Serena Alagappan

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What’s left at the end of the world

Maggie Mackay reviews Sensitive to Temperature by Serena Alagappan (Smith|Doorstop Books, 2023)

Holy

by Serena Alagappan — Holy those colors in rain / after drought, a puddled vow, / iris damp and aching. // Holy the indigo aura / that casts doubt on a landscape’s / verity.