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Kavita is good at grasping what is ambiguous yet strong, personal yet cosmic, momentary yet eternal, local yet universal. A mixture of pangs of melancholy and stoicism. The experience of separation and lost connections is without attachment. The pathos does not lead to desperation or anxiety or helplessness or bitterness. It leads to experiencing, understanding, resolving and letting go. In such poems are whispers of insights and intimations of understanding. — Dr Ajai Kumar Singh

Kavita Ratna is a children’s rights activist, poet and a theatre enthusiast. Presently she is the Executive Director of the organisation, the Concerned for Working Children (concernedforworkingchildren.org) which is a three-time nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize. She has authored several professional publications and articles. She is also a filmmaker having directed and scripted films, documentaries and also several video series addressed to children. Sea Glass is her first collection of poems published by Red River. This is her second. Her poems have appeared in The Kali Project: Invoking the Goddess Within, A little book of serendipity, Presence, the Asahi Shimbun, Muse India, The Wise Owl, haikuKATHA, Haiku in Action, Poetry Pea, Black and White Haiga, Scarlet Dragonfly Journal, Cold Moon Journal, Five Fleas Itchy Poetry, Haiku Dialogue, Stardust Haiku, LEAF, New Verse News, haikuNetra, Haikuniverse, failed haiku, Parcham and ‘The Mamba’, Journal of Africa Haiku Network. She was actively involved in the Glass House Poetry Festival, Bangalore, 2024 and the Mysore Literature Festival, 2024. She is also a Pushcart Prize nominee, 2023 and a Touchstone Award nominee, 2024. She lives with her family, together with memories of her beloved father and son, in Bangalore, India.