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

• 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

• How easy to become a refugee?

  

  Mr President, Sir You taught me something new today I thought those who fled their nation were a different breed Forgive me, my ignorance But, I thought they came from nations ruled by zealots where violence was a norm; cursed countries gave birth to them – and I felt sorry for them As I watched […]

  Smitha V

  February 28, 2022

  Poetry

  #CallforPeace, #currentissues, #hope, #humanity, #irony, #people, #Refugee, #Russia, #Ukraine, #War, Poetry