Category: Experiences

• Meet the Poet: Smitha Vishwanath

  

  I’m pleased to share my interview with Colleen in the ‘Meet the Poet’ series. Colleen’s questions helped me delve deeper into myself. Sometimes, you write because it helps you release your thoughts, emotions and find your bearings. That’s how it’s always been for me. I did not follow a structure. I did not have a…

  Smitha V

  May 8, 2023

  About the blog, Book Review, Experiences

  #book, #colleenchesebro, #gratitude, #inspiration, #interview, #journey, #life, #reflection, #syllabicpoetry, #truth, #writing, Art, Poetry

• Published: Seven Days of Valentine

  

  My poem, ‘Seven Days of Valentine’, has been published by Masticadores USA. In case you’re wondering why I’m talking about Valentine’s in May, well, it’s because I wrote the poem during Valentine’s week. Since the publication had loads of submissions, they couldn’t publish it then. After that, I delayed it as I wanted to update…

  Smitha V

  May 6, 2023

  Experiences, Poetry

  #chocolateday, #Destruction, #earthquake, #hugday, #kissday, #life, #promiseday, #proposeday, #roseday, #syria, #teddyday, #truth, #turkey, #valentines2023, Experiences, Poetry, Published

• Thankful Thursday 04.05.23: Doors and a lot more

  

  It’s been a long time since I participated in Thursday Doors- first, for the want of doors and then, for the want of time. But here I am, with doors from Morocco. My sister visited the country to rein in her birthday on the 12th of March. And I asked her for pictures of the…

  Smitha V

  May 5, 2023

  Experiences

  #blessing, #Cominghome, #friends, #gratitude, #messages, #miracle, #morocco, #newbook, #readerpics, #readers, #reading, #thankfulthursday, #thursdaydoors

• NaPoWriMo 2023- Day 27 – The Earthworm of strength

  

  And now for our daily prompt (optional, as always). Today, begin by reading Bernadette Mayer’s poem “The Lobelias of Fear.” Now write your own poem titled “The ________ of ________,” where the first blank is a very particular kind of plant or animal, and the second blank is an abstract noun. The poem should contain…

  Smitha V

  April 27, 2023

  Experiences, Poetry

  #courage, #Day27, #earthworm, #GloPoWriMo2023, #humanancestors, #NaPoWriMo2023, #pikaia, #poetry

• NaPoWriMo 2023- Day 26: Self-portrait of a foreign country on the other side of the border

  

  Our (optional) prompt for day asks you to write a portrait poem that focuses on or plays with the meaning of the subject’s name. This could be a self-portrait, a portrait of a family member or close friend, or even a portrait of a famous or historical person. If you need help delving into the…

  Smitha V

  April 26, 2023

  Experiences, Poetry

  #bangladesh, #Day26, #dhaka, #foreigncountry, #GloPoWriMo2023, #life, #NaPoWriMo2023, #poetry, #selfportraitpoem, #truth