An imagistic collage of longing and language, What monsoon is
this measures and mediates states of bliss, inquiry and questioning. “Here,”
Shah writes, “all bodies searching for common language, an aspiration common to
drench.” To match its lyric intensity, Number 20 in the WinteRed Series is also printed on gorgeous bright pink.
An excerpt:
What makes sky, sky?
Perhaps: it is descent of rain in unexpected
busts, the re-appearance of a cloud that
bears dew to balm your unsoothed soul.
Perhaps: it is the unheard song of birds you
imagine, migration of wings from one verse
to another.
What makes sky, sky?
Perhaps: it is descent of rain in unexpected
busts, the re-appearance of a cloud that
bears dew to balm your unsoothed soul.
Perhaps: it is the unheard song of birds you
imagine, migration of wings from one verse
to another.
PURVI SHAH is author of Terrain Tracks (New Rivers Press:
2006) and winner of the inaugural SONY South
Asian Social Service Award in 2008 for her work fighting violence against
women. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.
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