A Poet's Journey by Manivillie Kanagasabapathy

Category: Tanka

42/2017: Seventeen

This heart did not know, what it meant to smile and cry lost only in grief, but seventeen years ago, … More

celebration, family, love, neice, poem, Tanka

9/2017: Waiting for Snowfall

Hands in my jacket, standing in the cold outdoors look up to the skies to ask the snow to bless … More

bless, first snowfall, Life, love, poem, Poetry, Tanka

Day 300: The Artists(2)

Enviously watch as beauty is created one brush stroke of life capture the moods of nature enchant the eyes to … More

apoemaday, apoemadaychallenge, art, art love, artist, artlove, international Artist Day, poem, Poetry, Tanka

Day 246: Stars

Echos in the sky recollections held in light trusted to the night tales too honest in daylight wish them upon … More

apoemadaychallenge, Life, night, poem, Poetry, stars

Day 235: Rainbows

Gift from the heavens strokes of colour in grey skies refractions of light replace worries with wonder awaken the child … More

apoemadaychallenge, Japanese style, nature, new style, poem, Poetry, rain, rainbows, skys, Tamil Poet, Tanka, Toronto poet

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Blame it on the super moon of the minutes I spend in traffic but today was a thoughtful day. The majority of it was negative emotions that kept me on a roller coaster all day. I embraced as much as I could reminding myself that bad is just as worthy as good. To feel one is to embrace both. Still I hate the thoughts that silence leaves me with because I know they are true and honest.

Your Poetic Pick - Small Pleasures . I love the little things about love. The way just seeing someone can brighten the darkest of days. It's not the the grand gestures, but the small little things. I have mentioned before that I watch Korean dramas, and there is this line that almost all dramas have. Someone will ask one of the leads, why they love the other person and the lead will say simply - "because s/he is x." ❤️It makes my heart melt the idea that a person does not love you for all these reasons but because you are a unique combination of things that make you, well you. There is no one else like you and you don't need to check off a list to be loved. . . As someone who is opening my heart this year, these words always remind me that I don't need to have everything checked off in order to feel loved. As someone who needs everything to be perfectly lined up before I do anything (except my poetry 🤭) this is a pretty hard lesson for me to learn. Working on it though 🤗. . . I hope you guys enjoy the romance of this poem and thanks to @nerdsaremyfave for the editing and feedback. This is what happens when you work with me, I make you check my work 😅. . . . PC: Toromeart via @pixabay . . made with @canva . . . Your Poetic Pick is a series of stories and poems based on topics chosen by you guys💞. You can cast your vote for a theme on Monday, with the poem or story for the winning theme going up on Wednesday at 8 pm. Suggestions are always welcome.🙏🏾 . . . . . #yourpoeticpic #stories #writersofinstagram #mypoeticheart #manivillie #storiesbymanivillie #writer #write #storiesofinstagram #stories #small pleasures

It’s a snow day in Canada - Toronto is getting 20 cms of snow mixed with ice. I have shoved the driveway for the 3rd time and will most likely have to do it another 4 times before this storm stops. All this means is it is a cold, slippery, and my back hurts. However, when we get this much snow, and I want to curse at it, I remind myself - Snow is water and water is life. . Heavy snow means less chance of a drought this year, and we can all appreciate that. . p.s. Snow didn't win, and this was already written and shared on my blog, so was inspired to share it on this beautiful snow day! Stay WARM! . PC and copyright: Philip Halling #snowday #snow

Your Poetic Pick - Hope #1 . . PC: made with Canva . . . I wrote 3 versions of a poem for home. Well 2, I had one in my pocket that I had don in January to share with you guys. I will share all the versions. . . . So easy to lose sight of hope when all you see is darkness, but when you see that speck of light I pray you keep walking towards it. It will become so big and beautiful, like you cannot imagine. The faith in that light is the only reason I didn’t give up. Things will always get better. . . . Your Poetic Pick is a series of stories and poems based on topics chosen by you guys💞. You can cast your vote for a theme on Monday, with the poem or story for the winning theme going up on Wednesday at 8 pm. Suggestions are always welcome.🙏🏾 . . . . . #yourpoeticpic #stories #writersofinstagram #mypoeticheart #manivillie #storiesbymanivillie #writer #write #storiesofinstagram #stories #hope #light

Your Poetic Pick - Fear . . PC: Max Pixel . . . In silence do we learn our absolute truths. Being comfortable in silence is something that I am struggling with this year. It makes you embrace your insecurity. . . I am turning 40 this year, which is both insane and exciting. Since it is a big “10” - a part of me feels like this year I need to do more, have my sh*t together more, be a better adult. Instead, I am more confused, feel like I have more to lose and I am not where I want to be. I didn’t end up completing the Midnight NYC challenge in time and as I have told you guys I have been struggling with writers block. However, I know at the root of all of this, is that I am judging my self and my writing to harshly. . Did I have ideas for “fear” - yep. Did any of them make it to the page - Nope. I need to stop being afraid this year. . Made by @canva . . . Your Poetic Pick is a series of stories and poems based on topics chosen by you guys💞. You can cast your vote for a theme on Monday, with the poem or story for the winning theme going up on Wednesday at 8 pm. Suggestions are always welcome.🙏🏾 . . . . . #yourpoeticpic #stories #writersofinstagram #mypoeticheart #manivillie #storiesbymanivillie #writer #write #storiesofinstagram #stories #fear #meditation #fearful

Your Poetic Pick - Tamil . . If this feels a bit disjointed, maybe it is meant to be. I love Tamil but have a strange relationship with it. I am Tamil - my ethnicity, my identity, my sense of self BUT at the same time I am not - I don’t speak it, don’t fully get the culture and never really grew up in a Tamil land (I lived in Nigeria before Canada). Tamil is a nuanced experience for me and maybe why I couldn’t really write it simply. . The beginning of the poem is a reference to the Tamil Alphabet - “The vowels are termed as 'uyir elutukkal' ('uyir' meaning 'life' or 'soul') and the consonants are called 'mei elutukkal' ('mei' meaning 'body') - this terminology has very deep linguistic and philosophical implication!” (Source: Wiki University) . I really wanted to write this poem in Tamil, as least a transliteration of it but I don’t YET know all the words to create my Tamil poem. It is a goal for 2019 though - wish me luck. . . . Made with @canva . . . Your Poetic Pick is a series of stories and poems based on topics chosen by you guys💞. You can cast your vote for a theme on Monday, with the poem or story for the winning theme going up on Wednesday at 8 pm. Suggestions are always welcome.🙏🏾 . . . . . #yourpoeticpic #stories #writersofinstagram #mypoeticheart #manivillie #storiesbymanivillie #writer #write #storiesofinstagram #stories