Tag: #memories

• NaPoWriMo 2023- Day 17 – An ode to the good, old coconut

  

  Today’s resource is a pair of online reading series. If you’re looking for a regular poetry fix you can enjoy from the comfort of your laptop, why not try the Poets in Pajamas series, which hosts readings every month? Poet and professor Jordan Stempleman also hosts a monthly reading which you can attend online (and you can…

  Smitha V

  April 17, 2023

  Poetry

  #coconut, #Day17, #foodlove, #grandma, #life, #memories, #NaPoWriMo2023, #nostalgia, #poem

• Book Review: Fifteen First Times: Beginnings: A collection of indelible firsts by D.G.Kaye

  

  ‘Fifteen first times’ by author D.G. Kaye is a light, heartwarming read that will leave you reminiscing your own fifteen first times, sweet events you may have forgotten along the way as life took over and bitter ones that hurt you so much, that you buried deep inside of you- basically, all the experiences that…

  Smitha V

  January 10, 2023

  Book Review

  #bookforgirls, #D.G.Kaye, #entertaining, #Fifteenfirsts, #fun, #honest, #lessons, #life, #memories, #newbook, #quickread, #review, #womanauthor

• 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

• Published: Poetry- Grandma’s cooking

  

  I’m happy to share my poem, ‘Grandma’s cooking,’ published by Spillwords Press. I had written the poem for the prompt ‘Kitchen spices’ in April. But, The poem is written in memory of my grandma, whom I fondly called, ‘Amma’. It will be 2 years since she passed away as of September 8th. Here’s an excerpt…

  Smitha V

  August 22, 2022

  Experiences, Poetry

  #cooking, #grandma, #life, #love, #memories, #nostalgia, #poem, #relationship, #tribute

• 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