My Poetic Heart

A Poet's Journey by Manivillie Kanagasabapathy

Menu

Widgets

Search

Skip to content

Home
About

Search for:

42/2017: Seventeen

This heart did not know,
what it meant to smile and cry
lost only in grief,
but seventeen years ago,
one innocent face did heal.

© Manivillie Kanagasabapathy

AN: And so my talented and lovable niece turns 17… Time flies 🙂 💖 💝

fullsizerender-3

Posted with permission

Advertisements

Share this:

Twitter
Facebook
Google
LinkedIn
Tumblr
Pinterest

Like this:

Like Loading...

February 12, 2017My Poetic Heart celebration, family, love, neice, poem, Tanka

Post navigation

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Enter your comment here...

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

Email (required) (Address never made public)

Name (required)

Website

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out / Change )

You are commenting using your Google+ account. ( Log Out / Change )

You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out / Change )

You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out / Change )

w

Connecting to %s

Notify me of new comments via email.

Search for:

Follow Blog via Email

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 354 other followers

Welcome to my site

Social

View mypoeticheart’s profile on Facebook
View @manivillie’s profile on Twitter
View mypoeticheart’s profile on Instagram

Instagram

Toronto is going through its 3(?) winter. Lol. So thought I would share this poems. I have been meaning to for a while. . I have gotten into Korean dramas lately and have become completely addicted. In Korean dramas, there is a common theme around confessing your love during the first snowfall. It is believed that it will make the love a success (though judging by all the drama that happens after, I may rethink that belief). I don’t know if these are real mythologies that exist in Korea, but I do like the romance (and innocence) of it. There is definitely something special about the falling snow. . . . . . #writing #writersofinstagram #poetryofinstagram #poetsofinstagram #poems #challenges #trying #positivevibes #poetryporn #tamilpoet #tamilgirl #wordporn #mypoeticheart #poemsbymanivillie #torontopoet #torontopoetry #torontopoetssociety #mypoeticheart #poem_pic #poem #poetryislife #poetrycommunity #poetry #poet #toronto #snow #snowfall

"Unseen Darkness" is one of my favourite pieces and most powerful collabrations. It provided me with an opportunity to work with @artbythiviyaa and @dilani.bala - but in the true nature of collabs, this piece extended past the three of us, and has a story of many admirable people/women. Where does this story begin?... In many different places, with many different people. Below I am sharing my story, as that is the one I can speak to: . It began with a post about Violence Against Women shared across three Instagram channels. . It began when @artbythiviyaa created a beautiful piece from the (just as soul speaking) work of @dilani.bala. . It began with a phone call to Thiviyaa, asking if she would want to create a piece for this poem. . It began when @abuseneverbecomesus (ANBU) asked me if I had a photo to accompany the poem. I said, "Not yet, but there is only one person I want to ask". . It began with ANBU, who reached out to me to share a piece for their March 2017 Newsletter. . It began with the stellar performance of @sathyatk , who told Anbu about my poetry after she performed at their launch event. . It began from conversations with survivors; legal workers; counselors; politicians, and groups like the South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario; South Asian Women’s Centre; @ccmwnational; @deepamattoo; @maryum_a; @shanamalmeida; @thanu1; @manimolie . It began with sitting on municipal; provincial; national roundtables and strategy meetings; asking white women to understand that, not all violence could be seen. . It began with projects on Gender Based Violence; #VAW; Honour Based Violence and asking people to look past their conception of race, culture, and violence. . It began with conversations with my family and friends. . It began with personal experiences. . It began...

