Our Teardrop

“Our Teardrop is a collection of poems and prose that takes you by the hand and introduces you to vignettes of experience that are deeply personal, but allow the reader to step into shared spaces with the author. This is a work that combines the real and the imagined with a sprinkling of magic realism. Home is a common trope in this collection, in the broad sense of people and places that are comforting, familiar, and loved. The darker side of cruelty and violence, and the depths of loss and sorrow are not shied away from, but in the words of the author himself, captured in this slim volume, “there is so much beauty that keeps us alive”. -- Professor Dushyanthi Mendis, University of Colombo