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About The Book

This book consists of 32 poems celebrating the majesty, the splendour and the keen astuteness usually associated with the hawk; not to mention the rush of wish one can drown themselves in upon considering the freedom analogous to the bird. Romans and Greeks sing of the hawk’s flight bearing shafts of Jupiter’s and Zeus’ thunder on its back; while ancient Scandinavian bards pen verses of the wise and agile passerine’s travels across the nine realms branching out from the world tree, Yggdrasil. The Japanese pay homage to the hawk as a harbinger of good fortune and prosperity; while the Egyptians venerate the feathered creature as the deity of the all-encompassing sky, Horus.
In this collection, I have sought to paint a stitched mural of the hawk using metaphors and allegories to convey the various aspects of liberation linked to the brown bird with its slate-blue and sharp eyes; protection, conservation, refuge, preservation, auspices, guidance, championship and providence.
I believe this is my love letter to the beautiful creature of the air.

About The Author

Dibyasree Nandy is the author of ‘The Labyrinth of Silent Voices: Epistles From the Mahabharata’, ‘Stardust: Haiku and Other Poems’, ‘Meteor Shower’, ‘Fireflies Beneath the Misty Moon’, ‘April Verses’, ‘Magic of the Eventyr’, ‘The Terrorist’s Journal’, ‘An Upset Inkpot’, ‘Tabula Rasa’, ‘Fireworks Upon a Cold Sea’, ‘Winter Plum’, ‘An Atelier of Despair’, ‘The Village of Wind’ and ‘Red Soil’. Her individual works have appeared in more than a hundred anthologies and literary journals. She has obtained two Master degrees in Applied Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering.