Bougainvilleas and Sparrows is a collection of 100 poems along with additional Haikus, thoughts and prayers. The poems explore a range of themes – nature, encouragement, faith, doubt and hope, introspection, love, human emotions and challenges, etc. The poems are thought-provoking and would challenge you to question your ideas and priorities.
Poems, above all else, are meant to give pleasure and invoke a greater sense of appreciation for the world around us and well as the world within us. I hope the poems contained in this collection will give you joy and enable you to grow in your self-worth.
Smita Valentina
Smita Valentina is a poet, author and Christian speaker based in Nagaland. She holds an MBA from Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai and has worked in ICICI Bank and Steel Authority of India Limited before committing full-time to writing and volunteering in Christian Organizations. She frequently speaks in students' camps, conferences and church services; and counsels young people. Her area of focus is: practical Christian living, sociological and inter-cultural studies, and mindful-living.
Her previous works are: a collection of prayers in poetry (with short meditations) titled "my Psalms on my knees", a collection of personal essays and poems titled “Of Summers: Five Recollections and Six Poems”, and a collection of Christian meditations titled “prayers and promises – God’s enduring love”.
Currently, she resides in Numaligarh, Assam with her husband, Talikaba Longchar and her dog, Maggie.
