Tag: #tribute

• 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

• Naveen – A tribute

  

  ‘Naveen’ means fresh, creative, bright ‘Naveen’ was my mom’s youngest brother’s name “He died when he was two,” my grandma told me with a tear in her eye. “A long, long time ago.” Yesterday, Naveen died once again This time, he was twenty-one A year older than my daughter is now He was studying to […]

  Smitha V

  March 2, 2022

  Poetry

  #CallforPeace, #children, #conflict, #dreams, #families, #pain, #Sorrow, #tribute, #Ukraine, #War

• 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

• Published in Borderless Journal : Omid

  

    Elated to say my poem ‘Omid’ has been published in Borderless Journal. You can read the poem on the Journal’s site by clicking on the below link. Omid   Omid Seven years she’d waited for him She’d prayed five times each day At fajr, zuhr, asr, maghrib and isha On the nineteenth day of […]

  Smitha V

  June 13, 2020

  Creative Writing, Poetry

  #Afghanistan, #borderlessjournal, #elegy, #life, #news, #poem, #terrorism, #tribute, #truth, Featured, Published

• Irony of Life

  

  I can’t get over the fact that actor Irrfan Khan passed away today (Wednesday) due to a colon infection. After battling a rare type of cancer, the actor came back and acted in the Hindi movie ‘Angrezi Medium,’  released on 13/3/2020, which I watched last week.  His mother passed away on Saturday at the age […]

  Smitha V

  April 29, 2020

  Creative Writing, Poetry

  #Andadipoetry, #death, #hijab, #Irrfankhan, #life, #masks, #modesty, #Tamizhpoetry, #tribute, #truth, Poetry