Tag: #home

• 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

• In the land of my forefathers

  

  I wrote this poem on Father’s day but couldn’t post it then as I was traveling. Returning to my hometown after three years and three deaths, wasn’t easy. I wasn’t even sure why I was going there except as a mark of respect for the people who were responsible for the person I am today. […]

  Smitha V

  June 21, 2022

  Experiences, Poetry, Travel

  #aftercovid, #childhood, #community, #family, #fathersday, #home, #India, #life, #Mangalore, #memories, #neighbours, #poem, #returninghome, #roots, #SoCs

• NaPoWriMO Day 24- Leaving

  

  Last but not least, here’s our prompt for the day (optional, as always). Hard-boiled detective novels are known for their use of vivid similes, often with an ironic or sarcastic tone. Novelist Raymond Chandler is particularly adept at these. Here are a few from his novels: A few locks of dry, white hair clung to […]

  Smitha V

  April 24, 2022

  Poetry

  #change, #changinghomes, #Day24, #GloPoWriMo2022, #goingaway, #hardboiledsimilies, #home, #imagery, #leaving, #movingaway, #NaPoWriMo2022, #packing, #poetry, #raymondchandler