Calms and Balms

Description

ABOUT THE BOOK

“Calms and Balms – poetry collection” is a journey of poems with 12 destinations. Some poems are open-ended, while some poems are reactions and reflections, opinions and observations of the poetess. Some delve into fantasy and mystique, while some poems will add a smile to your face. “Calms and Balms” is a blend of soothing and motivating thoughts. They will gently nudge the reader to read, feel and think. The book is devoted to topics like sports, nature, love and relationships, mystique of the sea and space, animals and birds, mental health, spirituality, city and rural landscape, India and the world and much more. Rupali writes in both – free verse as well as in different poetic forms. This book has poems written in different poetic forms like the Ghazal, Haiku, Haibun, Gwawdodyn as well free verse poems. The poetess loves sketching and often posts her poems along with sketches drawn by her on social media. She has drawn sketches and included them in the book.
So, dear reader, be ready to read, feel and think about these writings of the poet, who makes a debut in the world of Poetry books.”

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

“Rupali D. Gore is a multilingual writer and poet. She writes in English, Hindi and Marathi. Poetry is the calm and balm of her life. Apart from poetry, Rupali also writes short stories and essays. She likes to write about daily observations, social issues, nature, history, travel, culture, motivational and inspirational content and anything which inspires her to write.
Sketching, mobile photography, cooking, reading, watching movies, singing, walking and playing badminton are her other areas of interest and passion. Her work has been published in international anthologies like three RDW anthologies, the First line poets anthology, Psithurism -2 and Mimansa -2 (Hindi) of Realm of poems facebook poetry group, “Timeless” anthology of Women poets facebook poetry group, the Ink gladiators press anthology of “The 2021 Form runners and inventors collection”. Rupali likes to recite and narrate her writings. She has a youtube channel, in which she shares the spoken word.
She holds a commerce graduation from Narsee Monjee College of commerce and economics, Mumbai and a postgraduation in management – MMS – MBA offered by Mumbai university. She has also studied astrology and successfully completed 1 year course of astrology. Rupali is an astrologer and has an experience of more than 9 years in Vedic astrology practice. Apart from astrology, she is a tarot card reader, oracle card reader and numerologist.
“Calms and Balms – Poetry collection” is Rupali’s debut poetry collection.”