Smitha Vishwanath is a blogger, artist, poet who moved to Bangladesh as an expatriate in October, 2022. These poems have been written in her first month in the country. Her poems have been published in several literary e-zines, namely, Spillwords Press, Borderless Journal, Rebelle Society and Silverbirch Press. Her poem, ‘Omid’ was nominated for Best of the Net in 2019.  ‘Do you have Dreams’ and ‘Forgotten’ were given special mention in the NaPoWriMo 2021 and NaPoWriMo 2022, by Maureen Thomson. She was also nominated as Author of the month for her poem, ‘Ye birds on my windowsill’ in May 2022. Other than writing and art, she enjoys spending time with her family and travelling.