Joyce Job is a former IT professional hailing from Kerala. She writes online under her pen name Lirio Marchito, which means “Wilted Lily” in Spanish, a tribute to Pablo Neruda. It was after reading his poem “Tonight I Can Write the Saddest Lines” during her college days that she started writing poetry regularly. She writes mainly poetry, short stories, book reviews and blogs in both Malayalam and English. Her favourite Malayalam author is O.N.V. Kurup. His love and concern for nature, and his subtle, suggestive tone, have left a deep influence on her. The environment, its issues and solutions, is a major theme of her blogs. Along with reading and writing, she also enjoys travelling.
Lirio’s Favourite Quotes
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
Mary Oliver
I want a poem I can grow old in. I want a poem I can die in.
Eavan Boland
But in the end, stories are about one person saying to another: This is the way it feels to me. Can you understand what I’m saying? Does it feel this way to you?
Kazuo Ishiguro
Lirio's Wanderings 