Category: Experiences

• NaPoWriMo : Day 20 – Carrom…More than a game for me!

  

  NaPoWriMo Day17 challenge is to write a poem that incorporates the vocabulary and imagery of a specific sport or game. The poem could invoke chess or baseball, hopscotch or canasta, Monopoly or Jai alai. I write about a game that used to be popular, once upon a time in the countries in the East (India,…

  Smitha V

  April 20, 2017

  Experiences, Poetry

  #Carrom, #Game, #memories, #mothersandkids, #NaPoWriMo 2017, #poem, Experiences, Poetry

• NaPoWriMo, Day 7 : Serendipity

  

    Today’s challenge was to write a poem on luck and fortuitousness. For this we had to make lists on things lost, things found and choose one out of those and write a poem connecting it. Writing this poem brought back some beautiful memories of days bygone, of childhood and mom’s daily letters to me when I…

  Smitha V

  April 7, 2017

  Experiences, Poetry

  #cherish, #Day7, #emotions, #fortuitousness, #lostandfound, #memories, #NaPoWriMo 2017, #poem, Experiences, Poetry

• To my dear readers and fellow bloggers,

  

  It’s just 5 days since the NaPoWriMo challenge began and I have been churning poems (good, bad, ugly) on a daily basis as required. While doing so, I am extremely grateful for your likes and comments on all my poems, as it spurs me on to try harder. This challenge is keeping me on my toes and…

  Smitha V

  April 6, 2017

  Creative Writing, Experiences

  Creative Writing, Experiences

• NaPoWriMo: Day 5 Where the Sky and Sea meet

  

  NaPoWriMo Day 5’s challenge was to write a poem based on the natural world in honor of Mary Oliver’s work : it could be a particular plant, animal or natural landscape. But it should be a slice of the natural world that one has personally experienced and that one experiences often. It was a perfect chance…

  Smitha V

  April 5, 2017

  Experiences, Poetry, Travel

  #day5, #healing, #NaPoWriMo 2017, #nature, #refreshyourspirits, #sandandsun, #sea, #seaside, #staycation, #unloadyourburden, Experiences, Poetry, Travel

• NaPoWriMo: Day 3 – Elegy for a friend

  

  Today’s challenge was to write an Elegy. I have written this in honor of a friend who passed away last August. A GIRL I KNEW… was a post I wrote when I got to know of the loss. The below I write based on our last meeting. Her death answered a number of questions that I…

  Smitha V

  April 3, 2017

  Experiences, Poetry

  #day3, #death, #elegy, #lossofafriend, #NaPoWriMo 2017, #poem, Experiences, Poetry