

While some countries began the summer with hope as vaccines started to roll out, most others were still going through lockdowns due to the increasing coronavirus cases. And with the beginning of August, the nightmare started to get real as the hospitalizations and deaths started to creep up in many parts of the world. But life rolled on as usual or so it seemed with the seasons leading the way. In the Northern Hemisphere, the weather was hot and sultry while in the Southern Hemisphere, the winter was coming to an end. The farmers began harvesting their crops as always. In countries with vaccines, life was returning to the pre-pandemic days. But in others, there was nothing resembling normalcy.

Blue skies, beautiful

sunshine, birds chirping around

freshness of summer

Linking to dVerse Challenge: Haibun Monday 8-2-21 – August

Seasons of life

By transitionofthoughts

On July 30, 2021

In dVerse Challenge, Monotetra, Poetry

Spring brings new hope and cheerfulness,

Summer brings profound happiness,

Autumn brings new matureness,

Winter’s sadness, Winter’s sadness

Linking to dVerse Challenge: Poetry Form – Monotetra

The lie that changed their lives

By transitionofthoughts

On July 28, 2021

In dVerse Challenge, Haiku, Poetry

Their relationship

had already broken up

the day he had lied.

While he did try to

apologize, she didn’t budge

one bit as “Actions speak louder than words”.

She just continued

staying on for the sake of

her family.

Linking to dVerse Challenge: Poetics – The Proverbial

Love vs Hate

By transitionofthoughts

On July 23, 2021

In dVerse Challenge, Poetry

Love

affectionate, heartfelt,

caring, adoring, doting,

fond, passionate, abhor, detest,

loathing, ill feeling, despising

unrelenting, universal

Hate

Linking to dVerse Challenge: Open Link Night #296

Note: Followed the Dimante form for poetry described at dVerse

Line 1: Noun or subject
Line 2: Two Adjectives describing the first noun/subject
Line 3: Three -ing words describing the first noun/subject
Line 4: Four words: two about the first noun/subject, two about the antonym/synonym
Line 5: Three -ing words about the antonym/synonym
Line 6: Two adjectives describing the antonym/synonym
Line 7: Antonym/synonym for the subject

Summer day

By transitionofthoughts

On July 22, 2021

In MindLoveMisery’s Menagerie, One-Liner Wednesday, Ragtag Daily Prompt

Summer day

A new summer day gave way to blue skies where some of the cirrus clouds tried to coalesce together.

Linking to Ragtag Daily Prompt: Coalesce, One – Liner Wednesday and Photo Challenge #375

Life

By transitionofthoughts

On July 21, 2021

In dVerse Challenge, Poetry

Life is like the waves in the ocean,

sometimes there are ups

while at other times there are downs.

When there is a lot of good happening, there could be so

much of it that people start

to get out of touch with reality.

So when the ‘bad’ comes along,

people are stunned thinking as to

what hit them.

A mix of both the good and the bad is

what makes life worth living as one

keeps working to turn around the ‘bad’ into the ‘good’

and to turn the ‘good’ into something even better.

Linking to dVerse Prompt: Who’s your Muse?

Survival of the fittest

By transitionofthoughts

On June 23, 2021

In dVerse Challenge, Haiku, Poetry

‘But man is not made for defeat,’ he said. ‘A man can be destroyed but not defeated.’
– The Old Man and the Sea (1952) by Ernest Hemingway

A struggle to live

amidst the horror of death

without oxygen

A struggle to live

amidst loss of livelihood

and hopelessness

But also a chance

to readapt and rethink our

way of life ahead

But also a chance

for survival of the fittest

in more ways than one

Linking to dVerse Challenge: dVerse Poetics – One True Sentence

First day of summer

By transitionofthoughts

On June 22, 2021

In dVerse Challenge, Haibun, Haiku, Poetry

It had been a long hard winter with coronavirus wreaking havoc day after day. It was heartbreaking to see people struggling for their lives as the medical community began to buckle under the constant stream of patients. The dark clouds of uncertainty hung over everyone’s life.

But the vaccinations provided a silver lining amidst these dark clouds. And as the first day of summer began, these vaccinations were speeding ahead and began to show that there was light at the end of the tunnel. As the sun shone bright, the brightness in people’s lives also began to take shape.

first day of summer

with the sun shining bright amidst

the beautiful sky

Linking to dVerse Challenge: Haibun Monday 6-21-21: Solstice I

Dark night sky

By transitionofthoughts

On June 18, 2021

In dVerse Challenge, Poetry

The dark night sky

so many stars wherever you see

peace and quiet around,

a time to reflect

So many stars wherever you see

that light up the night sky

in all its glory

Peace and quiet around

with miles and miles of desert

without a single soul around

A time to reflect

and introspect for everything

that has been and always will be

Linking to dVerse Challenge – Poetry Form: Trimeric

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