Tag: #nostalgia

• NaPoWriMo Day 18 – Gas, Food, Longing

  

  “And now for our (optional) daily prompt! This one comes to us from Stephanie Malley, who challenges us to write a poem based on the title of one of the chpaters from Susan G. Wooldridge’s Poemcrazy: Freeing Your Life with Words. The book’s  table of contents can be viewed using Amazon’s “Look inside” feature. Will you choose “the […]

  Smitha V

  April 18, 2021

  Poetry

  #Day18, #GloPoWriMo2021, #healing, #hurting, #imagery, #memory, #metaphorpoem, #NaPoWriMo2021, #nostalgia, #painofloss, #poem

• Travel Challenge day 1

  

  I was nominated by my blogging friend Robbie Cheadle  to post one favorite travel picture a day for ten days without explanation, then to nominate someone else to participate. That’s 10 days, 10 travel pictures, and 10 nominations. It doesn´t have to be 10 consecutive days. Thank you Robbie for giving me the opportunity to […]

  Smitha V

  February 3, 2021

  Experiences, Travel

  #Germany, #goodtimes, #holidaysinEurope, #memories, #munich, #nostalgia, #photographs, #travelchallenge, #travellingwithkids, #wordlesswednesdays

• Published : Poem ‘obituary’

  

  I’m happy to say that my poem, ‘Obituary,’ has been published by Spillwords Press. I’ve started reading the pages at the end of the newspaper-The one with the photographs-Sometimes stamp sized, sometimes biggerThe faces look back at meSome smiling, some solemnBut rarely ever sadI wonder if they were truly as happy or is it a […]

  Smitha V

  February 2, 2021

  Poetry

  #circleoflife, #death, #life, #memory, #newspapers, #nostalgia, #obituary, #people, #poetry, #tribute, Published

• TEN Things I learnt by WATCHING Dad!

  

  Originally posted on Eúnoia:
  via Daily Prompt: Ten The moment I read the prompt “Ten”today, a number of?lists of ten sprung to my mind- ‘the ten things that I am immensely grateful for’, ‘ten beautiful memories’,’ ten best holiday destinations’, ‘ten things I truly detest’,… Then there was this topic- a topic I have…

  Smitha V

  December 11, 2020

  Experiences

  #dad, #fathersanddaughters, #learning, #life, #love, #memory, #nostalgia, #parents, #tenthingsIlearntfrommyfather, #watchandlearn

• ART & POETRY : The orange chair

  

  It was our job To carry it to the verandah On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays- the other days she would wet her hair sprinkling few drops on her head so she could pray Our first lesson that rules could be modified, if not broken Those three days were different- The hair wash, was an elaborate […]

  Smitha V

  November 17, 2020

  Art, Experiences, Poetry

  #acquarello, #beginnerartist, #childhood, #children, #grandma, #India, #kerala, #life, #Mangalore, #memory, #nostalgia, #poem, #watercolors