New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- Amid the cacophony of life, did you just hold back from screaming out another thought into the blank universe, expecting someone to hear? Relenting one such howl is author Soumya Mukerji's debut book and collection of poems, Cries.

Most people carry within them words they never quite articulate. Then there are those who painstakingly yet passionately keep infusing life into those thoughts because they know no other way but to hold on to their 'life-giving elixir'. Mukerji belongs to the latter, yet different, for it is certainly easier to become a writer than a poet.

With a yelp, the first section of her book, Cries of Us, unfolds to position poetry as a cure for the inexplicable. Seasons make their appearance emph...