The Fourth Monkey : Poetry with a Purpose Chatterjee Lakshmy Menon (2014)

This poetry collection presents visions of dawn painted through words, reveals a womans helplessness through poetic metre, and brings ideas, frustrations and contemplations to life through rhyme and rhythmic cadence. The poems are intended to draw readers into thinking and reacting, with greater emphasis on the meanings of the words than on the words themselves. Every poem has a purpose, whether it speaks out against archaic beliefs or unjust practices, considers the complications of relationships or life, or appreciates natures bounty and the other good things life has to offer. The title refers to one of Lakshmys poems and broadly encompasses the collections underlying theme.