Tag: #ALS

• NaPoWriMo Day 22 : Take me Home

  

  Wrote this poem on the subject “Holidays” for a Competition hosted by Asian Literary Society and won the First Prize. Not the days spent lazing, overlooking the Seine or the vineyards of Chianti, having food and wine Not the tip of Jungfrau, where heaven and earth align or the nights in the Wadi, gazing at…

  Smitha V

  April 22, 2021

  Poetry

  #ALS, #breaks, #Day22, #familytime, #GloPoWriMo2021, #Holidays, #home, #India, #Indianmonsoons, #kerala, #life, #Mangalore, #monsoonholidays, #NaPoWriMo2021, #NaPoWriMo2021 #GloPoWriMo2021, #rainsinIndia, #roots, #vacation, #winneroffirstprize, Poetry, Travel

• They say I’ve won

  

  On Friday, the 19th of February I was told that our book had won the award for ‘Best Debut Poetry,’ book in the English category at the Asian Literary Society, a group of 15,000 members. It was a more than welcome news considering that ‘Roads’ was published in July 2019 when I could do nothing…

  Smitha V

  February 24, 2021

  Experiences, Poetry

  #ALS, #debutpoetrybook, #missingdad, #poem, #readersofpoetry, #Roadsajourneywithverses, #Thankyou, #winning

• “Proud Peacock, YOU!”

  

  When I received the prompt ‘Pride’ with the picture of a peacock, flaunting its feathers, I entered a time capsule. Within a millionth of a second, I was transported to fourth grade. There was skinny me, in the green school uniform, standing on a chair with my hands up in the air. For all those…

  Smitha V

  January 13, 2019

  Experiences, Poetry

  #ALS, #flaunt, #lesson, #life, #memory, #nostalgia, #pride, #schooldays, #shyness, #students, #teacher, #truth, Experiences, Poetry

• Fragrance: Awakens a Myriad Sensations

  

  Woke up this morning to find an announcement that I had won the Certificate of Outstanding Performance for the below poem on the prompt “Fragrance”. That which wafts through the air, Carried by the wind, tickles my nostrils, Rises, ebbs; percolates each cell, each sinew fills, Awakens my senses, conjures an image, invigorates, Plays hide…

  Smitha V

  October 11, 2018

  Experiences, Poetry

  #ALS, #aromas, #fragrance, #life, #loss, #love, #memory, #nature, #nostalgia, #past, #presence, #thoughts, Experiences, Poetry

• My Paper Boat

  

  Remember those paper boats that we made when we were young and dropped in a puddle of water or a lake or a pond. They were one of the few things if not the only things my hands could conjure up in no time. Receiving this prompt on ALS brought back a lot of bitter-sweet…

  Smitha V

  September 14, 2018

  Experiences, Poetry

  #ALS, #children, #craft, #fearofcraft, #memories, #nostalgia, #paperboats, #schooldays, childhooddays, Creative Writing, Experiences, Poetry