Not only poet, but also painter, Tanya Mendonsa seems to keep a low profile, preferring the solitude of the countryside over the bustle of cities. The poet Keats said, “Poetic technique is a sham: poetry must come as naturally as leaves to a tree, or not at all.” Both, poetry and painting, have come to her naturally, at an early age (she had her first solo exhibition in Calcutta when she was 19). As she like to remember, she worked at both of them over the years, but the initial impulse for both is the same. In her poems she draws deeply from a poetic tradition of the wonders of the natural world. When the poet walks down memory lane, she does not always stick to the straight and narrow. The lay of the land seems familiar, but look closely, and the cracks are there. These poems are inspired by individuals who have been part of the poet’s life, some of them fleetingly. Mendonsa’s directness and simplicity is, by turns, intimate, terrifying, uplifting and, ultimately, liberating. These poems open our eyes to a world seen anew with a lyricism that never ceases to astonish and delight.
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