in the shadow of a knife
a tree cut all its leaves in a rage
in aversion, in deception
to face it head on
in fire and decay
watching it burn, watching it turns red…
tears itself into broken braches
shudder and shiver in gale
shame and self-destruction
spank and smash
creepy, crawly, mossy smile
a failure is a failure is a failure…
in one body, in one touch
still want to stand tall
still want to give shelter
still want to plant a kiss
with each other near
not to know, wants to breathe well.
Saturday, March 3, 2012
‘Poetry Out & Loud’ by Sujata Parashar- An aroma of Freshness
Sujata Parashar’s first collection of poems ‘Poetry Out & Loud’ offers a wide range of poems. She often writes as if on an assigned subject, examining it in depth and engages the readers in a subtle way by flying kites with strong tails.
Her poems are lively, imaginative, witty yet no-frill type, more about people and life and the rhythms and play of her words are always laced with clarity and candidness. She writes with a keen eye coupled with alertness and sensitivity; never indulge in writing over the head of the people to earn some intellectual brownie points. She questions perhaps herself in ‘My thoughts’ poem, ‘Are you trying to make a fool of yourself and us’?
Her poems are clear in topic and language, but her playfulness (a poem starts with the words ‘Tomatoes and Beans’) and tendency to be verbose yet create punch line at the end is equally interesting. Lack of strangeness and mysticism in her poems are amply compensated by empathy and sheer presence. Her poems are snapshots of life and the surrounding events as she points out in her poem ‘Masquerade.’
‘My frozen heart, life will be back again
The happy ending of a Masquerade.’
In Artwork’ poem, the last two lines are,
‘ the world; a cobweb
One’s a spider; the other its prey’.
A succinct pieces of writing is the poem in ‘Words and expressions’ where the poet is hitting the right tone at the end,
That words and Expressions are powerful things
They can start a war or gift you peace’.
She is a well known fiction writer already and some of her poems are woven in a narrative style reflecting her overriding inclination towards lucid prose, e.g., ‘She and her beautiful dreams’ and ‘That classical lady named Madam Bovary’.
The pressures and the pleasures of life are well reflected in the poems ‘Soulless soul’, ‘Goodbye dear friend’, ‘Beat the odds….I will ’where she addresses the readers in her inimitable style. Rarely, the dark night of the soul is evident in her telling thoughts,
‘Of course the trees…
They were slowly turning brown’.
‘The stranger and his son’ and ‘What is love?’ are the shining poems that express powerful surges of emotion. She has sympathy for the wounded soul and deprived people. But she is perhaps at her best in the poem ‘In a boat without oars’ where she is happy to listen to her own thoughts,
‘A Dream, a Wish, a Smile, a Tear,
A Dance, a Romance, a Life well lived
When I have floated well and far,
A gentle push, and a rough pull,
Will ensure I reach my shore’,
The poet wants to create a poetic state in her readers, but also to tell them things they know before but never get around to thinking about.'' One of her finest poem ‘Freedom’ catches the reader up and sweeps him/her along the path of freedom. The poet loves to drop her mask of pretention and talks directly to her readers.
When looks are exchanged without biases
Hands greet each other minus prejudices
Vanity does not affect the senses,
Heart reaches out like true friends
That is freedom.
Her poems truly live in the present wafting an aroma of freshness and show a striking way of looking at ourselves with love and pretension.
Poetry Out & Loud is an endearing collection of poems which will keep the poet and the reader get in touch with each another in the mental plane. The cover design of the book and the various illustrations on the pages are attractive. The price is affordable.
Poetry Out & Loud by Sujata Parashar
Jyotichandra Publications
Paperback, IBN 978-81-909640-9-8
Printed by THE GRENADIERS Association of Printing Press.
Jabalpur, India
Price- Rs 75/-
Her poems are lively, imaginative, witty yet no-frill type, more about people and life and the rhythms and play of her words are always laced with clarity and candidness. She writes with a keen eye coupled with alertness and sensitivity; never indulge in writing over the head of the people to earn some intellectual brownie points. She questions perhaps herself in ‘My thoughts’ poem, ‘Are you trying to make a fool of yourself and us’?
