Updated: June 26, 2021 18:41 IST This dazzling collection is poetry of the highest order, poetry as an affirmation of life as well as a silent grieving for the end of times Share Article AAA This dazzling collection is poetry of the highest order, poetry as an affirmation of life as well as a silent grieving for the end of times What is poetry’s place while a deadly pandemic rages on: do we read it as a prayer or a lament? As our isolation aggravates our sense of alienation, do we default to poetry? If not, where do we turn to collectively grieve? Days before the second wave hit, I got a copy of