{"product_id":"poems-paperback-81","title":"Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSundari Maheswaran\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 72\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 11, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53522263834931,"sku":"9781912605859","price":22.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/198p3huCOd9781912605859.webp?v=1781968065","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/poems-paperback-81","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}