"For clearly it is impossible to touch eternity with one hand and life with the other."
Yukio Mishima, The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
Rashmi Pluscec - Amazon Author page
POETRY BOOKS
periwinkle stars in amaranthine caves. A sea of licorice. The midnight sun.
oil lamps on turmeric mountains. warm mustard seeds in lava stone bracelets
lemon rinds in a pitcher of words. melting wax. vanilla winds.
from deep within the sinking abyss.. powdered sugar. frosted tales.
lucid insanity. murky epiphanies,
Far, far from reality, in her head, perhaps a world.
in the sky, a paper moon.
SHORT POETRY COLLECTIONS
surrealist images. abstract dreams.
ANTHOLOGIES
A collaborative labour of love from the 'Mississauga Writers Group'. Poetry from across the world curated by UK publisher 'Dagda Publishing' in aid of SCOPE, mental health charity, and SHELTER, housing and homelessness charity. Here are the anthologies featuring my poems.
Poetry Readings
Mississauga Arts Council Award for Literary Arts
Book Signings
My Poetry
Surrealism is artwork that draws from the unconscious or with a subject as interpreted by the unconscious. Surrealists believe that the unconscious mind is the source of artistic creativity. Surrealist artists therefore developed techniques to tap the creativity of the unconscious. The results are artworks that can only be described as defying explanation and reason, which is the point of surrealism.My poetry is showcased on "All Poetry", the world's largest poetry site. I invite you to visit the world of 'Primal Echo' here -
ABOUT
Rashmi Pluscec is the author of poetry books Vignette, Carnival, Maddening Gyres, Paper Moon, Echo, in 15 words, Desolate World, Chaos. She is a poet on anthologies Threads, Passages, Ballads, and Word Fest. Her work has been featured on Dagda Publishing, CommuterLit, and Yahoo Contributor Network. Rashmi was nominated for the 2014 Mississauga Arts Council Award for Literary Arts, Emerging.
Rashmi's professional experience as well as personal interests have centred on writing - both business and creative. Her work has ranged from such roles as Radio Show Host, responsible for research, scripting, programme selection, and presentation; to Public Relations Consultant, responsible for press releases, feature articles for newspapers, and client specific corporate profiles and White Papers; to being on the Board of Communications Committees, in charge of company newsletters, responsible for editing submissions, conducting interviews, and designing overall layouts.
A member of the Mississauga Writers Group, she has also contributed to the Literary Arts scene as a volunteer proofreader with Project Gutenberg, and through her membership in such organizations as the Mississauga Arts Council, Friends of the Library, and the Mississauga Library System's 'Readers To Writers' Network.
She has been involved with community and charity work, such as the National Open School Education System and YWCA's Youth Work Department in India, and World Vision, United Way, and SickKids Foundation in Canada.
Originally from Delhi, India, Rashmi lives in Canada with her husband Jason.
Rashmi has an M.A. in English.
rashmi.pluscec@gmail.com
10 TV shows to get to know me...
Doctor Who [1963-2017], Star Trek [1966-2005], Blakes 7, Agents of Shield, Constantine, Downton Abbey, Friends, Marco Polo, Ripper Street, Yes Minister.
10 Movies to get to know me...
The Hobbit, Lawrence of Arabia, Seven Samurai, Spirited Away, Star Trek The Motion Picture, Godzilla, My Neighbour Totoro, Red Cliff, Sucker Punch, Sunset Boulevard.
10 Books to get to know me...
Er, well, this list is impossible to create!
Reading has always been one of my greatest passions, and my oldest and fondest memories are built on books. I owe my entire childhood to Enid Blyton, Agatha Christie, and P. G. Wodehouse. Their words built the world of adventure, mystery, love, and laughter that I lived in, and continue to revisit.
A deep bow of gratitude also to Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick, Neil Gaiman, Yukio Mishima, and Haruki Murakami. Their stories are fantastic, simple, epic, funny, sad, heroic... and have immensely enriched my world.
I am also very fortunate to have discovered the world of Manga. Truly, here is a world that defies all norms, all boundaries, and that has touched me with its incredible stories, its phenomenal art. While near impossible to ever formulate such a list, some of my favourite mangakas are Junji Ito, Osamu Tezuka, Naoki Urasawa, Rumiko Takahashi, Akira Toriyama. And I have favourite manga in a variety of genres, including Astro Boy, Battle Angel Alita, Battle Royale, Berserk, Deadman Wonderland, Dorohedoro, Gantz, Gin Tama, I Am a Hero, Kingdom, Mushishi, Naruto, No. 5, One Piece, Rurouni Kenshin, Samurai Gourmet, Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou.
I have posted reviews of some of the books I read on my blog - feel free to check them out here -
