Tag: #grandma

• NaPoWriMo 2023- Day 17 – An ode to the good, old coconut

  

  Today’s resource is a pair of online reading series. If you’re looking for a regular poetry fix you can enjoy from the comfort of your laptop, why not try the Poets in Pajamas series, which hosts readings every month? Poet and professor Jordan Stempleman also hosts a monthly reading which you can attend online (and you can…

  Smitha V

  April 17, 2023

  Poetry

  #coconut, #Day17, #foodlove, #grandma, #life, #memories, #NaPoWriMo2023, #nostalgia, #poem

• Published: Poetry- Grandma’s cooking

  

  I’m happy to share my poem, ‘Grandma’s cooking,’ published by Spillwords Press. I had written the poem for the prompt ‘Kitchen spices’ in April. But, The poem is written in memory of my grandma, whom I fondly called, ‘Amma’. It will be 2 years since she passed away as of September 8th. Here’s an excerpt…

  Smitha V

  August 22, 2022

  Experiences, Poetry

  #cooking, #grandma, #life, #love, #memories, #nostalgia, #poem, #relationship, #tribute

• ART & POETRY : The orange chair

  

  It was our job To carry it to the verandah On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays- the other days she would wet her hair sprinkling few drops on her head so she could pray Our first lesson that rules could be modified, if not broken Those three days were different- The hair wash, was an elaborate…

  Smitha V

  November 17, 2020

  Art, Experiences, Poetry

  #acquarello, #beginnerartist, #childhood, #children, #dappled, #grandma, #India, #kerala, #life, #Mangalore, #memory, #moonwashedmusingsweeklyprompt, #nostalgia, #poem, #watercolors

• Happy Birthday to my best childhood memory!

  

  Yesterday , my best friend celebrated her birthday. I’m not sure how I got confused with the dates. Thank God my aunt decided to upload a picture on Facebook of her cutting the cake, flanked by the family; I was saved from the life-long guilt of having forgotten. Late but not never, I managed to…

  Smitha V

  November 2, 2017

  Creative Writing, Experiences

  #badfood, #birthday, #grandma, #health, #healthyfood, #life, #love, #memories, #nostalgia, #oldage, #olddays, Creative Writing, Experiences