Rising with Splendour

By Gurnoor Kohli

During the winter of her last high school year, poet Gurnoor Kohli found her voice. However, she not only discovered her own poetic muse but the muse of the world around her. She likes putting herself in other’s shoes in order to understand how they feel, which is why her debut collection, Rising with Splendour, is relatable to all.

In her poem, “Be Audacious,” Kohli voices the need to be bright and brave:
I coat power on my lashes,
And blood on my lips.
I dust confidence on my cheeks and,
Shimmer on my lids.
While I sip on credibility,
I taste success,
High on the heels of invincibility,
I wear burnished august as my dress.
She believes we all have the power to rise, but if we rise without splendour, we don’t rise at all.

Matters of life resound differently through the emotions of us all, and yet, we each have experienced the need to be brave and uplifted. Emotions cause pleasure, pain, and confusion—sensations we all easily share. Despite the bad, find the good in yourself and others as you make your climb toward the light and find grace and glory your companions.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Partridge Publishing India
• Release date: Dec 27, 2015
• ISBN: 9781482868227

Gurnoor Kohli

Gurnoor Kohli was born in New Delhi, India. She embarked on her poetry writing journey in the winter of her last year at high school. When it comes to writing she likes to put herself into other people’s shoes and articulate how they feel in the form of poetry and prose. Other than writing, Gurnoor enjoys dancing and reading. This book, “Rising With Splendour,” is her debut book, through which she wishes to convey the gravity of emotions.

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Copyright © 2015 by Gurnoor Kohli.

ISBN:      Softcover      978-1-4828-6823-4

                eBook         978-1-4828-6822-7

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Contents

1.   The Promise

2.   Living With a Demon

3.   Somberness

4.   The Dichotomy

5.   The Catalyst

6.   Wildfires

7.   Autumn

8.   Sore Abyss

9.   Little Brother

10.   Pilgrimage of Pain

11.   Prodigal myths

12.   The Onerous Choice

13.   The moribund song

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