Tag: #CallforPeace

• NaPoWriMo Day 3: Sleep, my baby, sleep

  

  Today’s prompt is to write a Spanish form called a “glosa” – literally a poem that glosses, or explains, or in some way responds to another poem. The idea is to take a quatrain from a poem that you like, and then write a four-stanza poem that explains or responds to each line of the…

  Smitha V

  April 3, 2022

  Poetry

  #CallforPeace, #day3, #death, #Destruction, #forukraine, #GloPoWriMo2022, #glosapoetry, #longpoem, #lullaby, #motherandchild, #NaPoWriMo2022, #news, #pain, #tribute, #Ukraine, #War

• Naveen – A tribute

  

  ‘Naveen’ means fresh, creative, bright ‘Naveen’ was my mom’s youngest brother’s name “He died when he was two,” my grandma told me with a tear in her eye. “A long, long time ago.” Yesterday, Naveen died once again This time, he was twenty-one A year older than my daughter is now He was studying to…

  Smitha V

  March 2, 2022

  Poetry

  #CallforPeace, #children, #conflict, #dreams, #families, #pain, #Sorrow, #tribute, #Ukraine, #War

• How easy to become a refugee?

  

  Mr President, Sir You taught me something new today I thought those who fled their nation were a different breed Forgive me, my ignorance But, I thought they came from nations ruled by zealots where violence was a norm; cursed countries gave birth to them – and I felt sorry for them As I watched…

  Smitha V

  February 28, 2022

  Poetry

  #CallforPeace, #currentissues, #hope, #humanity, #irony, #people, #Refugee, #Russia, #Ukraine, #War, Poetry

• To Russia, with love

  

  You are strong, we knowYou don’t need to stoop lowTo prove your point You don’t need to sullyYour reputation. Don’t be a bullyCome on, Russia You can do so much betterBe the bigger person, play the good, ‘Big brother’.Remember the phrase ‘Love thy neighbour’? Nothing good ever comes from warsOther than deep, ugly, painful scarsWake…

  Smitha V

  February 27, 2022

  Experiences, Poetry

  #againstwar #plea, #CallforPeace, #Russia, #stopwar, #Ukraine

• NaPoWriMo Day 17 : The Night of The Super, Blue, Blood Moon… Jan 31st 2018

  

  “And now, our prompt. I’ve seen some fairly funny twitter conversations lately among poets who are coming to terms with the fact that they keep writing poems about the moon. For better or worse, the moon seems to exert a powerful hold on poets, as this large collection of moon-themed poems suggests. Today, I’d like to challenge…

  Smitha V

  April 17, 2021

  Poetry

  #bloodmoon, #CallforPeace, #coronatimes, #Day17, #eclipse, #environment, #GloPoWriMo2021, #NaPoWriMo2021, #Naturepoem, #prediction, #skies, #supermoon, #warning, Published