Tag: #love

• We are connected

  

  The train is chugging along. We’ve booked seats in the AC compartment- the windows are sealed, so, you can’t open them. Since it is the monsoon (rainy) season, it’s cold in the compartment with the AC on. So, I step out with my husband to take a break from the AC and I stand in…

  Smitha V

  June 29, 2022

  Experiences, Poetry, Travel

  #culture, #journey, #life, #love, #nature, #people, #poem, #relationship, #SoCs, #statesofindia, #train, #truth, #unityindiversity, #weareone

• Published: Ye Birds on my Window sill

  

  I know I’m supposed to be sharing the poetry I wrote during April but, today, I’m taking a break and sharing a poem that’s close to my heart and that got published by SpillWords Press yesterday.Here’s the link to the poem. And here’s one stanza ( it’s not about birds, so do read to find…

  Smitha V

  May 4, 2022

  Poetry

  #absence, #birds, #children, #childrenmovingaway, #leavingthenest, #love, #parents, #poem, #published, #spillwordspress

• NaPoWriMo Day 29 – The Gift

  

  “And here’s our prompt. In certain versions of the classic fairytale Sleeping Beauty, various fairies or witches are invited to a princess’s christening, and bring her gifts. One fairy/witch, however, is not invited, and in revenge for the insult, lays a curse on the princess. Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem in…

  Smitha V

  April 29, 2022

  Poetry

  #borntomeet, #day29, #destiny, #fate, #gift, #GloPoWriMo2022, #love, #memory, #NaPoWriMo2022, #nostalgia, #soulmates, #storypoem, #whatmyfathersaid

• NaPoWriMo Day 10 – l’amour c’est toi et moi

  

  Love is,the bounce in my step,the smile on my lips,the sparkle in my eyes,the warmth in my heart,the kindness in my wordsLove is, you and me-Friends, with no stringsApple and cinnamonLock and keystream and pebblea sweet symphony, a slow dance.Love, is us-A home with no doors,Spring after winter,Bass and trebleWaves and shoreDifferent, yet, togetherTo love…

  Smitha V

  April 10, 2022

  Poetry

  #day11, #GloPoWriMo2022, #love, #lovepoem, #NaPoWriMo2022, #romanticpoem

• NaPoWriMo Day 9 – The Gift

  

  Today’s prompt is to write in a specific form – the nonet! A nonet has nine lines. The first line has nine syllables, the second has eight, and so on until you get to the last line, which has just one syllable. I wrote two nonets on the subject. I wasn’t sure which sounded better, so,…

  Smitha V

  April 9, 2022

  Poetry

  #day9, #death, #father'sgift, #gift, #GloPoWriMo2022, #goodbye, #life, #love, #memory, #NaPoWriMo2022, #parting