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## Posts

- [How to Write a Haiku: A Step-by-Step Process](https://aswordsfly.com/index.php/2025/11/30/how-to-write-a-haiku-a-step-by-step-process/): The first time when I read a haiku, I felt so mesmerized with the sheer brilliance of expression it could hold in such laconic yet beautiful way. The three lines evoking profound and heartfelt emotions. I wondered how simple a moment can be captured with just few words and that too in such a way that it stays with the reader with their own experiences and interpretations. I felt heard and seen in the realm of words. After reading a few haiku online by a poet, I felt compelled to write one as well. And I got to learn so […]
- [Noticing the world, one haiku at a time !](https://aswordsfly.com/index.php/2025/09/15/noticing-the-world-one-haiku-at-a-time/): In the summers, my father and I would set up birdhouses in our little garden. Every summer, the sparrows would come back, looking for a safe space to build their nests. Bringing twigs, then later when their eggs are hatched, feeding the chicks, and teaching them to fly. It was absolutely magical how life unfolded in front of us. We would keep clean water available all the time, along with quality bird food, grains, etc. The bird feeder is always filled, inviting all sorts of other guests as well, from house sparrows and squirrels to bulbuls, parrots, and crows.
- [The question "Why I am even doing this?" (navigating through life)](https://aswordsfly.com/index.php/2024/11/09/the-question-why-i-am-even-doing-this-navigating-through-life/): I think, at some point in life, every person must have felt, “Why I am even doing this, for who, for what, at what cost, what is the meaning of all this, am I even on the right path, is this even meant for me, am I even capable ? ” etc, etc. And these are some genuine questions, something that can not be brushed off by saying it’s just mind-talking. As our entire existence is based on these thoughts, it’s the core of our thinking that guides us in a direction, towards taking action.
- [Looking at the sky after the rain](https://aswordsfly.com/index.php/2024/09/03/looking-at-the-sky-after-the-rain/): There is something absolutely magical about looking up at the sky after the rain. Everything seems so fresh, beautiful, and vibrant, and the tranquility that comes after a downpour cannot be described in words.
- [What is cultural materialism in literature?](https://aswordsfly.com/index.php/2024/07/18/what-is-cultural-materialism-in-literature/): The term ‘Cultural Materialism’ was coined by Raymond Williams, a Welsh novelist and socialist writer. In a short essay published in the New Left Review in 1976, Raymond Williams mentions the term ‘Cultural Materialism’.
- [The Myth of Sisyphus : Significance and Meaning](https://aswordsfly.com/index.php/2024/04/16/the-myth-of-sisyphus-significance-and-meaning/): Written by Albert Camus in 1942, The Myth of Sisyphus is an interesting and fascinating philosophical essay. As it deals with the theme of absurdity and existentialism.
- [Welcome silence amidst the chaos !](https://aswordsfly.com/index.php/2024/03/14/welcome-silence-amidst-the-chaos/): Pause and. . . Listen closely ! What do you hear? Is it a bird? T.V. , radio maybe ! Is it the distant sound of a train, or somebody talking on phone ! Or the sound of breeze, a vehicle passing by, or just random little noises?
- [How to make a vision board for 2024 (for absolute beginners)](https://aswordsfly.com/index.php/2023/12/19/how-to-make-a-vision-board-for-2024-for-absolute-beginners/): We can’t deny the fact that majority of our thoughts actually dictates our most of the life. So keeping a track of them, with the habit of journaling helps tremendously to stay afloat and not drown in it all. Taking a step further in search of some more clarity towards our goals and dreams, vision boards are one of the excellent tool.
- [30 poems from my 30 days poetry challenge](https://aswordsfly.com/index.php/2023/12/11/30-poems-from-my-30-days-poetry-challenge/): Hello there, as mentioned in my previous post, I did a little poetry challenge in order to continue my writing in fun way. And now, here I am sharing the result of the little venture of thirty days writing challenge. So, relax a bit and enjoy the poetry (I’m already assuming you gonna enjoy this 🙂 )
- [I did a 30 days poetry writing challenge](https://aswordsfly.com/index.php/2023/12/11/i-did-a-30-days-poetry-writing-challenge/): The first half of 2023 was just plain empty in terms of writing. Because of work, I couldn’t write and also, there was a major writer’s block (yeah, that happens) 🙂 So after getting a chance to travel in May and June, I found my creativity back and started writing again. Although, didn’t publish many haiku/senryu. Well, I mostly write haiku poetry and in awe of this art. I wrote lot of poems and enjoyed the journey.
- [How to write a poem, write along with me, step by step !](https://aswordsfly.com/index.php/2023/10/17/how-to-write-a-poem-write-along-with-me-step-by-step/): On this blog, I have shared a few writing tips post so I thought now when you have some basics covered why not we write a poem together. It’s going to be a very simple write without much complexity. But I truly believe you will enjoy the process.
- [How to write long poems?](https://aswordsfly.com/index.php/2023/10/17/how-to-write-long-poems/): You might have come across various styles of poetry, long, short, rhyming, non-rhyming, with imagery, without imagery etc etc. So writing one, especially when you are a beginner seems a daunting task. And writing and re-writing the first draft becomes so tedious.
- [How to find inspiration for your poems !](https://aswordsfly.com/index.php/2023/10/15/how-to-find-inspiration-for-your-poems/): Poems, I believe, are an extra-ordinary moment in our ordinary lives. And writing one makes you feel so connected to yourself and your surrounding. Few days ago while reading a book in our little garden, I saw at some distance there was a dove, trying to find twigs for the nest as the breeding season is approaching.
- [How to find meaning in life?](https://aswordsfly.com/index.php/2023/08/06/how-to-find-meaning-in-life/): As a human, our life is a great story, sad, happy, calm, chaotic, you name it. We are full of emotions and our life is weaved by all these experiences. Indeed, it gets overwhelming. And sometimes it might start feeling meaningless as well.
- [How to get out of a writing slump?](https://aswordsfly.com/index.php/2023/07/18/how-to-get-out-of-a-writing-slump/): As a writer you must have gone through the most dreadful stage of a writer’s life, the “writer’s block” ! It happens with the best of us. Even though, I’m still quite hesitant calling myself a writer yet, in terms of professional writing. But I know how this term is so often used in the literary world.
- [How poetry might save you in this tiring world !](https://aswordsfly.com/index.php/2023/06/28/how-poetry-might-save-you-in-this-tiring-world/): When was the last time that you stopped to look at the starry sky, setting sun or a flower or a butterfly. When was the last time when something completely mesmerized you, something so ordinary yet took you by surprise. Think, as sometime such subtle moments change the course of time. And I believe that’s what poetry do !

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- [About](https://aswordsfly.com/index.php/about/): Hello ! Welcome to the “AS Words Fly” I’m Bhawana , and I’m really glad you are here 🙂 The idea behind this blog is to explore literature in all its simplicity. You will find thoughts on various topics including how to guides for writing, themes and analysis of literary works etc. I have always enjoyed reading and writing, and have my own published haiku poems in various online journals and magazines since 2019. Haiku poems have inspired me to understand the subtlety of life in few words, how a simple a moment can become an extraordinary one. (You can […]
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