Tag: #writing
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Meet the Poet: Smitha Vishwanath
I’m pleased to share my interview with Colleen in the ‘Meet the Poet’ series. Colleen’s questions helped me delve deeper into myself. Sometimes, you write because it helps you release your thoughts, emotions and find your bearings. That’s how it’s always been for me. I did not follow a structure. I did not have a…
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NaPoWriMo 2023 : Day 18 -When I began writing?
Our daily resource is the YouTube channel of Harvard’s Woodberry Poetry Room. Here, you can check out more than 100 videos of poetry readings, lectures, and discussions. There’s much to explore! Finally, here’s our prompt for the day, once again taken from our archives and, as always, optional. Today, I’d like to challenge you to write…
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Dhaka Diaries : Anchoring myself
After a month here, I finally picked up the paintbrush last night. I love painting and yet, I couldn’t bring myself to do it. I have all that I need – the art supply, the table to paint on and even the easel, which I picked up at the local market even before I moved…
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Waiting
If a month had a theme, then July’s would definitely be ‘Waiting’. I feel all I’ve been doing through July is, waiting- waiting for the rains to give us a break from the heat, waiting for my daughter to return from University, waiting for my younger one’s grade 12 results, waiting for my older one’s…
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A writer’s prayer
Let my words Like birds Fly high And like a wisp of a cloud on a clear blue sky rest gently upon the soul of he who reads them; soft or aloud. Let my writing be Like branches growing unrestrained and free burst forth with leaf, fruit and flower Comfort the weary, the hungry and…