A Duet: A Collaboration of Poetry Between a Mother and Her Daughter

By Rishika Singh, Shail Suman and Alex Gili

Duet is a collection of poems that ponders several themes of life, such as music, dreams, relationships, and many more. Rishika and Shail take you on a journey of their juxtaposed thoughts and emotions that create a wonderful contrast between their views of the world. Both contribute one poem to each theme, and despite having such intensely different outlooks, both seem to share a dynamic bond. Their divergent takes on the same topics are quite fascinating. These themes hope to provoke thought and reflect the diversity of perspective within our society today. Every theme illustrated by Alex Gili further helps enhance the moods and hues associated with each topic. Every set of two poems is supported by a short introduction that gives insight into how each poem came to be; these are written alternatively: one by Shail and another by Rishika, marked by an initial S or R.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Partridge Publishing India
• Release date: Dec 30, 2018
• ISBN: 9781543704433

Rishika Singh

Rishika Singh, born and brought up in Oman, is an avid reader with a passion for singing, acting and filmmaking. Co-author Shail Suman is a software-engineer turned counseller, for children and adolescents, who loves singing, composing music, writing and filmmaking. Both of their works have been published in local Omani magazines

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Copyright © 2019 by Rishika Singh and Shail Suman.

ISBN:                  Softcover                   978-1-5437-0442-6

                            eBook                         978-1-5437-0443-3

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Illustrations by Alex Gili

Partridge India  12/27/2018

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Contents

RADIO

Introduction

Life in transmission

Radio & Me

WISHES

Introduction

Wishes Work Wonders

Outlasting

MUSIC

Introduction

A Melodious Narrative

Euphony

LOVE

Introduction

Gift of Love

Hate in pursuit

NEW-YEAR RESOLUTION

Introduction

Cheer of New Year

Conscience Struggles

HEAT

Introduction

Desire of the Desert

A Lifetime of Quandary

DREAMS

Introduction

Dream Dust

Carpe Vitae

LOVED ONES

Introduction

Connections

Smitten Stings

ONENESS

Introduction

Oneness: The Purpose

a Ghost’s story

RELATIONSHIP

Introduction

Threads

The Intruding Giant

OMAN

Introduction

Indulgent prize

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Foreword

I was delighted to be asked to write the foreword to this wonderful collection of poems written by Rishika Singh, one of our Sixth Form students and her mother, Shail. As Principal of British School Muscat, I encounter