Author Description

Poetry treads on lines. Lines that result out of symbiotic automata. The merging of two lines creates a pattern. The ones we identify as a relation. While wordlessness is deemed inert, preparation to engage is a step towards mutation, even if that is for an unknown period. Ranging from lovers who quarrel about sugar cubes to having a conversation with a ‘hmm’, fighting for power over crosswords, speaking in coded messages through an exchange of a $50 note, and learning about a wife's mind through her applying spices in food — Hawakal’s Wives, edited by Ankit Raj Ojha, comprising forty-eight poets from twelve countries, is a variegated collection about spouses replete with mystery.