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Srividya Sivakumar

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I have published three collections: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘺 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 - 𝘚𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘉, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘤, and 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘦.

I am also the co-editor of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘗𝘰𝘦𝘮, the Red River Anthology of Contemporary Erotic Poetry.

My poems have also appeared in several anthologies and journals, such as 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘥 𝘙𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘺, 𝘕𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦/𝘎𝘢𝘴 𝘘𝘵𝘳𝘭𝘺, and 𝘌𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭.

One of my poems won the 5th Cycle of the Architectural Poetry Contest floated by the 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘖𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 2021.

I was shortlisted for the 𝘞𝘌 𝘒𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘢 𝘋𝘢𝘴 𝘗𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴, 2020, and nominated for the 𝘉𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘵 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺, 2018.

Apart from other venues and occasions, I have been a speaker at TEDxYouth@Lovedale in Octobe ...more

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	The Heart is an Attic 4.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shape of a Poem: The Red River Book of Contemporary Erotic Poetry by Paresh Tiwari (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Srividya Sivakumar (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Soundtrack of My Life - Side B it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blue Note 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Bamboo

A silence so complete nothing can break it.
Not the slow unfurling of the fern.
Not the soft mulch of moss.
Not the sap making its way to the jungle floor.
The panther’s paw is a feather.
The river slows down and moves sluggish, a satiated python.
The flowers bloom with exquisite stealth. Each petal, shy, blushing.
This silence cannot be broken.
The lynx has shadows under its eyes.
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