Tag: #roots

• In the land of my forefathers

  

  I wrote this poem on Father’s day but couldn’t post it then as I was traveling. Returning to my hometown after three years and three deaths, wasn’t easy. I wasn’t even sure why I was going there except as a mark of respect for the people who were responsible for the person I am today.…

  Smitha V

  June 21, 2022

  Experiences, Poetry, Travel

  #aftercovid, #childhood, #community, #family, #fathersday, #home, #India, #life, #Mangalore, #memories, #neighbours, #poem, #returninghome, #roots, #SoCs

• NaPoWriMo Day 22 : Take me Home

  

  Wrote this poem on the subject “Holidays” for a Competition hosted by Asian Literary Society and won the First Prize. Not the days spent lazing, overlooking the Seine or the vineyards of Chianti, having food and wine Not the tip of Jungfrau, where heaven and earth align or the nights in the Wadi, gazing at…

  Smitha V

  April 22, 2021

  Poetry

  #ALS, #breaks, #Day22, #familytime, #GloPoWriMo2021, #Holidays, #home, #India, #Indianmonsoons, #kerala, #life, #Mangalore, #monsoonholidays, #NaPoWriMo2021, #NaPoWriMo2021 #GloPoWriMo2021, #rainsinIndia, #roots, #vacation, #winneroffirstprize, Poetry, Travel

• The Alchemist’s advice

  

  “People are more than what you see. Do you know that?” he asked   I do, I replied They are not the face one beholds Or the trinkets or the garb they adorn They are not the kindness exuded in their smiles Or the twinkling laughter reflected in their eyes   “They are also not…

  Smitha V

  September 3, 2019

  Poetry

  #advice, #experience, #learning, #life, #natureofpeople, #people, #philosophy, #relationships, #roots, #truth, Poetry

• NaPoWriMo Day 11: Of my roots

  

  Our optional prompt for today is based on another poem of Elhillo’s, called “Origin Stories.” Like “To Make Use of Water,” this poem struggles to make sense of the distance between the poet’s beginnings, her point of origin, and her present self. Have you ever heard the phrase, “you can’t go home again?” This poem…

  Smitha V

  April 11, 2019

  Experiences, Poetry

  #day11, #India, #inspiration, #iraniraqwar1980, #life, #mangalore floods1979, #mumbai, #NaPoWriMo2019, #originpoem, #roots, #truth, Creative Writing, Experiences, My diary, Poetry

• Returning to the Nest

  

  I am sitting at my desk, in Mumbai, in the early hours of the morning. The words in my head play havoc. And I must follow their command and rise even as the rest of the family continues to sleep, tired after the holidays that took us home. Its 5.45 a.m. The sun is yet…

  Smitha V

  March 24, 2019

  Creative Writing, Experiences

  #buildrelations, #countryside, #diary, #experiences, #family, #fiction, #goingbackhome, #India, #life, #lifeateacher, #Mangalore, #mangaloredays, #memories, #mydiary, #nest, #nostalgia, #parenting, #people, #returnhome, #roots, #SouthIndia, #truth, #villagelife, change, Creative Writing, Experiences, My diary