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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 […]

Welcome to the WordCrafter “Poetry Treasures 3: Passions” Book Blog Tour

I’m thrilled to be part of this anthology of poems centred around the theme, ‘Passion’ . Poetry Treasures- 3, compiled by Robbie Cheadle and Kaye Lynn Booth has 12 amazing poets. Read the post below to know more. You can also listen to me reading my poem – A child called, ‘Passion’. Welcome to the […]

NaPoWriMo 2023- Day 17 – An ode to the good, old coconut

Today’s resource is a pair of online reading series. If you’re looking for a regular poetry fix you can enjoy from the comfort of your laptop, why not try the Poets in Pajamas series, which hosts readings every month? Poet and professor Jordan Stempleman also hosts a monthly reading which you can attend online (and you can […]

NaPoWriMo 2023 : Day 16 – It’s not what you think it is

Today’s resource is Poetry Northwest’s online collection of essays exploring different poets, craft elements, and styles of poetry. And now, without further ado, our optional daily prompt, once again pulled from our archives. Today’s prompt is a poem of negation – yes (or maybe, no), I challenge you to write a poem that involves describing something in terms […]

Happy Sunday: ‘Coming Home’ is now available in most countries

My debut novel, ‘Coming Home’ is now available in most countries in paperback and on Kindle. What a pleasant surprise it was when someone I met once, at a training program, sometime in 2014 told me that they had bought the Kindle version of the book. The surprise was not that they had purchased the […]

NaPoWriMo 2023- Day 15: Be honest like Yudhishthira

Today’s resource is Where to Submit, a feature of Heavy Feather Review. Updated every few months, this is a good resource for open calls for submission for journals, anthologies, chapbooks, presses, fellowships, and other poetry-related opportunities. Finally, here’s our (optional) prompt for the day. Begin by reading June Jordan’s “Notes on the Peanut.” Now, think of a […]

NaPoWriMo 2023: Day 14 – Stuck with you

Today’s featured resource is actually more a series of possibilities. Over the past few years – prompted in many cases by the pandemic – organizations that used to host in-person poetry workshops have increasingly moved their offerings online. These range from a few hours focused on a particular topic to multi-week intensives. They’re not always […]

Book Review: ‘Coming Home’ by GS Subbu

I’m very excited to share this beautiful review of my debut novel, Coming Home by GS Subbu on Blog Spot. For those who haven’t picked up the book yet, because you have no clue what the book is about, this should help you decide. Here’s an excerpt of the review- ‘While the book has romance […]

NaPoWriMo 2023: Day 13- Saying More with little

Our resource for the day is Poets & Writers’ “Craft Capsules” feature. Here, you’ll find essays on craft elements ranging from revision to using narrative to the lyric “I.” While some of the essays are focused on fiction, their lessons are widely applicable across genres and writing styles. Last but not least, here’s our prompt […]

NaPoWriMo 2023- Day 12- Dear Poetry, Please Stay

Today’s featured resource is another podcast: A Mouthful of Air. In each episode of this relatively new series, a contemporary poet (generally from the U.K.) discusses one of their poems or, alternatively, host Mark McGuinness discusses a classic poem, like Gerard Manley Hopkins’ “The Windhover.” And now for another (optional) prompt from our archives. Today, I […]