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A Profoundly Poetic Consummation A review by Peer Mohamed Azees Kutti Revathi's new poetry collection, 'Inthap Puvikku Unthan Peyariduven' (I Will Name This Planet After You), celebrates everyday sex. The beloved appears as a light and smells like a fragrance when she visualizes him. She rubs her face against his, and their eyes make contact and expand the affair. She cherishes one look of his and preserves it for eternity. Her body is stardust, an integral part of the cosmos. Her bones carry his name. Kutti Revathi's world of poetry takes you on a tour of the Tamil spectrum, from the Period of the Sangam to the New Age of the Millennials. The kiss stands as a tree ready to give itself to those who seek it. The poet sees sex as the fuel of life and goes deep into its routine with a vocabulary drawn from history. The juxtaposition of the physique with the landscape and the derivation of metaphors from it is an engaging technique in this poetry collection. Revathi equates...