Why I Wake Early PB_Gift_Guide and a bonus chapter depicting

and a bonus chapter depicting never-before-seen content

Rupa Mehra’s—attempts to find a suitable boy for Lata

and descriptions of extraordinary

and special occasions

and cancel culture are not too different from the democratic cultural experiences of the past

Why I Wake Early PB_Gift_Guide and a bonus chapter depictingThe forty seven new works in this volume include poems on crickets, toads, trout lilies, black snakes, goldenrod, bears, greeting the morning, watching the deer, and, finally, lingering in happiness. Each poem is imbued with the extraordinary perceptions of a poet who considers the everyday in our lives and the natural world around us and finds a multitude of reasons to wake early.