The Two Pits

Menons poems shine light on the role of language and poetry in shaping our experiences. - The Hooghly Review

Menons achievements and interest reinforce the value of poetry. - Bangalore Mirror

FROM ONE OF INDIAS MORE ASSURED AND REGARDED POETIC VOICES, COMES A VOLUME OF NEW AND SELECTED POEMS

Bringing together verses that span much of Siddhartha Menons career - including selections from three previous volumes as well as two sections of unpublished poems - The Two Pits offers the most comprehensive introduction yet to his body of work.

In the titular opening section, Menon observes how leaves fall and are renewed, lamps are lit beside a thoroughfare, concrete parleys with moss and young trees, and freedom with entanglement. The intimate and the expansive bridge the books five boroughs, prising open our desires and moments of epiphany.

Wise and often playful, the poems address enduring questions about mortality and meaning, whether in Shakespeares Macbeth, or in a shelter for homeless boys, or in the kaleidoscope of everyday life and relationships.