Fervent Voices

By Deepika Nayar Chaudhery

Fervent Voices is a poetry collection on a combination of themes.

The first set of poems focuses on nature. It will take you through experiences with magnificent trees and alluring flowers and further into what seasons signify and mean to the poet.

The second stream is about hopes, aspirations, and deep loss and vivid descriptions of associated emotions.

Central to the book is the poets recount of precious memories of her father and her childhood.

You will hear the fervent voices as you read this collection.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Partridge Publishing India
• Release date: Aug 5, 2016
• ISBN: 9781482874334

Deepika Nayar Chaudhery

Deepika Nayar Chaudhery is a public health professional. Having a doctorate in Nutrition from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, she has twenty-five years of experience in supporting public health programs in countries across Asia, including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Nepal, and Pakistan. She has authored scientific publications and chapters in books in the field of public health. Her passion to write poetry on varied themes, has culminated in Fervent Voices, her first book.

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Contents

Our Glorious Trees

•   Amaltas

•   The Glorious Gulmohar

•   The Beautiful Champa

•   The Rangoon Creeper

•   Indian Orchid

•   The Grand Alstonia

•   This Tree with Clusters of White Flowers

•   Made the Gulmohar Grow Stronger

•   The Amaltas is Back

The Story of Flowers

•   Our Garden’s Flowers - Part I

•   Our Garden’s Flowers - Part II

•   Our Red Easter Lilies

•   Rhododendrons

•   The Bougainvillea Rush

•   The Garden Entrance

•   The Mystic Orchid

•   Daffodils of May

•   Birds of Paradise

•   Monet’s Water Lilies

•   Dandelion

Seasons and Nature

•   Spring

•   Summer is Here

•   Here Comes Rain

•   Beautiful Rain

•   Autumn

•   Autumn Don’t Go

•   Pink Winter

•   Show Me More, Cannot Wait

On Childhood and More

•   Our Mountain Trail

•   These Visions Come and Go

•   Village Days

•   Dear God

•   Cousins’ Hill Holidays

•   Down Memory Lane

•   And These Times Remain Most Cherished

•   The Orange Tree, My Friend and Me

Father - Come Back

•   He Came By The Sea Shore

•   Father Come Back

•   Life’s Reel

•   Memories of The Man - With Whom My Life Began

•   They Did Take You Away, But In My Heart and Mind You Stay

•   You Saw These Lights Through Your Tearful Eyes

•   Always By My Side

•   Come Down and Hold My Hand

Hope and Aspirations

•   The Power of Prayer

•   Our Glide

•   Glowing Colourful Heaven It Was

•   Life At Its Peak

•   Comfort Lane

•   And I Hope

•   We Can Reach Our Starlight Zone

•   Just When I Thought

•   Come Let’s Walk A Bit More

•   A Wait

•   My Strive

•   Stream — Can I Dream?

•   In Grief

•   Go Prayer,