In response to Colleen’s weekly tanka challenge #81, to use the prompt words Hurry & Last synonymously.
Between dawn and dusk
instant gratification
soul trapped in rat race
triumphant at finish line
but, life forgotten to live!
Tanka – Rat Race!
In response to Colleen’s weekly tanka challenge #81, to use the prompt words Hurry & Last synonymously.
Between dawn and dusk
instant gratification
soul trapped in rat race
triumphant at finish line
but, life forgotten to live!
radhikasreflection 
Lovely and Radhika you truly are creative
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Thank you Tanvir 🙂
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Very nice! Every one knows it’s becoming a rat race but no one is willing to quit!
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Yes. Very much so, Abhay!
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Truth in a tanka form
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Yes, that’s how I see so many people around me!
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👍👏so true!
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Thanks Yasmin!
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Radhika, your social commentary poem is great. So true, too little space t live.
I quote you :
” triumphant at finish line
but, life forgotten to live! ”
miriam
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Thank you Miriam. I think this is a global challenge that people strive to cope up with, without time to pause.
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Excellent Tanka poem! Life is such a rush. Your last line is perfect! TRUTH! ❤
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Thank you so much Colleen. I wish man learns to slow down a little!
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I agree. I’ve been meditating. That helps me so much. ❤
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That’s wonderful Colleen. 💖
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Stressful experience of life described in a few lines 👌
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Thanks Deepika!
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The bitter truth of today’s world.
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Yes 😓
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Well said. We indeed forget to live amidst all the mad rush of life.
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Thank you Shaloo.
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What a brilliant take. Deep and so true. 🌸
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Thank you Shantanu!
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My pleasure
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Life forgotten to live, so deep ma’am
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Thank you Meenakshi!
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Great post Radhika 😊. I just loved it a lot !!
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Thanks Abhijith!
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You are welcome Radhika 😊. How did you get into blogging ?
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Sharing the link in which I have answered this question in an interview.
https://radhikasreflection.wordpress.com/2018/05/21/radhikasreflection-by-radhika/
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Ok I will check it out. Thanks 😊
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Yes, we all forget to live. Wonderful lines, enjoyed reading them !
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Thanks Megala!
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Indeed. We all become a part of rat race trying to gain a lot but eventually we lose more.
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Yes and then it’s too late!
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Absolutely.
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A Tanka with some good reflections. Difficult to compose. Beautiful!
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Thank you Rishu!
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This is exactly how i feel most of the time…trapped in time! Was thinking to write something on this and you came up with this perfect one!!
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Would love to read your perspective on this too. I think most of us are unwilling pawns in this race!
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I will try to write
Yes we are caught to serve some purpose unwillingly
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