Top 10 Poetry Books Of The Month | March [Editor’s Choice]

‘Khalil Gibran once said ‘Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.’

Poetry is so important because it helps us understand and appreciate the world around us. Poetry’s strength lies in its ability to shed a “sideways” light on the world, so the truth sneaks up on you. No question about it. Poetry teaches us how to live.

Today we have handpicked ten books on poetry that you should definitely give a read.

1. Teething: A Story Told in Verse by Megha Rao

A story told in verse, Teething begins when Kochu, a young boy in Kerala, is caught kissing the neighbor’s son. All hell breaks loose, ending in Kochu taking his own life.
Years after the scandal, after discovering his suicide note, his oldest sister, Achu, sets out to uncover the mysteries of their dysfunctional family by putting pieces of their past back together. Along the way, she discovers things she never noticed – their mother’s brokenness and obsession with the church, their father’s disturbing secrecy inside the bedroom, and, of course, their own individual traumas that stopped time altogether. Soon, Achu realizes that none of them will ever truly grow up until they live their lives all over again, from the very beginning. Read More..

2. Elephants & Oceans by Aditi Singh

‘Elephants & Oceans’ is a poetic travel memoir that captures some of the big and small, dreamy and crazy, fast and lazy encounters of the author while traveling around the world.

Explore the mystical pagodas of Burma early morning, sled-ride with huskies through the dark jungles in Finland, camp in the desert with a Bedouin family in Jordan, or almost get trampled under the foot of a wild elephant; the vivid and intrepid descriptions will make each experience come alive and fill you with gratitude for life, even more, each time.

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3. Etchings of the First Quarter of 2020 by Sabarna Roy.

To readers of Sabarna Roy’s Random Subterranean Mosiac: 2012 – 2018, his latest slim and elegant volume titled Etchings of the First Quarter of 2020: Letters, Ideas, Conversations, and Poems comes as another delightful read. In this two-part volume, packaged with a selection of his poems, Roy explores the concepts of duality and constancy in discussions with his daughter. Presented as conversations over coffee and desserts, the talks extend to diverse topics with Lolita at one end and marine conservation at the other. In his poems, Roy and his alter-ego, Sandy, soothe and shock you in turns until you burst out of the last page, breathless and asking for more.
Sabarna Roy’s characters are all around us. He has Read More..

4. Darkness And Light by Mahevash Shaikh

This collection of original poetry deals with the sometimes crippling impacts of contemporary issues like depression, anxiety, trauma, capitalism, pandemic fatigue, and social media. It was serious, thought-provoking, humorous and calming at various points. I felt like I could relate to the author’s feelings and share in their experience through the writing. This book is something very special. Based on lived experience, Mahevash’s writing is real and relatable.

Darkness And Light is a collection of poems that explores common mental health problems and the strange, dysfunctional world we live in today. After all, mental health and Read More..

5. She: The Reality of Womanhood by Nivedita Karthik.

She: The reality of womanhood is a poetry collection all about “woman” that stands the test of time. The words penned in this collection were relevant yesterday, are relevant today, and will be relevant tomorrow. From the mental and physical to the spiritual and emotional, this collection of poems spans the gamut of womanhood and details the reality of being a woman.

Nivedita Karthik’s poetry has appeared in Glomag, The Society of Classical Poets, The Epoch Times, The Bamboo Hut, Eskimopie, The Sequoyah Cherokee River Journal, The Ekphrastic Review, Visual Verse, The Trouvaille Review, and The Poet (Christmas, Childhood, Faith, Friend & Friendship, and Adversity Read More..

6. In The Name Of Love And God by Varsha Khangwal

In the Name of Love and God has a mystical quality with the poems centering around life, love, death, friendship, spirituality and present a different perspective towards life, sometimes seen as rebellion. At the core of the poems are faith in the Almighty, an incessant search for the true self, human values, and the indefatigable spirit of man. Nature and its elements are a metaphor for the sentiments of deep love and longing.

In modern poetry, this type of poetic language is very rare. The poet will take you on a journey where you stumble across your own self and you will begin to contemplate more on the subject you will find yourself immersed in this poetry and will Read More..

7. Until We Unite by Harita Kansara

A book about love, longing, and letting go. If you have ever loved someone enough to let them go, this piece of art will touch your heart. Great pictures. An ocean of emotions jotted down to a few lines. Give it a try, you won’t be disappointed. Makes you read it in one go.

A book about love, longing, and letting go. If you have ever loved someone enough to let them go, this piece of art will touch your heart. An ocean of emotions jotted down to a few lines. Give it a try, you won’t be disappointed. This book defines this quote aptly, must read and feel love for yourself so you can spread it to others.
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8. Mirror Mine by Nikitha Agarwal

Mirror Mine is a collection of inspiring stories entangled with beautiful poems which drive you from life to love, from family to friends, and from challenges to fantasies. This book is a combination of every small to big feeling and emotion that is felt by a person.

Mirror Mine connects you to your original self and takes you into a world of peace and happiness. It makes you see beyond that’s visible; it makes you fly and cry, makes you feel lost, high and spiritual, and, most importantly, makes you fall in love with your own self. It will make you feel alive!

9. Prancing In The Void by Srishti

This book is a magnificent and elegant collection of poems, musings, and verses of rouse. The author divides the collection of poems into four parts. She expresses how she misses her old self – which she used to be, how she feels like a lost feather that never touches the ground, the darkness which surrounds her. She also states of her lover being far away who makes her feel like a moon yet she has her fears, the fear of saying a long goodbye. She also throws in the fact that with negativity, stigma, discrimination and denial in this cruel world, there is nothing pretty about having the right to live but still embraces the will to live as she hopes that by making a whole world as one society, we will stand as one.

10. Voice of the Soul by Shreyans Kanswa

How does it feel to lie just by yourself and delve into the silence. The silence is a path to a deeper self, a self that is unexplored. That same unexplored self can also be regarded as the soul.

While the time ticks on the clock, a bond with your soul is timeless. Such metaphors are rendered powerless when a conversation is created with oneself.

These poems mean more than just words, they scream soulfulness. It is rather weird that we go looking for answers outside when all that we have to do is seek deeper within ourselves. The poems are experiences that the poet Read More..

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