
Poem by NilavroNill Shoovro Stride After Stride Without Word Side by side under the vibrant blue Beyond the soft strides of memories Distant, silent like the morning dew Side by side along the flowing river Beyond the dead pages … Continue reading
Poem by NilavroNill Shoovro Stride After Stride Without Word Side by side under the vibrant blue Beyond the soft strides of memories Distant, silent like the morning dew Side by side along the flowing river Beyond the dead pages … Continue reading
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BOOK : A poem that painted the sky by Author Indira Babbellapati (2017)
NEW BOOK BY INDIRA B 2017 JPEGBook
Out of the esoteric palette of life, of the elements that nurture our colourful dreams and imaginings, comes a poem that painted the sky.
In this book, A poem that painted the sky, illustrious author Indira Babbellapati has captured a scintillating roller coaster olio of 60 poems, within a heart-throbbing 73 pages wrapped like a bouquet in a beautiful cover design. Most poems are imaginatively inked with illustrations by Tabitha. It was Rumi, the luminary 13th century Persian Sunni Muslim poet, scholar, theologian and Sufi mystic that said, “Only from the heart can you touch the sky.” (https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/383228249519053704/)
Author Indira is absolute in this respect!
Moreover, author Indira brings to the fore in this book, A poem that painted the sky, her life exuberances in a wealthy symbiosis of atmospherics of nature and her ambivalences and coherences of everyday life. She has contingently immersed the elements of nature – especially in Ayurveda – of bhūmi (earth), jala (water), agni ) fire, vayu or pavan (air or wind) and vyom or shunya (space or zero) or akash (aether or void) with life experiences. Then she expansively opens her mind’s imaginings in a palette of life to create poems as an artist. In the Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts (SIU, Viman Nagar, Pune, India), the course outline reads:
“One of the best ways of understanding the wealth in thoughts, ideas and culture of people and places is to study poetry. In many ways poetry is the purest form of expression – it gives an insight into a mind that constantly quests for reaching beyond simple thoughts and expresses what is beneath the façade.”
(https://www.ssla.edu.in/…/9-cour…/345-reading-world-poetry-i)
Once again, author Indira is absolute in this respect!
So also in a historic overture in this book, The Poetics of Symbiosis Reading by Shingeru Ozawa, the writer says of Seamus Heaney that he “holds his pen just as they (his ancestors) held their digging implements.”
Ref: The Poetics of Symbiosis: Reading Seamus Heaney’s Major Works
https://books.google.ca/books?isbn=4883616614
Author Indira has magnificently utilized her pen to make brushstrokes (in poetry), painting the sky.
Author Indira also brings a thoughtful life experience in this book, A poem that painted the sky, with nuances reflective of Van Gogh’s painting of the Starry Night in 1889. According to Van Gogh’s gallery sources,
“One of the biggest points of interest about this painting is that it came entirely from Van Gogh’s imagination. None of the scenery matches the area surrounding Saint-Paul or the view from his window. As a man who religiously paints what he sees, it’s a remarkable break from Van Gogh’s normal work.”
(http://www.vangoghgallery.com/painting/starry-night.html)
But unlike Van Gogh, author Indira’s mind-set imaginings are more conducive to her everyday experiences. Her brushstrokes are veiled often in real life situations. Many of these poems have also been crested in social media a few years hence, noticeably in www.poemhunter.com under her pristine postings.
Let me take you through a random selection of poems in this book, A poem that painted the sky. In poem #1. Aditya Hridayam (p 7), author Indira is delighted in harnessing the glory of the Sun God against a back-splash of winter, spreading sun all over “earth to begin/yet another game of maya.” So illusive and magical,
“On that early winter morning
the sun and I wiggled our way
cutting through the placenta
to touch the earth to begin
yet another game of maya.
In that hazy darkness
the thoughts of a life lived
rushed through the by-lanes
of unfathomable memory
Where were you?
Where are you?
I try in vain resurrecting
The faded memory.
How it eludes me on this earth…!
In my tears of joy and sorrow
I offer the sun born with me
on that early winter
a holy bath ever since.”
The title of the poem, Aditya Hridayam, reflects on the empowerment of the stotra emerging as one of the key mantras based on the 107th chapter of the great epic war – Yudha Kanda – between the army of Lord Rama and the army of Ravana, as told in the Holy Ramayana. The stotra was elicited by Sage Agasthya to Sri Ram in harnessing the sun for greatest strength to defeat all enemies. (http://www.hindudevotionalblog.com/…/aditya-hridayam-lyrics…)
In poem #2. Daughter of Dust (p.8), author Indira echoes a Tagore-like tone in a philosophic and emotional sarangi. Take a read of the second stanza,
“Life left me to dream, though
it left a heart untouched:
a heart that can still sing
a melody of immense depth;
a melody that allays
my fears
my guilt
my shame
my tears,
mingling, them all
in the dust
under my seasoned feet.
And poem #12. Obsequies to a tear (p. 21, stanza 2) brings tear-drops to a burst,
Come, pay your respects
before the pyre is lit
before another tear is shed
and placed on the pyre.
In another poem #14. Of peace and strength (p.23), author Indira reflects a breath of Gandhian ahimsa principle,
That which allows one
to stay put amidst chaos –
That’s peace.
That which makes one stand
and walk straight in pain –
That’s strength!
Where there’s peace
There lies strength!”
