5 Reasons to Read the Poetry Book Get Lost Dirty Covid-19 by Zuivere and Madalsa

Sometimes we come across a book that eventually adds up to the list of our favourite ones. And if that happens, we always find reasons to support and promote that book in our circles, or wherever we get a chance to do that. Lately, I have been smitten by one short poetry book, written by the mother and daughter team. Get Lost Dirty Covid-19 by Zuivere and Madalsa. I guess the title is enough as why I am all in for this collection. Let me show the love points wise.

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It fosters lady power:

Zuivere is mother and Madalsa is a teenage girl. However, I was not able to distinguish their flair for writing. The entire collection looks one and solid. They both have shared their poetic views on a gamut of topics pertaining to Corona virus pandemic. If mother writes about her mother, the daughter raises concern about abused wives and ill-treated school children. Overall, the team is good, so do their work.

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It covers what media houses ignored:

Often media channels across showed the stats and lockdown protocols and speeches from political figures. They forgot to show what people are feeling inside the four walls, are school kids happy being clamped closed, and what about the bustling cities like New York and London, and migrant workers of India. Well, this book holds 9 segments and it covers in a juicy way what fear is, how are kids secluded from their parents, why fathers lost jobs and begin beating kids and wives, is the nature reviving and so on. Read this book to know the contemplative issues that are still recovering due to Covid 19 outbreak.

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The book raises hope:

The book has some poems on hope and gratitude as well. Also, it recites some poem in the favour of nature. Covid 19 was dreadful with implications like lock down and trade downs and fear all around, however, as humans we cannot be separated from hope and gratitude for long. The collection dictates the great work done by doctors, nurses, and many others. I am happy to say that the book is not one-sided. It is balanced and I loved that aspect to the core.

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Beautiful Illustrations:

Before every segment, the book has one b/w illustration. It is also done by a teenager girl named Vidisha Pandit. All the illustrations are not only beautiful but also relevant to the preceding poems.

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It is an easy to read and relate book:

This is I am saying because the book was written during the lockdown. So, the evident theme it carries is life under lock down. Whosoever faced the lock down, will be able to relate exactly. However, both poets were in Australia but the feelings they dole out looks universal. One of the most touching aspect in the book is its coverage on lock down and how did it affect us by means of happiness, jobs, feelings, and much more.