Tag: #summer

• NaPoWriMo Day 26 – Indian April

  

  Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that contains at least one of a different kind of simile – an epic simile. Also known as Homeric similes, these are basically extended similes that develop over multiple lines. Perhaps unsurprisingly, they have mainly been used in epic poems, typically as decorative elements that emphasize […]

  Smitha V

  April 26, 2022

  Poetry

  #april, #Day26, #furnace, #GloPoWriMo2022, #indiansummer, #mumbaidiaries, #NaPoWriMo2022, #poem, #Similepoem, #summer

• NaPoWriMo Day 2 – Summer is finally here

  

  Today’s prompt is to write a poem based on a word featured in a tweet from Haggard Hawks, an account devoted to obscure and interesting English words. The word I chose is ‘Flosculous’ – it means ‘In full bloom’ My poem for today, ‘Summer is finally here’ Gratitude sweeps over me, like the morning breeze that […]

  Smitha V

  April 2, 2022

  Poetry

  #day2, #GloPoWriMo2022, #Haggardhawks, #inspiration, #mumbaidiaries, #NaPoWriMo2022, #naturepoetry, #summer

• The call of the koel (cuckoo bird)

  

  Have you heard the koel calling? What does it make you feel? I remember as a child returning to India for the summers. That’s when the koel is heard the most- a beautiful high pitched call. I would sit around in my grandma’s home listening to her call and calling back to her. It was […]

  Smitha V

  May 27, 2019

  Experiences, Poetry

  #birds, #birdsongs, #indianbirds, #koel, #life, #mumbaimusic, #nature, #naturelovers, #people, #poem, #soundspoem, #summer, #truth, Experiences, Poetry

• NaPoWriMo: Day 25 – Summer; where I come from

  

  Today’s featured video resource is this short film featuring a reading of Keats’ “To Autumn,” And now for today’s prompt . Taking a cue from our video resource for the day, and from Keat’s poem, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that: Is specific to a season Uses imagery that relates to all five […]

  Smitha V

  April 25, 2019

  Poetry

  #day25, #Dubai, #Dubaiinjulyaugust, #GloPoWriMo2019, #napowrimo, #NaPoWriMo2019, #summer, #summerpoem, #UAE, Poetry

• NaPoWriMo : Day 10 – It’s hotter than Dutch love

  

  Our prompt for the day (optional, as always), is also rooted in dialect and regional phrasing. In her poem “Sunshower,” Natalie Shapero finds inspiration in a rather colorful phrase used in Mississippi and Alabama to describe the situation in which it rains while the sun is shining. Today, I’d like to challenge you to write […]

  Smitha V

  April 10, 2019

  Poetry

  #Day10, #greekmythologypoem, #heat, #itshotterthandutchlove, #love, #NaPoWriMo2019, #nature, #poem, #regionalphrases, #summer, #sun, #weatherpoem, Poetry