Poems that whisper into your ears the vibrations of raw ecstasy | "What If Rainbows Were Your Shadows" by Anusha Veluswamy


Anusha Veluswamy’s poems have beauty and empathy oozing out of them, and they hold the capacity to make your eyes moist with feelings so dear. Very peacefully shrouded by a feminine touch, the poems whisper into your ears the vibrations of raw ecstasy or the shudders of naked grief. Vast and promising, her poems tend to evolve, and they take you along.

This anthology is structured into three parts—while the first part harps on the theme of nature’s beauty and evolution of hope, the second part deals with motherhood: the joys and pains associated with it, and the third one talks about love, affection and heartbreak.

In case you want to experience the tantalizing rhythms of joy, various kinds of it, then this book will speak to you even more. In case, you want to echo your feelings of supressed grief and smothered feelings of congestion, this book will resonate in your heart like never before. In all, this book will give a kaleidoscopic view of love, sorrow, awe and other non-descriptive emotions.

For me personally, the first section of the book was utter magnificent. It harnessed the quality of keen observation in daily life, to instil understanding and faith in mundane, regular objects and happenings. In this part, the poems project the poet’s own vividness of experiences, and she doesn’t shy away from expressing herself to the core. Buoyed by this sense of pure attention to detail, these poems rise headstrong into the sky.

Anusha’s poems have such proximity to life in general, that they seem closer and closer to you as you go on reading them. She draws inspiration from everyday snippets of life, and elaborates on the way they have made her feel. She sometimes takes you back down her own memory lane, and sometimes she leaves the interpretations to the readers. Using beautiful metaphors and comparisons, she makes her verses lively and attractive. The usage of ‘free verse’ and not complying to any specific rhyming scheme, makes the poems appear only in the light of pure expression. Equipped with the literary splendour, this anthology of poetry therefore makes a rightful place in my list of essential recommendations !


➦ Grab a copy here !
➦ Reach out to the poet at @anuviv 

Disclaimer: This review is in lieu of a review copy. 



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