About the Poetess

Selena Nunes

Selena. In a word she is as difficult as grasping a wisp of wind or trapping a sunbeam in a jar. Radiant, often elusive, yet always warm, peaceful and beaming bright, she was born in Nairobi.

She, along with her family, cruised down to India, where she grew up in the beautiful Garden City of Bangalore; from the wilds of seamless skies of Africa to the blossom-filled British Pensioner’s Paradise.

As a teenager, she ran a full-fledged library for ten years, immersing herself in the love of the written word.

She has categorized her poems into seasons of the heart, meshing emotion with each season.

Many of her poems have been composed with the magical background of Nairobi, Africa. She returned there after many years and has absorbed the awesome wonder of Serengeti National Park, Masai Mara and Ngaruroro National Park.

The rest of her poems are set in India, with a few across the globe. The Indian poems trace the splendour and magnificence of India, especially Bangalore, where the Poetess grew up and Goa, and from where she hails; the islands she has travelled to, the rivers that she has forded, the hills she has climbed.

Her life is built on faith. Her faith is simple and child-like. Unwavering.  It permeates everything that she does. She prays from a Bible that her grandmother passed down to her.  Her saddest time was when her father passed on.

She wears different hats – some even bizarre. Her happiest moments have been on the banks of the River Cauvery and under the African starry sky.

She is extremely sensitive, caring and non-controversial. She excels at creative writing in the advertising arena. An out-of-the-box thinker, she loves the magic of poetry and the wonder of stringing words together. Passionate about ideas, she dabbles in oils, bakes cakes and scripts ad films. Even crafts exotic chocolates; indulges in the beauty of nature and photography.

She loves all of God’s nature, finds happiness, balance, inspiration and harmony in nature; loves wild flowers and trees. She seeks a daily spiritual bouquet – every day- and finds it – a bouquet of wild flowers by the wayside, a cherubic smile of a child.

Selena continues to witness seasons of the heart that melt with awe and soul satisfaction. She enjoys her travels to Europe, Middle East, Far East and Africa. She currently resides in Bangalore.

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