Book Review: Rise from Your Ashes by Sangeeta Gupta

Usually when I read books of poetry, I skip around, but I as began reading Sangeeta's book at the beginning and read straight through to the last poem. The title ‘Rise from Your Ashes’ by Sangeeta Gupta is a daring collection of poems that are highly inspirational and motivational. Its vista of wisdom spans across many evident themes like rise up, never give up, courage, agility, temerity, boldness, and much more.

This is a great book for someone who loves to get inspired or motivated by the work of poetry. Just look at the title, ‘Rise from your Ashes’. It makes so much sense and instills a freshness of positivity in mind and heart. As I tried getting under the skin of the poems to understand their hidden meaning, I found that the author put emphasis on twin soul or twin spark concept. In most of the poems the poetess was speaking to her soul, she was fostering it, embracing it amid adverse circumstances and so on.

Bursting with elegance, heartache, and harsh truth, the collection is about making you a comeback in your life after fiasco or some devastation. I found all the poems soothing and so melodious that I re-read them many times. Sangeeta explores the concept of twin soul and self-love and belief. The author resonates well with musing about reclaiming life back from the darkest of epochs. Each line rings with rhythm and honesty, beating out syllables of universal truths. Sangeeta put a little bit of everything into this collection and all of herself. I highly recommend this incredible work.

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