Dusk Diary- Collection of Poems by Lekshmy Rajeev

Making magic with unusual combinations of words and striking images, Lekshmy Rajeev's poetry takes the reader to startling levels of perception. She dazzles in and out of a variety of themes and moods revealing an astonishing range. Moving from deep pathos of bereavement, to profound philosophical insights, to love in its many forms and tones, to desire, yearning, disillusionment, to light-hearted humour, irony, satire and stark realism, her poems chart the course of a mind that looks within and out at the world through fairy eyes. Mercilessly honest, these poems haunt the reader long after they are read and put away. Lekshmy's is a clear, fresh voice in the world of poetry in English.

Lekshmy Rajeev (b. 1971) is a poet, freelance journalist and translator. Her poems have been published in magazines and journals such as Indian Literature, Deccan Herald Sunday Magazine, Poetry Chain, The Little Magazine, and websites like www.shakespeares-sonnets.com and www.othervoicespoetry.org. Her translations of Malayalam poetry have appeared in Samyuktha and The Journal of Literature & Aesthetics. She did a monthly column, "Pebbles" for the Deccan Herald Sunday Magazine, on living Indian poets. She was the Poetry Editor for www.womenswriting.com, the website of the British Council for South Asia. She also writes features in The Hindu, The New Indian Express, Sahara Time, Travel X, Kerala Kaumudi and Mathrubhumi. She is currently the Consultant Editor of Niyogi Books.

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