India, April 20 -- Dear Reader,

"I forget poetry, but it doesn't forget me," says Raju Tai.

Speaking with 34-year-old poet Raju Tai, I realise I forget poetry too. When was the last time you let a poem find you?

April - National Poetry Month - is an ideal time to return. And Raju Tai, a 34-year-old creativity coach with work featured in Muse India, Wales Haiku Journal, Gulmohar Quarterly, Scroll, and Memoirland, is a lyrical guide.

Beneath this Pune-based poet's bubbly warmth, burns a revolutionary's heart, as she uses 'words to disobey the world', and finds healing in romance novels. Here are edited excerpts from our conversation:

When did you know you were a poet?

Poetry rushed into my baby ears: Marathi songs, English rhymes. I h...