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In Banga Sea, Jiselle Singh beckons the reader on a voyage across tumultuous and ever-changing tides. Each poem is a quiet invitation to journey deeper into the subliminal spaces of the imagination and hidden memories. Singh is very much at home with her Caribbean heritage and expresses a deep familiarity and fondness for her village and culture in her poems. The desire for belonging and pursuit of self-realization quietly lead the way as each poem ventures further into the deep.
“An uneven but commendable first collection. Some poems do not repay a second reading, but such gems as ‘Banga Sea,’ ‘Fallen,’ and ‘Potted Plants,’ among others, tease us with their moving mix of imagery and lyricism. This collection surely augurs well for Jiselle Singh’s poetic development.”
—Roydon Salick, editor of The Poems of Sam Selvon
Jiselle Singh is a singer-songwriter-poet from Trinidad and Tobago. Banga Sea is her first publication.