Tag: #NaPoWriMo 2017

• NaPoWriMo: Day 5 Where the Sky and Sea meet

  

  NaPoWriMo Day 5’s challenge was to write a poem based on the natural world in honor of Mary Oliver’s work : it could be a particular plant, animal or natural landscape. But it should be a slice of the natural world that one has personally experienced and that one experiences often. It was a perfect chance…

  Smitha V

  April 5, 2017

  Experiences, Poetry, Travel

  #day5, #healing, #NaPoWriMo 2017, #nature, #refreshyourspirits, #sandandsun, #sea, #seaside, #staycation, #unloadyourburden, Experiences, Poetry, Travel

• NaPoWriMO : Day 4 : The Enigma of a Legend

  

  As part of the NaPoWriMo Challenge for Day 4, we have to write a poem with a secret- “in other words a poem with a word or idea or line that isn’t expressing directly. The poem should function as a riddle and could closely describe a famous location or person without ever mentioning what or…

  Smitha V

  April 4, 2017

  Poetry

  #Day4, #Enigma, #NaPoWriMo 2017, #poem, Poetry

• NaPoWriMo: Day 3 – Elegy for a friend

  

  Today’s challenge was to write an Elegy. I have written this in honor of a friend who passed away last August. A GIRL I KNEW… was a post I wrote when I got to know of the loss. The below I write based on our last meeting. Her death answered a number of questions that I…

  Smitha V

  April 3, 2017

  Experiences, Poetry

  #day3, #death, #elegy, #lossofafriend, #NaPoWriMo 2017, #poem, Experiences, Poetry

• NaPoWriMo Day 3 :Stress Relieving Recipe

  

  As part of Day 3 poetry writing challenge, we had to write a recipe in the form of poetry. It could be a real recipe handed down by your grandmother or anybody else or a recipe for a magic potion. This is my very own recipe. It’s been tried over the years and has withstood…

  Smitha V

  April 3, 2017

  Experiences, Poetry

  #April2017challenge, #day3, #life, #NaPoWriMo 2017, #poem, #rejuvenateyourself, #stressreliefrecipe, #upliftyourspirits, Experiences, Poetry

• NaPoWriMo : Day 2 – The Patch of Grass

  

  My first attempt at Haiku/Haibun My office faces the desert so there isn’t much to see, other than endless sand dunes and a few shrubs that grow against all odds. Everyday, I take a cab to the office. I get off at the bus-stand across the road and  then cross over, over a patch of grass. As…

  Smitha V

  April 2, 2017

  Creative Writing, Experiences, Poetry

  #April2017challenge, #day2, #firstattemptathaiku, #grass, #haibun, #haiku, #napowrimo, #NaPoWriMo 2017, #nature, #naturelover, #poem, Creative Writing, Experiences, Poetry