Tag: #children

• Published: Ye Birds on my Window sill

  

  I know I’m supposed to be sharing the poetry I wrote during April but, today, I’m taking a break and sharing a poem that’s close to my heart and that got published by SpillWords Press yesterday.Here’s the link to the poem. And here’s one stanza ( it’s not about birds, so do read to find […]

  Smitha V

  May 4, 2022

  Poetry

  #absence, #birds, #children, #childrenmovingaway, #leavingthenest, #love, #parents, #poem, #published, #spillwordspress

• NaPoWriMo Day 22- School mornings

  

  In honour of today’s being the 22nd day of Na/GloPoWriMo 2022, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that uses repetition. You can repeat a sound, a word, a phrase, an image, or any combination of things. My poem- School mornings One eye squeezed like a lemon the other forced open Stretch for the […]

  Smitha V

  April 22, 2022

  Experiences, Poetry

  #children, #Day22, #GloPoWriMo2022, #meditation, #morningchaos, #mothers, #NaPoWriMo2022, #poem, #repetitionpoetry, #schoolmorning, #yoga

• NaPoWriMo Day 17 – The English Garden

  

  The prompt for today. “This is a fun one – it’s a prompt developed by the comic artist Lynda Barry, and it asks you to think about dogs you have known, seen, or heard about, and then use them as a springboard into wherever they take you.” Today’s featured online journal is Plume, which has published more […]

  Smitha V

  April 17, 2022

  Experiences, Poetry

  #children, #Day17, #dogs, #Englishgraden, #GloPoWriMo2022, #memories, #munich, #NaPoWriMo2022, #narrativepoem, #nostalgia, #parents, #pugs, #training

• NaPoWriMo Day 7 : Detention

  

  “Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that argues against, or somehow questions, a proverb or saying. They say that “all cats are black at midnight,” but really? Surely some of them remain striped. And maybe there is an ill wind that blows some good. Perhaps that wind just has some mild dyspepsia.  Whatever […]

  Smitha V

  April 7, 2022

  Poetry

  #children, #Day7, #detention, #funpoem, #GloPoWriMo2022, #NaPoWriMo2022, #poem, #proverbpoem, #school, #teachers

• I love Robbie’s Sir Chocolate series

  I have not read any of Robbie Cheadle’s Sir Chocolate Series book. But this review by Jacqui Murray makes me want to pick one of Robbie’s books for kids. I’ve read two books written by Robbie for adults or older children and I loved both. All those who have little children, this book sounds perfect […]

  Smitha V

  March 7, 2022

  Book Review

  #bondingtime, #bookreview, #booksforkids, #children, #funactivity, #parentswithkids, #recipes, #RobbieCheadle