Tag: Experiences

• Published : Waiting

  

  I’m very happy to say my poem – ‘Waiting’ has been published by Silver Birch Press under the ‘I am waiting series’. Below is the first stanza of the poem. I waited for a callMy alkaline blood curdlingThe pungency burning my insidesI tasted harshness on my tongueAnd bitterness in my skinI was a wisp of…

  Smitha V

  July 17, 2021

  Experiences, Poetry

  #blogaweek, #blogger, #blogging, #death, #healing, #inspiration, #life, #loss, #metaphor, #people, #truth, #waiting, Experiences

• My journey to healing: going away from the familiar

  

  This year we did not celebrate Christmas because of all the losses in the family. On 26th December it was one month since dad passed away and I still felt extremely low. I did art, reading, writing and while it did help me feel better, it was short-term. I had no idea what to do…

  Smitha V

  January 23, 2021

  Experiences, Travel

  #beautifulindia, #dealing with loss, #familyholiday, #goingaway, #healing, #holiday, #India, #madurai, #meenakshitemple, #SouthIndia, #spiritualjourney, #travelogue, Experiences

• Goa – All Girls’ Trip

  

  Of the 10 girls’ in our MBA class, 5 said ‘Yes’ to the proposition. This was 3 months ago. The other 5, like most people, had reasons that did not make coming possible – priorities of children’s exams, work, managing home etc. One even said she felt too lazy to make it. More often, it’s…

  Smitha V

  December 2, 2019

  Experiences

  #bonding, #Doit, #forties, #girls, #Girlstrip, #goa, #inspiration, #life, #takeabreak, #truth, #weekendgetaway, Experiences, My diary

• Run up to Goa – Visit to the salon!

  

  I got my first gel manicure done last Thursday/ on the 7/11/19. If you’re thinking, “OMG! She’s so outdated. Its’ been around for the last 10 years or more!”, I don’t blame you. My daughter’s been coaxing me to do it since a really long time – for one, I don’t have the most enviable…

  Smitha V

  November 18, 2019

  Experiences

  #acrylicnails, #diary, #feelgood, #girls, #Girlstrip, #girltalk, #manicure, #truth, #women, change, Experiences, My diary

• Sleepless- A poem that reads top down and down up

  

  I wrote this poem at 2.58 a.m. on Friday night (8/11/19) in a hotel room in Goa. I couldn’t sleep. I lay awake until past 3.00 a.m. in the morning. I’m not sure whether it was being away from home that was the cause of a sleepless night or if it was the excitement of…

  Smitha V

  November 14, 2019

  Experiences, Poetry

  #alone, #insomnia, #mirrorpoem, #palindrome, #poem, #reversepoem, #sleepless, Creative Writing, Experiences, Poetry