Tag: #missinghome

• Holidays: Those That Lead Me Home- Unburden, Unleash, Unwind

  

  Originally posted on Eúnoia: 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…

  Smitha V

  July 26, 2020

  Poetry

  #blogging, #Holidays, #home, #kerala, #missinghome, #nostalgia, #rains, #thesaturdaysymphony, #writingprompt

• Mumbai Diaries – 13 months – Nostalgia

  

  In the dead of night, I sit on my bed and type away. I’m not the only one awake at this unearthly hour – there are many more lights that are twinkling in the dark; in the houses across, shining like stars descended on earth against the blue-black sky. There’s also the incessant sound of…

  Smitha V

  August 28, 2019

  Experiences, Poetry

  #Dubai, #expatriate, #expatriatediaries, #India, #missinghome, #mumbai, #nostalgia, #nostalgic, #pain, #separation, Experiences, Poetry

• How long must I wait before I return…

  

  To all those who’ve been following my blog, you are aware that 2018 has been keeping me on my toes and I haven’t felt the urge to write, so much so it had me worried. And then I saw this picture taken by my father-in-law of the mango tree in the garden and it made…

  Smitha V

  January 24, 2018

  Poetry

  #battleoflife, #dontbreakdown, #Dontgiveup, #India, #inspiration, #life, #memories, #missinghome, #nature, #nostalgia, #poem, #runtherace, #tired, Poetry

• Time to go Home

  

  As much as I love the land that I have lived in for almost my entire life, come June and l long for something more. A longing that reminds me that no matter where I go and how happy I am, I cannot be at ease unless I return. As the countdown to the holidays begin,…

  Smitha V

  June 16, 2017

  Experiences, Poetry

  #backtoyourroots, #expatriate, #goingbackhome, #immigrant, #India, #longing, #missinghome, #NaPoWriMo 2017, #postaweek, #roots, Experiences, Poetry