Tag: #nature

• Stream of Consciousness Saturday 18.11.23

  

  I woke up to this glorious sight this morning and the one thought that crossed my mind was , ‘Thank God for sunrises.’ Here’s a stream of consciouness poem that this sight gave birth to Today’s sky line There’s a line in the skyMade of fluffy cloudsLike Lakshman’s rekhaOver the golden globe. It hovers, tightly…

  Smitha V

  November 18, 2023

  Art, Experiences, Poetry

  #Acrylicpainting, #Art, #blogaday, #blogger, #clown, #dhakadiaries, #gratitude, #life, #nature, #prompt, #SoCs, #streamofconsciousnesssaturday, #sunrise, #truth

• Thursday Doors 05.10.23, Tanka Tuesday, Onam in Dhaka and some more reason to be thankful

  

  I’m thankful for yesterday’s rains. They lowered the temperatures. Although, it’s been raining on and off here, it hasn’t been cool. In fact, before and after the rains, it’s been hot and humid, leaving me feeling like a shrivelled raisin, sucked of all its moisture. It’s funny how much of an influence the weather has…

  Smitha V

  October 5, 2023

  Experiences, Photography, Poetry

  #autumnrains, #dhakadiaries, #haiku, #kigo, #life, #nature, #Onam, #onamindhaka, #TankaTuesday, #thankfulthursday, #thursdaydoors, #truth

• Art: Girls on the Bridge, Tanka Tuesday Seasonal poetry challenge

  

  This painting is part of my attempt to create a diary of my visit to Norway (you can read about my travel here) by painting pictures of things I saw there. It could be the landscape or a structure or flowers or by replicating a painting done by a famous artist. ‘Three girls on the…

  Smitha V

  September 22, 2023

  Art, Poetry

  #acquarello, #Art, #artist, #artoftheday, #edvardmunch, #girlsonthebridge, #haiku, #inspiration, #kigo, #kigo words, #nature, #poetry, #practice, #seasonalwords, #TankaTuesday, #watercolours

• Art: Spring # Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge No.335

  

  I did this painting a few days and I wasn’t sure what to name it. So, I shared it on Instagram and somebody suggested, I name it ‘Spring time’. So, ‘Spring’ it is. The above is a photograph of the painting I took at night with the tubelight on. The below is a picture of…

  Smitha V

  August 30, 2023

  Art, Poetry

  #Acrylicpainting, #Art, #artoftheday, #canvaspainting, #ekphrasticpoem, #nature, #poetrychallenge335, #sale, #spring, #TankaTuesday

• Book Review: ‘Ever So Gently’ by Lauren Scott

  

  I have longed to read this book of poems ever since I saw the cover and the name of the book but mostly because I had read ‘More than Coffee’ by Lauren Scott and loved it . I was surprised to learn that the cover of this book which is a beautiful shade of blue-green…

  Smitha V

  August 25, 2023

  Book Review, Poetry

  #bookreview, #gratitude, #laurenscott, #life, #liveinthemoment, #love, #nature, #newbook, #non-poets, #poetry, #poetrybook, #readers, #simplepoems, #truth, #wisdom