Her poems are clear in topic and language, but her playfulness (a poem starts with the words ‘Tomatoes and Beans’) and tendency to be verbose yet create punch line at the end is equally interesting. Lack of strangeness and mysticism in her poems are amply compensated by empathy and sheer presence. Her poems are snapshots of life and the surrounding events as she points out in her poem ‘Masquerade.’
‘My frozen heart, life will be back again
The happy ending of a Masquerade.’
In Artwork’ poem, the last two lines are,
‘ the world; a cobweb
One’s a spider; the other its prey’.
A succinct pieces of writing is the poem in ‘Words and expressions’ where the poet is hitting the right tone at the end,
That words and Expressions are powerful things
They can start a war or gift you peace’.
She is a well known fiction writer already and some of her poems are woven in a narrative style reflecting her overriding inclination towards lucid prose, e.g., ‘She and her beautiful dreams’ and ‘That classical lady named Madam Bovary’.
The pressures and the pleasures of life are well reflected in the poems ‘Soulless soul’, ‘Goodbye dear friend’, ‘Beat the odds….I will ’where she addresses the readers in her inimitable style. Rarely, the dark night of the soul is evident in her telling thoughts,
‘Of course the trees…
They were slowly turning brown’.
‘The stranger and his son’ and ‘What is love?’ are the shining poems that express powerful surges of emotion. She has sympathy for the wounded soul and deprived people. But she is perhaps at her best in the poem ‘In a boat without oars’ where she is happy to listen to her own thoughts,
‘A Dream, a Wish, a Smile, a Tear,
A Dance, a Romance, a Life well lived
When I have floated well and far,
A gentle push, and a rough pull,
Will ensure I reach my shore’,
The poet wants to create a poetic state in her readers, but also to tell them things they know before but never get around to thinking about.'' One of her finest poem ‘Freedom’ catches the reader up and sweeps him/her along the path of freedom. The poet loves to drop her mask of pretention and talks directly to her readers.
When looks are exchanged without biases
Hands greet each other minus prejudices
Vanity does not affect the senses,
Heart reaches out like true friends
That is freedom.
Her poems truly live in the present wafting an aroma of freshness and show a striking way of looking at ourselves with love and pretension.
Poetry Out & Loud is an endearing collection of poems which will keep the poet and the reader get in touch with each another in the mental plane. The cover design of the book and the various illustrations on the pages are attractive. The price is affordable.
Poetry Out & Loud by Sujata Parashar
Jyotichandra Publications
Paperback, IBN 978-81-909640-9-8
Printed by THE GRENADIERS Association of Printing Press.
Jabalpur, India
Price- Rs 75/-
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Sunlit Life
Grow from within
Fall on your knees and pray
Yells of joy
Wariness goes away
Sifting of sands in your palm
Energy of its own
That envelops the world around
The roots come to life
Sun goes larger and larger
Fires up your face
You remain calm, you feel
Deep garges inside
You want to lift yourself
In the crowd of trees and bushes
Like nothing seen before
Dissolve into sunlit life.
Fall on your knees and pray
Yells of joy
Wariness goes away
Sifting of sands in your palm
Energy of its own
That envelops the world around
The roots come to life
Sun goes larger and larger
Fires up your face
You remain calm, you feel
Deep garges inside
You want to lift yourself
In the crowd of trees and bushes
Like nothing seen before
Dissolve into sunlit life.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Simulated Life
A future
I want to cherish
A lot of sunshine
Warm the multitude
A visible rainprint
Moist the lonely soul
A silver moon
Bring joy and solace
A ray of happiness
Colours the canvass
A simulated life
Blossom in muted silence.
Gopal Lahiri
I want to cherish
A lot of sunshine
Warm the multitude
A visible rainprint
Moist the lonely soul
A silver moon
Bring joy and solace
A ray of happiness
Colours the canvass
A simulated life
Blossom in muted silence.
Gopal Lahiri
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Take a Risk Today
One of my friends always insists me to invest money in equity
market and see the result. I always counter him saying ‘it’s too
risky’. His point is very clear, ‘See, Taking risk is nothing but
accepting a challenge. If you are not willing to take risk, you are
as good as dead.’
Here equity market is not the issue but his point on risk is worth
listening. To win without risk is triumph without glory. If you don’t
risk anything, you risk even more of being idle and become
pessimistic.
Allow optimism to take root in your every action and it will surely
inspire you to take risk. Focus on a big picture, take it as an
experiment and you feel more energized to do things in a better
way.
Risk is the first friend of the oilmen. Take the case of any exploration activity. Every country scrambles for new energy resources nowadays. In oil business,
punching a hole in land or sea bottom carries an enormous
amount of risk because it entails huge amount of money. But
that does not discourage the oil companies to stop exploration
works.
Here we are taking risk based on the scientific study and also we
have a larger goal of achieving energy security of the country in
general and mankind in particular. Taking a risk and ultimately
even it fail, in this case, will enable you to acknowledge
failure and learn and develop yourself for the future endeavor.
We maintain risk and reward policy in the industry which is a
symbiotic system of dependencies. If one element functions
properly, other element will give you the desired results.
The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all (Nehru
once told)) or Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
Comfortable inaction (John Kennedy observed) does not lead to
anywhere.
Life is at risk- We heard it so often and it’s almost cliché but it
is true. Our life improves when we take chances. What you risk
reveals what you value and something you care about. After
taking risk, if you succeed it will calm your soul, lift your spirit,
make your heart rejoicing and keep you going.
A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.
Come out of your comfort zone and act yourself and reap the
harvest even it is not for you but for the mankind as a whole.
Invisible feeling of risk can transform into visible deeds and
accomplishments.
As they say, Take calculated risk without being rash. In the
name of risk, you should not be turn out to be a gambler. But
then, how far we should go and take risk. Is risk is another name
of optimism?
People often say- Optimism means having faith that things will
turn out well in a given situation—and often, they do. But even
when they don’t, a positive energy leads us to find the gifts that
are hidden in any difficult challenge.
The Universe will reward you if you take risks on its behalf. Take
risk as a challenge, as an experiment which is a winning effort
even it pans out or not. Then only, you can show light to others
for progress to prosperity. But who will summon courage and
take the risk telling the truth? Perhaps, each one of us will.
market and see the result. I always counter him saying ‘it’s too
risky’. His point is very clear, ‘See, Taking risk is nothing but
accepting a challenge. If you are not willing to take risk, you are
as good as dead.’
Here equity market is not the issue but his point on risk is worth
listening. To win without risk is triumph without glory. If you don’t
risk anything, you risk even more of being idle and become
pessimistic.
Allow optimism to take root in your every action and it will surely
inspire you to take risk. Focus on a big picture, take it as an
experiment and you feel more energized to do things in a better
way.
Risk is the first friend of the oilmen. Take the case of any exploration activity. Every country scrambles for new energy resources nowadays. In oil business,
punching a hole in land or sea bottom carries an enormous
amount of risk because it entails huge amount of money. But
that does not discourage the oil companies to stop exploration
works.
Here we are taking risk based on the scientific study and also we
have a larger goal of achieving energy security of the country in
general and mankind in particular. Taking a risk and ultimately
even it fail, in this case, will enable you to acknowledge
failure and learn and develop yourself for the future endeavor.
We maintain risk and reward policy in the industry which is a
symbiotic system of dependencies. If one element functions
properly, other element will give you the desired results.
The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all (Nehru
once told)) or Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
Comfortable inaction (John Kennedy observed) does not lead to
anywhere.
Life is at risk- We heard it so often and it’s almost cliché but it
is true. Our life improves when we take chances. What you risk
reveals what you value and something you care about. After
taking risk, if you succeed it will calm your soul, lift your spirit,
make your heart rejoicing and keep you going.
A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.
Come out of your comfort zone and act yourself and reap the
harvest even it is not for you but for the mankind as a whole.
Invisible feeling of risk can transform into visible deeds and
accomplishments.
As they say, Take calculated risk without being rash. In the
name of risk, you should not be turn out to be a gambler. But
then, how far we should go and take risk. Is risk is another name
of optimism?
People often say- Optimism means having faith that things will
turn out well in a given situation—and often, they do. But even
when they don’t, a positive energy leads us to find the gifts that
are hidden in any difficult challenge.
The Universe will reward you if you take risks on its behalf. Take
risk as a challenge, as an experiment which is a winning effort
even it pans out or not. Then only, you can show light to others
for progress to prosperity. But who will summon courage and
take the risk telling the truth? Perhaps, each one of us will.
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