Knotted Grief

In his first poetry volume, internationally renowned publisher Naveen Kishore has produced a collection of poems that, with compassion, protest society’s cruelty. Throughout Knotted Grief, Kishore lays bare the nature of our outer and inner realities, using striking symbolism to reveal what humans are capable of doing to each other. The early part of the collection, ‘Kashmiryiat’, is a visceral monument to shadows, widows and unlived lives, constructed with one hundred and five stanzas. By depicting large-scale human tragedies and familiar habits – “… fast forward into a dream / I fail to swipe my screen” – the poet tests himself, and us.

Praise for Knotted Grief:

‘Form and content come together beautifully in Naveen Kishore’s haiku-like poems about loss and desolation.’

—  The Hindu

‘Acclaimed publisher Naveen Kishore’s new book of poems is as evocative and thought-provoking as it is powerful. […] Honest, intimate and written with care and compassion, the book promises to strike a chord with the readers.’

—  The Telegraph