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• Dhaka Diaries: Doors, Flowers, Seasons and random rambling

  

  I haven’t written Dhaka diaries in what feels like forever, but what really is just 3 months. The last time I wrote was on February 9th. February 14th was when the girls left for University, and I got busy with my book, which was released on 24th March, and then I got busy promoting it.…

  Smitha V

  May 27, 2023

  Experiences

  #conversation, #dhaka, #flowers, #gratitude, #home, #inspiration, #life, #nature, #newbook, #randomrambling, #seasons, #survival, #thankful, #thursdaydoors, Experiences

• NaPoWriMo Day 4, 2023- Migrating

  

  Today’s poetry resource is this collection of poetry video recordings from the Dodge Poetry Program. If you’re not familiar with the Program, every two years it sponsors a four-day poetry festival in New Jersey, bringing together poets and students from across the United States and internationally. And now here’s another prompt drawn from our archives – and,…

  Smitha V

  April 4, 2023

  Experiences, Poetry

  #Day4, #foreignland, #GloPoWriMo2023, #home, #leaving, #life, #migrating, #NaPoWriMo2023, #repetitionpoem, #triolet, #truth

• Family reunion, friends, art fest, lit fest and gratitude

  

  I’m linking this post to Linda’s JusJoJan post for today. The prompt for today was ‘Thank you’. I had to participate because at the moment there’s a lot I’m feeling thankful for. I’m thankful to have a full home again and to have the family reunited for the holiday season. Despite a hectic 10-day holiday…

  Smitha V

  January 16, 2023

  Experiences

  #Art, #Christmas, #family, #foodforthought, #gratitude, #home, #inspiration, #jusjojan, #life, #litfest, #peace, #positivity, #Thankyou

• Published: 3 poems in Thieving Magpies

  

  I am very pleased to share three of my poems published in the Chicago-based digital literary magazine, in their Winter issue on their 5th Anniversary. Since it is a quarterly issue and their standards for publication are pretty high, it feels very good getting accepted. If you’d like to check out the magazine, click here.…

  Smitha V

  December 27, 2022

  Experiences, Poetry

  #anchored, #dhakadiaries, #expatdiaries, #expatwife, #experiences, #home, #life, #lonely, #poem, #published, #thievingmagpies, #winterissue

• My father’s home

  

  I wrote this tanka prose on the 26th of November. The tanka prose is based on my visit in September to the place where my father bought his first house. The house was in a most sought-after locale and I remember, dad, being very proud of it. I was around nine at the time and…

  Smitha V

  December 1, 2022

  Experiences, Poetry

  #childhood, #dealingwithpain, #healing, #home, #japanesepoetry, #life, #loss, #memories, #nostalgia, #parents, #tankaprose, #truth