Broken Cup

"Jayaprakash Satyamurthy's poetry collection 'Broken Cup' is a patchwork of vignettes inspired by urban legends, old myths and autobiographical fragments. Seeped in melancholy and darkness, the collection nonetheless shines with a beautiful and strange glow, surprisingly warmer than one could expect. A perfect object of its own, mysterious and attaching. Very highly recommended." — Seb Doubinsky, author of The Invisible 

"Tight, small lyrical pieces that trudge between the darkness and the light. This collection is a rhythmic locomotive traveling through vivid melancholy and stationing in bits of somber retrospection and introspection. Jayaprakash Satyamurthy finds a way to locate the right dose of respite/relief exactly where and when it's needed. Travel and time consume this book but not in an untimely manner nor in any way that feels out of place. Broken Cup is spaced and paced perfectly in accordance with an adherence to its many moods. This book is a spell cast in many stanzas of sympathetic magic." — Kenning JP Garcia, author of OF(What Place Meant)