Tag: #movingon
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I’m five days late, but I’m here!
“I hope we can put 2020 behind us and erase it from our calendar,” I had said sometime in June, last year. I had no idea then how hard it would be to say ‘goodbye’ to 2020 and that I would never be able to erase it. 2020 is going to be a part of […]
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My journey to healing : One day at a time
Last evening after we had finished watching television and had turned off the lights, I thought of dad again and my heart sank. I miss him. I miss speaking to him. Not that he did say much during the last two months prior to his passing away, yet there was that daily call I made […]
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Thank you for listening
Today is the 11th day since dad passed away. As per the customs, we immersed his ashes in the river and prayed for his soul to rest in peace. The rituals helped me in letting go. Over the last few days, I know my posts have been full of sadness. I did not mean to […]
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Published – Acceptance : The ACT OF Jettisoning
Delighted to share my poem ‘Acceptance : The Act of Jettisoning’ has now been published by Rebelle Society. To read the poem, please click the below link. http://www.rebellesociety.com/2020/08/14/smithavishwanath-acceptance/ Would love to know what you think. You can share your opinion, feelings on the poem here or on the Rebelle Society page. Stay safe and have […]
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NaPoWriMo 2020: Day 12 – I moved on
For today’s prompt (optional, as always), the challenge is to write a triolet. These eight-line poems involve repeating lines and a tight rhyme scheme. The repetitions and rhymes can lend themselves to humorous poems, as well as to poems expressing dramatic or sorrowful moods. And sometimes the repetitions can be used in deceptive ways, by splitting […]