How many of us know William Blake as a poet? Well, realistically, barring those who are from a literary background, seldom anyone knows the importance that William Blake had added to his existence as a poet. However, the few people who know William Blake must know him as a poet only. Nevertheless, there were many… Continue reading
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Moving for Moksha: Poetry Collection by Alok Mishra – Book Review
Indian English poetry has been moving in phases. However, no certain path has been there to be traced – the growth of Indian English poetry has been there without tags, classifications, collective ideological conscience or uniform idea. Nevertheless, there have been English poets in India who have done their best in bringing out their expressive… Continue reading
Indian English Poetry could have a better story to tell! The Dilemma
When we talk about Indian English poetry, we have too many thoughts knocking the doors of our mind and too eager to come out through our mouth, tasting our tongue and passing between the jaws… only if the people talking are from English literature background. However, perhaps or even surely, only a tiny percentage of… Continue reading
Diving deep into Tagore’s poem: Where the Mind is Without Fear
What is mind? What is fear? And, what is mind without fear? To look into these things or even to be able to do that, we will have to analyse a few scenarios very minutely. Psychologists may do that in a different way and scientists may do it in a way that would require samples… Continue reading
13 Untitled and Weird Poems by Alok Mishra | Book Review
13 Untitled and Weird Poems is the maiden poetry collection by noted Indian poet Alok Mishra. The collection contains only 13 poems, as the title gives it away. However, the second, and perhaps the key operative, part in the title tells the readers that the poems they will be reading are going to be weird… Continue reading
If I am Born Again, Lord Please – book review
If I am born again, Lord Please… this is a collection of poems which are not simply poetic expressions but a moving story in verse… the poet who composed the collection’s poems, Shopone, has tried to put out the story of an old affair – his love with an unnamed girl who used to be… Continue reading
The Faber Book of Modern Verse – review
The Faber Book of Modern Verse is a collection of poems by various poets who wrote mainly in the twentieth century. Except for the account of G M Hopkins, whose verse was mainly reproduced and printed only in the 20th century and after his death. Other than him, all the poets whose works have been… Continue reading
The Lonely Drummer and Other Poems – review
Abhishek Goswami’s debut collection of poems, The Lonely Drummer and Other Poems, is a pleasant poetry collection which offers mixed themes and various ways of expression to the readers and ensures that their interest in poetry gets a respite for an hour or two hours or a day… to ensure this, Abhishek has mixed his… Continue reading
An Apology for Shakespeare
I have been reading poetry since the time I started liking it and it was about the time when I was studying in my intermediate years. I have been reading the poems by the greats and giants of English literature and the same with Hindi and Sanskrit. Though I do like innovative poetry and had… Continue reading