Tag: #home

• 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

• Published : poetry- My home is the river

  

  I am pleased to say that my poem ‘My home is the river’ which I wrote for a prompt in April has been published by the Rebelle Society. The prompt required us to listen to Sufjan Stevens’ latest album, ‘Convocations‘. The album has five parts to it — ‘Meditations’, ‘Lamentations’, ‘Revelations’, ‘Celebrations’ and ‘Incantations’. Sufjan created the album as a tribute to his […]

  Smitha V

  May 10, 2021

  Poetry

  #convocations, #death, #fathersanddaughters, #funeralrites, #home, #loss, #poem, #river, #sufanstevens, Published

• NaPoWriMo Day 22 : Take me Home

  

  Wrote this poem on the subject “Holidays” for a Competition hosted by Asian Literary Society and won the First Prize. Not the days spent lazing, overlooking the Seine or the vineyards of Chianti, having food and wine Not the tip of Jungfrau, where heaven and earth align or the nights in the Wadi, gazing at […]

  Smitha V

  April 22, 2021

  Poetry

  #ALS, #breaks, #Day22, #familytime, #GloPoWriMo2021, #Holidays, #home, #India, #Indianmonsoons, #kerala, #life, #Mangalore, #monsoonholidays, #NaPoWriMo2021, #NaPoWriMo2021 #GloPoWriMo2021, #rainsinIndia, #roots, #vacation, #winneroffirstprize, Poetry, Travel

• ART: CALMNESS

  

  The below watercolor was done based on a painting by Tatiana Korolewa which I found on Instagram. The painting is of a place in Russia. Imagine my surprise when I shared it on Facebook and a friend in my hometown, Mangalore shared a photograph of a place that looked similar. It set me thinking of […]

  Smitha V

  November 13, 2020

  Art

  #Art, #beginnerartist, #coronatimes, #explore, #home, #lockdowndiaries, #painting, #travel, #watercolors