Tag: #loss

• 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

• Quote 27 : Forgive yourself

  

  I felt the need to write this. It was something I said to a friend who lost her brother. I decided to share it because I realized she probably was not the only one who needed to hear it. Relationships are complicated and they rarely end perfectly, especially with those we are closest to. Because, […]

  Smitha V

  October 21, 2022

  Quotes

  #dealing with loss, #death, #forgiveyourself, #grief, #healing, #inspiration, #letgo, #life, #loss, #pain, #staystrong, #truth

• Closure

  

  Is it possible to weep without a tear,a whimper or any other soundand without your breath racing?Is it possible to grieve without fearOf everybody being around with nobody knowing?It happens in the blink of an eyeWhen your picture on the wall I pass byI see you smiling and my heart wails My brain doesn’t fight […]

  Smitha V

  August 23, 2021

  Poetry

  #closure, #dealingwithpain, #death, #grief, #loss, #pain, #poem, #questionpoem, #Sorrow

• 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

• 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