Tag: #courage

• 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 – Acceptance : The ACT OF Jettisoning

  

  Delighted to share my poem ‘Acceptance : The Act of Jettisoning’ has now been published by Rebelle Society. To read the poem, please click the below link. http://www.rebellesociety.com/2020/08/14/smithavishwanath-acceptance/ Would love to know what you think. You can share your opinion, feelings on the poem here or on the Rebelle Society page. Stay safe and have […]

  Smitha V

  November 2, 2020

  Poetry

  #acceptance, #courage, #faith, #inspiration, #lettinggo, #life, #living, #lovingyourself, #movingon, #rebellesociety, Published

• Published :Branches- when will the madness end

  

  I lost my uncle on 28th of September to COVID-19 within three weeks of my grandma’s passing. When I lost my grandma on September 9th, I thought I still had him. If I don’t watch out, I’ll slip Slide down the rabbit hole And not find my way up So, I hold on desperately To a branch I’ve known Smooth is its bark Sturdy, easiest to hold so I think

  Smitha V

  October 4, 2020

  Poetry

  #branches, #coronatimes, #courage, #faith, #gratitude, #healing, #holdingon, #hope, #inspirationalpoetry, #seasons, #stayingstrong, Published

• Happy New Year

  

    5th of Jan – Its still January and better still, its the first week of Jan so here it is: Wishing all my readers’ a very, very happy and blessed New Year. May you have the courage to fulfill your dreams, the strength to do your duty and may the Lord be with you […]

  Smitha V

  January 5, 2019

  Quotes

  #believeinyourself, #changeinname, #courage, #dailypost, #dailyquotes, #inspiration, #motivation, #new year resolutions, #newyear, #promisetomyself, #readers, #strength, Quotes

• Poem 2 Published : What Makes A Man Strong

  

  The second of my 3 poems published in the Anthology, “Meticulous Men of Mettle” based on the premise that strong men do not breakdown. From childhood, boys are told not to cry. If they do, they are told to stop being like girls. Bottled emotions create an unnecessary pressure on boys and then men. That’s […]

  Smitha V

  October 13, 2018

  Poetry

  #caged, #courage, #emotions, #humans, #masculinity, #men, #people, #psychology, #relationships, #stereotypes, #strength, #strongmen, Poetry