The monsoon lends itself to poetry and rhyme. But how to capture its majesty, its melancholy, its morbidity in a few lines? Which language captures the different rhythms of rain, from the gentle and soothing needed in overheated cities to the crescendo of a rumble and roar? In this curation, not an exhaustive list, Question of Cities invited poets to write and reached out to litterateurs, translators and others to share their work or selections. Come, sit with the words, share the sentiments.