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• TSL: Day 0 – Unbound

  

  As I promised, I will be sharing the second set of poems that I wrote in April based on the prompts received on the TSL group (which is a Fb group managed by Dr Ampat Koshy). The prompt was to write a poem based on the below picture- ‘Today’s pre NAPOWRIMO task is a picture…

  Smitha V

  May 2, 2022

  Poetry

  #careful, #life, #news, #people, #poetryprompt, #relationships, #TSL2022, #warningpoem

• NaPoWriMo Day 3: Sleep, my baby, sleep

  

  Today’s prompt is to write a Spanish form called a “glosa” – literally a poem that glosses, or explains, or in some way responds to another poem. The idea is to take a quatrain from a poem that you like, and then write a four-stanza poem that explains or responds to each line of the…

  Smitha V

  April 3, 2022

  Poetry

  #CallforPeace, #day3, #death, #Destruction, #forukraine, #GloPoWriMo2022, #glosapoetry, #longpoem, #lullaby, #motherandchild, #NaPoWriMo2022, #news, #pain, #tribute, #Ukraine, #War

• Kabul is falling

  I started this poem three days prior to August 15th – the day when Kabul fell. The television channels buzzed with the news of how close the Taliban was getting to Kabul. Those three days that’s all we talked about- we lamented at the state of the Afghan people and the sorry state of women…

  Smitha V

  September 18, 2021

  Poetry

  #Afghanistan, #blogaday, #blogging101, #borderlessjournal, #currentissues, #kabul, #Mahabharath, #news, #poem, #published

• NaPoWriMo Day 19- Ok. I Said it!

  

  And last but not least, our prompt (optional, as always). Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a humorous rant. In this poem, you may excoriate to your heart’s content all the things that get on your nerves. Perhaps it’s people who tailgate when driving, or don’t put the caps back on pens after…

  Smitha V

  April 19, 2021

  Poetry

  #coronatimes, #Day19, #facts, #funpoem, #indiadiaries, #insults, #mumbaidiaries, #NaPoWriMo2021, #news, #shakespeareaninsults

• NaPoWriMo Day 6 : The Other side

  

  Our prompt yesterday asked you to take inspiration from another poem, and today’s continues in the same vein. This prompt, which comes from Holly Lyn Walrath, is pretty simple. As she explains it here: Go to a book you love. Find a short line that strikes you. Make that line the title of your poem. Write a…

  Smitha V

  April 6, 2021

  Experiences, Poetry

  #Day6, #GloPoWriMo2021, #NaPoWriMo2021, #news, #otherside, #poembasedoncurrentevents, #saveanimals, #savetheworld, #think