{"product_id":"poems-sundari-maheswaran-9781912605859","title":"Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis, my first collection of poetry, reflects my heritage, professional life, and other stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am Malaysian of Sri Lankan Tamil descent. I have lived in the U.K and in the West Midlands throughout my adult life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this collection I have tried to weave the threads of the vibrant multilingual Malaysian culture into my Malaysian themed poems from our love of food to childhood memories. I have expressed myself in Malaysian English alongside some lines in Malay and Tamil. These poems are perhaps best realised as spoken word.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA significant part of my identity is defined by medicine. I hope the poems echoing my time as a junior doctor and a GP show some of the raw emotion and humour associated with life in clinical medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI have referenced the work of V.V. Ganeshananthan's novel \u003cem\u003eBrotherless Night\u003c\/em\u003e and Philip Larkin's poem \u003cem\u003eThis Be The Verse\u003c\/em\u003e in two of my poems on heritage and parents respectively.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterspersed among my poems are some sketches which I hope add a visual companion to the words.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy wish is that you read my poems and perhaps find a thread or nugget that chimes with your own story\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sundari Maheswaran\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1912605856\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781912605859\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stonewake Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/11\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.20d","brand":"Sundari Maheswaran","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48659844497663,"sku":"9781912605859","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/poems-sundari-maheswaran-9781912605859","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}