Letter from Home-2 (Slice of Life)

[In October last year I started writing letters to my Doddamma, my father’s elder brother’s wife. In November, I went to my daughter’s place in Germany, she was expecting her second child. I wrote mails to my Doddamma and my mother (Amma) every week. I sent the mail to my sister-in-law, my mother lives with…

RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #186 Body&Close

“Devotees praying, Standing close to the river A body of faith.” On the 27th we were in Sringeri, a temple town on the banks of the River Tunga. There are many temples there, prominent are the temples of Goddess Sharadamba ( Goddess of Learning) and Lord Vidyashankara. Devotees come there from different parts of our…

Letter from Home-1 (Slice of Life)

[ In October last year I started writing letters to my Doddamma, my father’s elder brother’s wife. In November, I went to my daughter’s place in Germany, she was expecting her second child. I wrote mails to my Doddamma and my mother (Amma) every week. I sent the mail to my sister-in-law, my mother lives…

RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #185 Sing&Peace

“Tuesdays and Fridays Women sing to the Goddess With peace in their hearts.” Ours is a land of temples. There are many temples of the Goddess Durga, she is known by different names. It is the custom and tradition for women to go to the temple of the Goddess on Tuesdays and Fridays. They go…

A few thoughts 😊

I am now sitting in Abu Dhabi airport waiting for my flight to Mangalore. It is now 9.30 local time. I have to wait for some more hours. My blogger friends in WordPress introduced me to Haiku and Tanka and Sidlak forms of poetry . I had fun writing them on the way. “Taking off,…

Last Letter from Germany (Slice of Life)

( I am in Germany in my daughter’s place. Her daughter was born on November 10th. I write mails to my mother ( Amma) and my father’s elder brother’s wife, my Doddamma ( elder mother ). I also send photos. My Doddamma is 86 and is mostly in her room and her home. My cousin’s wife wrote…

RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #184 Press&Touch

Pressed close to the heart The soft touch of her mother Made the baby safe. RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #184 Press&Touch

Cloudy Days (Sidlak poetry #2)

Sidlak poetry (sid/lak) is a structured poetry consisting of 5 lines with 3-5-7-9 syllables AND A COLOR. The last line must be a COLOR that describes the whole poem or the feelings of the writer. Winter days Curtain of thick clouds The sun trying to come out But the clouds would not part for the…

Letter from Germany-8 ( Slice of Life)

( I am in Germany in my daughter’s place. Her daughter was born on November 10th. I write mails to my mother ( Amma) and my father’s elder brother’s wife, my Doddamma ( elder mother ). I also send photos. My Doddamma is 86 and is mostly in her room and her home. My cousin’s wife wrote…

A Sunny Day ( Sidlak poetry)

Sidlak poetry (sid/lak) is a structured poetry consisting of 5 lines with 3-5-7-9 syllables AND A COLOR. The last line must be a COLOR that describes the whole poem or the feelings of the writer. I first read Sidlak poetry in Radhika’s page, https://radhikasreflection.wordpress.com It is really interesting, I had read about Haiku and Tanka…