Happy International Women's Day!!! . I completely forgot it was today until I received a message from my cousin. I love today, because it reminds me to appreciate the many wonderful women I have in my life. Their presence makes me the person I am. . I wrote the poem above, to give thanks to the amazing women in my life, and to just thank them for existing, as they are. Many times, women are spoken about in terms of their roles in society, and I really wanted to speak to the power of female friendships - which are unique, and have been undermined in society (the way male friendship's are labeled with terms like "bromance" or "they are like girlfriends.") . I digress - I wanted this poem to speak to the ways that women, through friendship and love, support, and care, represent each other. We look at each other and see more than the stories that we have been taught to believe, we see another person with their own path and narratives that they are constructing, while tearing down walls. . I am truly very blessed, as I have so many wonderful sisters. . . . . #mypoeticheart #poemsbymanivillie #internationalwomensday #internationalwomensday2018 #iwd #iwd2018 #womenempowerment #feminist #feminism #sisterhood #sisters #friendships #girlfriends #powerfulwomen #celebratewomen

Sometimes there are no pieces of your heart left to give. . . . . . #writing #poetryofinstagram #poetsofinstagram #poems #poetryporn #tamilpoet #tamilgirl #wordporn #mypoeticheart #poemsbymanivillie #torontopoet #torontopoetry #torontopoetssociety #mypoeticheart #poem #poetrycommunity #poetry #poet #toronto #womanpoet #writer #torontopoets #canadianpoet #love #heartbreak #heartbroken #tired #energy

Wearing pink today in support of bullying awareness and love for all. You know I love stories, so I am going to share one of my favourites. . February 28 is Pink Shirt Day in Canada. Pink shirt day is an anti-bullying campaign that was started by 2 friends, David Shepherd and Travis Price, of Berwick, Nova Scotia, in 2007. They began the event when they saw a grade 9 boy, Charles Mcneil, being bullied for wearing a pink shirt. These two friends bought 50 t-shirts and distributed them to people at the school to wear. Their act inspired a provincial, national and international movement, with the UN officially declaring May 4 as International Anti-Bullying Day. . On that note, why is the pink shirt 👚 a women’s shirt🤔 @apple . . . . . #writing #tamilpoet #wordporn #mypoeticheart #poemsbymanivillie #torontopoet #torontopoetry #mypoeticheart #poem #poetrycommunity #poetry #poet #toronto #womanpoet #writer #torontopoets #canadianpoet #pinkshirtday #pinkshirtday2018 #feb28 #antibullying #bullying #cyberbullying

My friend Wendy just told me it is International Fairy Tale Day, 🧚🏾‍♀️as per Kiss 92.5 - lol. . I am an avid fairy tale reader - I remember reading Mother Goose tales growing up and devouring various versions - the same tales, as they are told in different countries. I liked seeing how culture and belief changes the stories and how these stories impact cultures and beliefs (Is it any wonder I went into anthropology?). 🧞‍♀️🧞‍♂️🧝🏿‍♀️🧝🏿‍♂️ . My fascination for fairy tales continued into adulthood, as I began to read re-imaginings of stories; from sci-fi and fantasy to dramas, and from books to film and television. People interpret characters and stories in so many different and fascinating ways. . . . . . #writing #poetryofinstagram #poetsofinstagram #poems #poetryporn #tamilpoet #tamilgirl #wordporn #mypoeticheart #poemsbymanivillie #torontopoet #mypoeticheart #poem #poetrycommunity #poetry #poet #toronto #womanpoet #writer #torontopoets #canadianpoet #internationalfairyday #internationalfairytaleday #fairytales #cinderella #glassslippers #glassslipper #love

Category

Acrostic blog post Cinqain Couplets Diamante Free verse Haiku High School Reposts Limerick News/Update/Random Ode Poem Poems with Author's Note Prose published Random Thoughts Rhyming Senryu Shape Poem Submissions Tanka

Tags

#memories apoemaday apoemadaychallenge birthday canada chances change changes cold couplets dance dreams faith family fear feminism finding youself freeverse free verse friends friendship fun growth Haiku identity journey just for fun Life Limerick loss lost love missing you miss you mother nature news night passion peotry poem poems Poetry poetrychallenge politics race regret relationships rhyme rhyming rhyming ABAB self-love self esteem short poem snow social issues social justice spring stars stories strength success summer time Toronto try trying universe Violence Against Women war winter women words Writing you

Advertisements

Blog at WordPress.com.

Post to

Cancel

%d bloggers like this: