Day 17
Almost thought I wouldn't get the mental space to write today what with so much going on with the hacked email account and countless well wishers calling in.
But finally I did.
Today I.e. Day 17 prompt was to write a poem about at least three of the five senses.
Feeling It
The call of the cuckoo bird
Like a deft crochet needle
Diving into sound
Knitting laces of octaves
Moss on cliffs
Arching it's back in abandon
Craggy chins velcroed to emerald cheeks
Grey aching silently beneath the brilliant velvet
Wise, aged tree barks
Stenciled in warm brown and crimped tan
Resin, sap, nectar running in rivulets
Filling tiny creeks of wood like tears filling eyes
Sensations run from nature's spigot
I hear them, feel them, see them
In my knuckles reaching out to them
Even as I parcel them in my lungs for next life
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Another review of my book on boloji.com
Mamta Agrawal is a force to reckon with, when it comes to reviewing Literary books. I have read many reviews by her in the past but have to say that she has excelled herself in the review currently posted on boloji. And the fact that this time the book is my own, is purely incidental. Her review has depth that comes from a broadly read mind, it has that extra quality that comes from a exquisitely sensitive soul and the comprehensiveness born from a thorough reading of the material being reviewed.
I'm truly Honoured to have my book so diligently reviewed by Mamta.
Here's the link to the review:
http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Mobile&sd=Articles&ArticleID=15813
Two poems published in The Brown Boat by Raedleaf Poetry India
Linda Ashok is a fine editor and so I was delighted to find my poems in the newly launched journal The Brown Boat, which Linda edits.
Here's the link:
http://rlpoetry.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/The-Brown-Boat.pdf
The only thing is that you will have to scroll down considerably to reach my poems because the poets are showcased alphabetically.
Nice cover!
Photos of the book launch
A Slice of Life - book review
Khurshid Alam, the chief editor of CLRI, sent me the PDF of Jayanta Ray's book titled A Slice of Life and asked me to review it, which I did and it's now in the March 2014 issue of CLRI. Here's the link:
http://www.contemporaryliteraryreviewindia.com/2014/03/vinita-agarwal-reviews-jayanta-rays.html