Category: Poetry

• We are connected

  

  The train is chugging along. We’ve booked seats in the AC compartment- the windows are sealed, so, you can’t open them. Since it is the monsoon (rainy) season, it’s cold in the compartment with the AC on. So, I step out with my husband to take a break from the AC and I stand in […]

  Smitha V

  June 29, 2022

  Experiences, Poetry, Travel

  #culture, #journey, #life, #love, #nature, #people, #poem, #relationship, #SoCs, #statesofindia, #train, #truth, #unityindiversity, #weareone

• In the land of my forefathers

  

  I wrote this poem on Father’s day but couldn’t post it then as I was traveling. Returning to my hometown after three years and three deaths, wasn’t easy. I wasn’t even sure why I was going there except as a mark of respect for the people who were responsible for the person I am today. […]

  Smitha V

  June 21, 2022

  Experiences, Poetry, Travel

  #aftercovid, #childhood, #community, #family, #fathersday, #home, #India, #life, #Mangalore, #memories, #neighbours, #poem, #returninghome, #roots, #SoCs

• Just enough

  

  I had written an earlier poem on the first showers Mumbai received on 10th June. I thought the Monsoons had come but it turned out to be a trick nature played on us. After the 10th, it rained on the 16th- just enough to lower the temperature. This poem is a stream-of-consciousness poem that came […]

  Smitha V

  June 18, 2022

  Poetry

  #abundance, #gratitude, #inspiration, #joy, #justenough, #lifelessons, #monsoon, #nature, #philosophy, #poem, #rains, #SoCs, #Streamofconsciousness

• Weekly Poetry Challenge No. 277 : Awaiting the rains

  

  I’m linking this post to #TankaTuesday Weekly Poetry Challenge No. 277: #Tastetherainbow-Color Poetry. This is my second week in this challenge. I enjoyed the spirit of this group so much, I had to come back. I decided to try writing a tanka for this time’s challenge. A tanka is a Japanese poetry form that follows […]

  Smitha V

  June 10, 2022

  Poetry

  #blue, #color, #grey, #hot, #indiansummer, #mumbaidays, #summer, #tanka, #TankaTuesday, #tastetherainbow

• TankaTuesday : Poetry Challenge No. 276 – Journey

  

  I’m linking this post to Colleen’s #TankaTuesday Weekly #Poetry Challenge No. 276, 5/31/22, #ShareYourDay . It’s my first time participating in it. I’ve long wanted to but, somehow, I hadn’t been able to. This week’s prompt is to share your day in syllabic poetry alongwith a picture. I took the below photograph of the lady, […]

  Smitha V

  June 5, 2022

  Poetry

  ##shareyourday, #haiku, #PoetrychallengeNo.276, #TankaTuesday