Moon Child: A Book of Poems

By Rushali Mukherjee

The book, 'Moon Child' consists of a collection of carefully handpicked poems from the poet's vast collection along with her own hand-drawn sketches.

Poetry is about finding beauty in the details of one's day-to-day life and inspiring others to do the same. A world as beautiful and poetic like this is wasted when someone chooses to overlook a flower growing at the corner of the pavement or ignore the sweet songs that birds compose and perform sing.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Release date: Jan 15, 2021
• ISBN: 9789390513277

Rushali Mukherjee

Rushali, a poet, an artist and an editor at a young age of 18 is currently studying in class 12th at Welham Girls' School in Dehradun. A regular writer and illustrator of her school's literary publications, she is on the editorial board of her annual school magazine and is curently heading the Poetry Appreciation Society for her school. She won multiple international honour medal awards in Creative Writing, social studies, debating, arts and champion scholar at World Scholars' Cup held at Yale University, USA after competing with over 2000 students globally. An avid reader and writer, she has been winning several accolades in her school for her essay writing, poetry and artistic skills. An all-rounder, she's not just been winning awards related to GK, technology, music, dance and sports among others but has continued to prove her mettle by being recognized for her outstanding performance academically. In her free time, Rushali enjoys sketching and teaches underprivileged children. The perspicacious Rushali writes descriptive poetry taking cues from her vivid imaginations and observant self. She is perceptive of people and the little things that they do or say. She respects the diversity of human beings and draws her learnings from their distinct characteristics which she moulds to express herself through her poetry. She uses her personal experiences and adept writing skills to express emotions, and hopes to inspire others to express how they feel and resonate with the words of her poems.

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Preface

Since the birth of this beautiful form of writing, poetry has always been about penning down the abstract and giving it a tactile form. Poetry doesn’t require a certain tangible shape to stand tall among the other forms of literary art. Poetry is about finding beauty in the details of one’s day-to-day life and inspiring others to do the same. A world as beautiful and poetic like this is wasted when someone chooses to overlook a flower growing at the corner of the pavement or ignore the sweet songs that birds compose and perform sing.

I began writing poetry a few years ago for the same reason—to make others realise how much they are missing out by not observing and appreciating the world around them. I wanted to convey my deepest feelings and beliefs through this medium. Writing poetry by glass windows, as sunlight streams in and falls on my notebook, has always been a very personal activity of mine and each day I spend by those windows, I learn to better channel my emotions into through this very pristine art form.

My book, ‘Moon Child’ consists of a collection of carefully handpicked poems along with my hand-drawn sketches. I hope these succeed in capturing the very essence of my poetry. I hope it helps you appreciate the little things in life, makes you take up a pen the very pen only thing that defeats the mighty iron sword, and influences you to write about your own observations.

They call me Moon Child

Because every time I look at the moon

It reminds me of the people I love