The Earthen Bowl: A Collection of Poems

By Dr. Bhvaneshwari Shankar

This is a collection of poems written in a variety of lyrical forms including cinquains, quatrains, haikus, sonnets and ghazals.They have been organized into six themed chapters: Beginnings - about children.Creation - about nature and the world.Love - in myriad forms: childhood, unrequited, mature and divine.For Women - about women and their struggles, particularly close to my heart, as a scholar of feminism.A Bit of Fun - a light-hearted view of conjugal relationships.Introspection - an inward eye on the human condition.About the author: Bhuvaneshwari Shankar is a bilingual award-winning poet, playwright, short story writer, translator and philanthropic. Defiant Dreams, an anthology featuring her work, was featured in Oprah Winfrey's Book Club list in 2015. Crossed and Knotted, another anthology, is mentioned in the Limca Book of Records as India's first composite novel. She travels frequently and blogs at https: //ilakea.blogspot.c

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1691942642
• ISBN13: 9781691942640
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"