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March 18, 2024

"Woven Worlds" (Tanka Prose) Premiere Poetry Contest

Sponsor: Suzette Richards

Prose - 58 words (manually), 57 words - word-counter.net 

SEVENTH  PLACE

Woven Worlds

A group of students from Japan visiting India - a city so crowded they had never seen! In their blooming minds, everything seems beautiful - loud street-vendors, smell of spicy food,  dangers of crossing roads with uncontrolled traffic, walking on uneven cobbled  sidewalks ! They will return to a perfect world,  with memories and experiences that totally changed their vision! 
perfect charm unique 
perceived by fresh young minds in 
terrible chaos 
return to tranquillity 
leave heart quietly bleeding

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Linda Alice Fowler Date: 4/6/2024 11:49:00 AM Lovely image here Mala. The contrast is vividly expressed. Congratulations! :) Login to Reply Malabika Ray Choudhury Date: 4/18/2024 3:45:00 PM Dear Linda, Thank you so much. Really appreciate your thoughtful and supportive comments.

Suzette Richards Date: 4/5/2024 1:45:00 AM Congratulations on your placement in my Woven Worlds – Tanka Prose contest, Malabika. Thank you for your support. Suzette Login to Reply Malabika Ray Choudhury Date: 4/5/2024 6:58:00 AM Thank you so much, Dear Suzette. Your contests are unique - feel honoured for the placement.

Beata Agustin Date: 4/5/2024 1:31:00 AM Wow! Congrats! Thanks for sharing this... vividly exposing two worlds... God bless you. Login to Reply Malabika Ray Choudhury Date: 4/5/2024 6:57:00 AM Thank you so much, Beata. Congratulations to you, too. Looking forward to reading yours, which are always thoughtful and deep.

Kim Rodrigues Date: 3/30/2024 9:27:00 AM Very nice, Mala! My husband was recently in India and tells the tales :) Login to Reply Kim Rodrigues Date: 3/31/2024 2:43:00 PM He was there for work (Ibm) in Bangalore. Not sure he likes the crowds and busyness but I think he still had a good time. Brought me back some coffee. Malabika Ray Choudhury Date: 3/30/2024 1:48:00 PM Thank you so much, Dear Kim. Did your husband go to India on official trip, or just travelling? Did he like the country? It is a bit of chaos there, but people are warm, they have life. From now on, I am planning to go every year, if my health permits.