An Earth Full of Gratitude
A Collection of Poems
- Arts & Literature
- Publisher: Resource Publications (Wipf and Stock)
- Published: 2026
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Publisher's Description
Reading An Earth Full of Gratitude by Ranjith Sivaraman is like entering a soft dusk where moonlight and incense meet—an intimacy that wants to be felt before it is named. This is a collection of poems that merges nature imagery, human emotions, and human psychology into a gorgeous tapestry of philosophy. Representing minute details of romantic intensities with a strong conviction in the truth of love, the poems register small bodily truths: waiting without agitation, noticing expression before speech, sensing emotion before it is spoken. In a world thick with facades, these pages offer a soft insistence that true love—patient, pink, demanding, forgiving—still takes root. Sivaraman’s feminine imagery—craving, moon, mist, tender lap—meets male desire—wolf, howl, hunger, strength, determination—not to reduce love to bodies, but to show how eros and eros’s restraint braid into devotion; where science maps neurotransmitters, this book maps the soul’s circuitry. This book does not explain devotion; it is devotion—an earthly, luminous practice, guide, contribution, and gratitude to love. In short, this collection is an elegy and a laboratory both—where pain and joy are braided, and the final finding is as beautiful and simple as true love.
Endorsements (2)
“With his poetry, Ranjith Sivaraman stands at the helm of a boat. He expertly guides us through waters of considerable depth that we might otherwise be afraid to traverse ourselves. With his confidence, with his artistry, we can put ourselves in his hands; give ourselves over to the ride. We know he is at home here. Love. Nature. Humanity. These are his lands of well-lived expertise. His poems are a tour through these waters unlike any other you have embarked upon. I invite you to read these poems as I do: Surrender to the ride. Put your guard down and listen deeply. In this way, you will float bravely into remarkable discovery.”
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