Category: Poetry

• My father’s home

  

  I wrote this tanka prose on the 26th of November. The tanka prose is based on my visit in September to the place where my father bought his first house. The house was in a most sought-after locale and I remember, dad, being very proud of it. I was around nine at the time and […]

  Smitha V

  December 1, 2022

  Experiences, Poetry

  #life, #memories, #childhood, #nostalgia, #dealingwithpain, #loss, #truth, #healing, #japanesepoetry, #home, #parents, #tankaprose

• The Rising

  

  5.26 a.m. Dhaka The beginning of a new day His Majesty is on the way Watch ye creatures still on your bed How the path’s paved red In his honour. Awaken! Witness the glory The brilliance, the blazing fury Watch him takes his seat In the firmament. Be not afraid of the heat That warms […]

  Smitha V

  November 18, 2022

  Photography, Poetry

  #dawn, #dhaka, #experiences, #gratitude, #insiration, #life, #nature, #newday, #photooftheday, #poem, #sunrise, #truth, #viewfrommywindow

• Dhaka diaries: The first fortnight here

  

  As of today, we’ve finished a little more than a fortnight. I have been procrastinating writing this post as I find the hotel room uninspiring. It doesn’t matter that the writing table overlooks the canal or that the big French windows give me an unhindered view of the sky, the brick-red rooftop of the American […]

  Smitha V

  October 30, 2022

  Experiences, Poetry, Travel

  #bangladesh, #dhakadiaries, #diary, #furniture, #life, #people, #restaurantsindhaka, #shoppingindhaka, #travelogue, #truth, change, Poetry

• Tanka Tuesday: Fly like a butterfly

  

  This week’s #TankaTuesday prompt from Wordcraft poetry is to write an ekphrastic poem based on the below image provided by Reena. Here’s my tanka, which is a Japanese form of poetry with a syllable count of 5/7/5/7/7. My wings opened wideOver the divided earth,the fish in the sea,the flowers and the green leavesI fly in faith, […]

  Smitha V

  August 23, 2022

  Poetry

  #butterfly, #courage, #ekhphrasticprompt, #faith, #inspiration, #photoprompt, #poetrychallenge, #tanka, #TankaTuesday

• Published: Poetry- Grandma’s cooking

  

  I’m happy to share my poem, ‘Grandma’s cooking,’ published by Spillwords Press. I had written the poem for the prompt ‘Kitchen spices’ in April. But, The poem is written in memory of my grandma, whom I fondly called, ‘Amma’. It will be 2 years since she passed away as of September 8th. Here’s an excerpt […]

  Smitha V

  August 22, 2022

  Experiences, Poetry

  #cooking, #grandma, #life, #love, #memories, #nostalgia, #poem, #relationship, #tribute