--- In [email protected], Albert Krishna Ali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > which publisher are we talking about here> let me know, i am in the > process of sending my manuscript here and there. > The second book Winter Whispers is by Arun Sharma, who, the blurb tells us, is a distinguished doctor/ poet writing in English, Hindi and Bengali. The poet breaks free from his doctoral duties to write poetry but does not lay down his burden of medical images.
Sperms carving/ at the cost of their entity/ lyrical life/ on the lips of ovums/ in the silken darkness of/ melodious serenity of/ numinous uteri/. It is a versification of tranquilisers, osteoporosis, sticky material of the brain. Even his mother's blessings are on the coeval dermal topography. But the pity of it is he has nothing new to say. Everything he writes about - nature, society and life has already been said before. Good poetic lines can be found, but one has to strain to hand pick them - Of nations/ baying for blood/ of those/ who do not know/ where to get their bread/ Personal poems work well only when they transcend the personal level. Some poems seem to stretch our patience too far, when he says `Life's perfect T' is `Dolly's tea.' Each poem is marked with a date/month/year/hour/ minute/- to the exact second which seems quite odd.. Does it mean he has washed his hands off the poem after affixing the minute? All said and done Frog Book's layout looks appealing but the printer's devil creeps in. (sent for send etc.) The jacket has all the whispers of winter. This is a book with limited scope, which can be circulated and tolerated only amongst a close circle of friends. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Life without art & music? Keep the arts alive today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/7zgKlB/dnQLAA/Zx0JAA/yqIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -- You are encouraged to post poetry, respond critically to the poems circulated and participate in discussions. To post, email your message to [email protected] OR post online at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/post/ Tell friends to subscribe to ZESTPoets by sending a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED], OR, if they have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/join/ ---theZESTcommunity-------------- [1] ZESTCurrent: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCurrent/ [2] ZESTEconomics: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTEconomics/ [3] ZESTGlobal: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTGlobal/ [4] ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/ [5] ZESTPoets: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/ [6] ZESTCaste: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ [7] ZESTAlternative: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTAlternative/ [8] TalkZEST: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkZEST/ --- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
