This is an anthology of blank verses – a celebration away from conventional poetry where the traditional scaffolding of rhyme and rhythm are happily abandoned to give way to deeper emotions and a more profound realization. All other distractions lost, both writer and reader dive deep in the abyss of words and thoughts, their conjugation the strongest salvation.

The emphasis of these poems lie therefore, on the perplexing emotions that raise poems in the first place –melancholy, epiphany, rejuvenation, euphoria, all distilled to near- perfection bringing out honest renditions of the writer’s thoughts while ushering a sense of liberty.

As with every form of art, success lies in the observer or reader being able to muse for himself on the emotions that surface as one reads the verses. I hope that like the writer, the reader is able to lift himself above the convolution of words to focus instead on the resonance of heart and mind – with no constraints but rather with absolute freedom to read, reflect and realise the unfettered essence of poetry.