By general overlay and with meticulous ambulation, author Indira has netted her life experiences with rich imagery and emotional sensitivity in this beautiful bouquet of poems. Some of the poems, including #30. A wholesome mother (p.40), # 32. On a lonely monsoon night (p.43), Unfolding towards revelation (p.52), #41. A poem expecting rain (p.54), #43. A poem sliding down the glass-pane (56), #46. A poem on unexpected rain (p.59), #47. A poem that painted the sky (p.60), #51. A surreal moment (p. 64), #53. Call of desire (p.66), and # 56. Between birth and death (p. 69) have well-acclaimed postings among her 747 poems on the online http://www.poemhunter.com blog. From her biographical exposé, she says “…to me writing poetry is strictly a business of the heart beyond the existential concerns of the here and now…”
This book’s title, A poem that painted the sky (# 47 on p.60) demonstrates the author’s “business of the heart” with her amazing life experiences,
“Under a sky
that never touch
the earth…
In that virtual space
where none others
ever breathed…
There I hear
the unique raga
my breath resonates.
Between two breaths
lurks and exclusive dream
that I dream of you, for you.
This evening,
the dream morphed
into a bird…
The colorful wings
in multitudes flapped to flight
to paint the sky.”
Back cover of this book, A poem that painted the sky, offers the reader with a vivid profile canvas of author, Indira Babbellapati. She is “a faculty in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences [Andhra Univ. Visakhapatnam, India]…is a widely published poet and translator. Her original poetry anthologies include affaire de Coeur, Vignettes of the Sea, echo, From the Biography of an Unknown Woman and Nomadic Nights. She translated all genres of literature except drama. Night of Nectar for the Sahitya Akademi, Asampoorna, the Incomplete, Into a Crowded Aloneness, in Telugu by Raama Chandramouli are some of the translated poetry anthologies. Her Own Way, a book of Akademi award winning short stories translated into English is under publication with the Sahitya Akademi. Gender Games and Other Stories, The Dusk, a novel in translation besides a few short stories have been published by the Translation Bureau of Dravidian University, Kuppam. Indira also coauthored English text books for Engineering Undergraduates. Indira’s poems are also anthologized in Roots and Wings, Suvarnarekha, Persona, Heaven 2014 and I am a Poet.
Prof Indira Babbellapati’s English poetry has been translated into Hindi, Bangla, Spanish and French. She made her presence felt at many national and international meets like Asia-Pacific Writers and Translators, SAARC Literature Festival to name a few.”
The collage of poetics and high literary acclaim resonates with excitement to rush any reader of poetry to get their hands on this book, A poem that painted the sky. Enjoy the read.
Review by Leonard Dabydeen
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Poezi nga Fejzi Murati
ËNGJEJT I KEMI PRANË
(Kushtuar mbesave e nipërve të mi)
Jo vetëm në legjenda ekzistojnë ëngjëjt!
Ata i kemi të përditshëm në jetën tonë,
në çdo shtëpi, në çdo kopësht e çerdhe,
pyesni gjyshërit e lumur, t’ju tregojnë.
Kur gjyshet e gjyshërit flasin për nipër e mbesa,
në sytë e tyre shkëlqejnë horizonte plot diell.
Dëgjoni zemrat e tyre si rrahin vrullshëm
e jeta u përtërihet si blerimet në pranverë.
Pyetini në kanë parë ëngjej në jetën e gjatë;
pa ngurrim do të thonë:
– “Po,po, ekzistojnë!
I kemi në shtëpi, i puthim natë për natë,
rininë na kthejnë e jetën na e shtojnë!
Ëngjëj janë nipërit dhe mbesat,
ëngjëjt padyshim ekzistojnë.
ÇASTE MAGJIKE
O sa magji!
Kur fluturojnë në qiell pëllumbat dashuruar
e jeta na thërret me dritat dhe ylberët e saj,
kur luajnë gjithë elegancë delfinët mes dallgëve,
kur na deh aroma flladitëse e luleve në maj,
kur valët lozanjare puthin ëmbël brigjet,
kur pulbrdhat shkruajnë mbi det e nën qiell poezi,
kur nusja me të bardha hedh pas shpine tufën e fatit,
kur klithmat lajmërojnë: Ka lindur një fëmijë.
EDHE PAS NJË VITI…
U vyshkën lulet që t’i dhurova për Shën Valentin
të blera me merak e me shumë dashuri!
Petalet u shkëputën një nga një gjith trishtim…
Po ja, Shën Valentini erdhi përsëri.
Ndaj këtë 14 shkurt i mblodha lëndinave
dhe i futa në një vazo plot me poezi,
të vaditen me lotët dhe rrënjët e shpirtit
dedikuar vetëm e vetëm për ty.
Këto lule të zbritura nga parajsa qiellore
për çdo orë të vitit të freskëta do qëndrojnë,
do të presin përditë të adhshmin Valentin,
me tufën e rë së bashku të festojmë.
MUNDIM I KOTË
Herë-herë,
zhytem i trisht në vetminë time,
( besoj të gjithëve u ndodh të përjetojnë vetmi! )
Shpirtin ma pushton një mal me dhimbje,
ku ndodhem?
Ku ndodhesh?
Ç’po bën tani?
Një pikë loti
rrokulliset përmes honeve shpirtërore,
ajsberg i pamëshirshëm përplaset mbi zemër!
Malli im arratiset si re pranvere e marrë nga stuhitë,
duke më copëtuar çdo ëndërr!
Ti, iluzion haluçinant në shkretëtirën afrikane,
largohesh e shndërruar në re të bardhë…
I zhytur e i trishtuar në dhimbjen time,
më kot të ndjek horizonteve,
buzëtharë!
Mundi im, i kotë,
mund i marrë!
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