Tag: #truth

• Kerala Diaries 2: Travel From Thrissur to Cochin

  

  After spending six days in my husband’s parents’ home which is in a village near Thrissur district, we left for Cochin which is two hours away. I left with a heavy heart. The below lines by Robert Frost came to my mind as I said goodbye. The woods are lovely, dark and deepBut I have […]

  Smitha V

  July 4, 2022

  Experiences, Travel

  #beautifulindia, #Cochin, #explore, #family, #familyholidays, #India, #keraladiaries, #life, #love, #monsoons, #nature, #people, #SouthIndia, #travelogue, #truth

• We are connected

  

  The train is chugging along. We’ve booked seats in the AC compartment- the windows are sealed, so, you can’t open them. Since it is the monsoon (rainy) season, it’s cold in the compartment with the AC on. So, I step out with my husband to take a break from the AC and I stand in […]

  Smitha V

  June 29, 2022

  Experiences, Poetry, Travel

  #culture, #journey, #life, #love, #nature, #people, #poem, #relationship, #SoCs, #statesofindia, #train, #truth, #unityindiversity, #weareone

• Weekend conversation: Something good and something bad- life’s a mixed bag

  

  Happy 18th to my younger one! Finally, the exams ended on Friday, the 20th of May, and she kept me on my toes over the weekend. On the Friday,after the exam ,we went Prom dress fitting and then had dinner to celebrate her18th birthday which fell between the exams. The next day, we had to […]

  Smitha V

  June 4, 2022

  Experiences, Photography

  #birthday, #foodforthought, #goodfriends, #graduation, #happymoments, #India, #life, #mumbaidiaries, #photograph, #quoteoftheday, #sadmoments, #truth, #wakeupcall, #weekendconversation

• TSL Day 19 – Asleep; just not sleeping- Near-death experience poetry

  

  I’m not going in order while sharing the poems I wrote for the Facebook group, TSL in the month of April. Instead, I decided to share poems that got a good review from those who read them. The prompt for the 18th day was “asleep but not oblivious of the unslept, unsleeping”- Adrienne Rich. Below […]

  Smitha V

  May 16, 2022

  Experiences, Poetry

  #AdrienneRich, #Anitamoorjani, #asleep, #bookpoem, #consciousness, #Day18, #dyingtobeme, #life, #light, #NDE, #near-death, #occurence, #poem, #spiritual, #subconscious, #truth, #TSL

• NaPoWriMo Day 21 – I remember

  

  Today’s prompt is one I got from the poet Betsy Sholl. This prompt asks you to write a poem in which you first recall someone you used to know closely but are no longer in touch with, then a job you used to have but no longer do, and then a piece of art that you […]

  Smitha V

  April 21, 2022

  Poetry

  #Art, #Day21, #friendship, #GloPoWriMo2022, #life, #memories, #NaPoWriMo2022, #nostalgia, #poem, #stories, #truth