Tag: #Ukraine

• NaPoWriMo Day 16- Save the sunflowers

  

  “Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a curtal sonnet. This is a variation on the classic 14-line sonnet. The curtal sonnet form was developed by Gerard Manley Hopkins, and he used it for what is probably his most famous poem, “Pied Beauty.” A curtal sonnet has eleven lines, instead of the usual fourteen, and […]

  Smitha V

  April 16, 2022

  Poetry

  #covid, #day16, #death, #GloPoWriMo2022, #NaPoWriMo2022, #Ukraine

• NaPoWriMo Day 8 – There, I said it!

  

  Today’s prompt comes to us from this list of “all-time favourite writing prompts.” It asks you to name your alter-ego, and then describe him/her in detail. Then write in your alter-ego’s voice. Maybe your alter-ego is a streetwise detective, a superhero, or a very small goldfinch. Whoever or whatever your alternate self maybe, I hope this prompt […]

  Smitha V

  April 8, 2022

  Poetry

  #alterego, #day8, #GloPoWriMo2022, #hijabrow, #India, #life, #NaPoWriMo2022, #Queen, #stateofaffairs, #truth, #Ukraine, #War, #worldtoday

• 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

• Poem : Z

  

  On World Poetry Day today, I’m sharing a poem I wrote, ‘Z’, in light of the Ukraine- Russia War. This poem is based on the news dated 10th March where terminally ill children stood in the snow forming the letter ‘Z’ in Russia. To read the news, you can click here. Dying children standing in […]

  Smitha V

  March 21, 2022

  Poetry

  #currentissues, #life, #poem, #Russia, #Ukraine, #worldnews, #worldpoetryday, #Z

• 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