Gripping Reality (Poems)

Gripping Reality is Rosa Juju Abraham's second collection of poems. Her first collection is Arabesque. Her poems feel authentic and intense both when recited as well as when read off the page. Her diction is rich, and her imagery both concentrated and resonant. She subtly internalizes the agony and mirth of being a woman with a suaveness that is both alluring and elusive. "Rosa Juju Abraham writes with zest and honesty. These poems are intense yet restrained. They crystallize in sparkling metaphors and exquisite poetic phrases a deeper awareness of the inevitable changes and unfailing continuity of life. Her poetry itself resembles a freshly efflorescent tree that looks towards the sky with stoic optimism." ---- Sri. K. Jayakumar IAS (Poet, Lyricist, Former Chief Sec. of Kerala)