🩶Book Review🤍

 'House For My Immortality' by Rajmoi Phukan is a collection of poetry that resonates with haunting intimacy and understated strength. This slim yet emotionally expansive volume is not merely a compilation of poems—it is a quiet archive of the soul's vulnerabilities, a deeply personal cartography of love, longing, and the human desire to endure.

The central motif of the collection—immortality—is not explored through grand, mythic gestures but through the smaller, quieter moments that define human existence. Each poem seems to ask: what does it mean to live on? Is it through memory, love, or the very act of writing itself?

Phukan’s treatment of love is particularly poignant. It emerges not as a triumphant emotion, but as a gentle ache, often unreciprocated or fractured. The reader feels the weight of “unspoken love” not as a mere absence but as an active presence—a ghost that walks beside the poet. Loss and time follow closely behind, not in dramatic declarations but in the soft decay of memories and the subtle beauty of acceptance.

Lyrically sparse yet rich with imagery, Phukan’s style mirrors the very themes he explores. Many poems carry the rhythm of whispers—delicate, fleeting, yet lingering in the mind long after the page is turned. His use of repetition and enjambment often evokes the cyclical nature of longing, echoing the feeling of being trapped in emotional reverberations.

There is a strong emphasis on internal landscapes, and Phukan’s work often reads like a diary written in the margins of time. The emotional restraint is notable; rarely do his poems spill over into melodrama, and yet, they manage to convey a deep, often aching sincerity.

What distinguishes this collection is its emotional layering—the poems function both as personal expressions and universal meditations.

There is a gentle playfulness in some pieces - a reminder that even amid sorrow, joy and wonder still exist. This tonal shift prevents the collection from becoming overly solemn, giving it a more complete emotional spectrum.

"House For My Immortality" is a tender, quietly powerful collection that invites it's readers not to rush, but to linger. Rajmoi Phukan doesn't shout his truths; he allows them to unfold gently, poem by poem. For readers who appreciate introspective poetry that honors both fragility and resilience, this work offers a memorable and affecting experience.

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