{"product_id":"mamina-sangita-kalarickal-9798386867324","title":"Mamina","description":"\u003cb\u003ePraise for Mamina\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMamina is a delicate, poignant, and moving exploration of motherhood from poet Sangita Kalarickal. A fine debut.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSean O'Connor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoet, author, and editor of The Haibun Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBewitching, bubbling poetry\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003elike a warm cup of kehwa on a cold December day, sprinkled with crushed almond, saffron and cinnamon.\u003cbr\u003eIt warms the heart, stirs the soul, bringing a smile to the lips, raising hands upwards, grateful for the presence of mothers, grandmothers\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e and daughters in our lives.\u003cbr\u003eShort, succinct and sweet poetry which you want to sip, and sip again, like a poetic glutton.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSantosh Bakaya, PhD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAward winning poet, novelist, biographer, TEDx speaker with more than 23 books across multiple genres\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith her first published collection, Sangita Kalarickal has established herself as a potent creative force through poetry that bubbles from the wellspring of her heart. In Mamina, we come to know \u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eMother\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003e as we have never known her. Between these covers, there is beauty, wisdom, joy, pain, and love-all woven together brilliantly with soft, caring words.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Grahn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoet, editor and founder, Drifting Sands Haibun\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMamina, mamma, amma, mother, m綟, maa, ammee, mathair... the emotion, the same world over. Sangita connects us to this emotion in Mamina. A collection of eighteen poems narrated in free verse and Japanese poetry forms, vivid with language that sets the tone of tenderness and reflection, and expressed in impeccable style, Mamina is a book one would want to savor on a flight or on a rainy day with a hot cup of coffee.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVidya Shankar\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoet, writer, teacher, a 'book' in the Human Library\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMagical circles of time fly around in her poems, waiting to be found, in concentric, lighted, elastic rays, stretching out in a child\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003es slow crawl across the floor, over a sudden scent of jackfruit leaf spoons in Ammamma\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003es congee...\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe vision of Mom in wisps of time in a mirror; and what do you find?\u003cbr\u003eWrinkles and lines fade away in everlasting touch, in missed buses, may paths converge, overwriting shadowy tremors of pain and loss.\u003cbr\u003eA redeeming read of exquisite beauty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSmeetha Bhoumik\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoet-The Polaris Trilogy, artist-The Universe Series, editor-Yugen Quest Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis wonderful chapbook is grounded in the matrilineal, and in the challenges and joys of becoming and then being a mother. Sangita Kalarickal\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003es ability to craft strong haiku is clear throughout the collection, which also features free verse and hybrid forms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaitlin Jans\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoet, founder-The Poetry Marathon, and Authors Publish\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sangita Kalarickal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8386867329\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798386867324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/14\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.12d","brand":"Sangita Kalarickal","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44829488742655,"sku":"9798386867324","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9a94ab63-930d-4cf6-b9c3-151b868e7169.jpg?v=1708450943","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mamina-sangita-kalarickal-9798386867324","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}