I Like to Wash My Face with Seawater: A Collection of Poems Contributor(s): Saumitra Saxena (Author), Dhiraj Singh (Author) |
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ISBN: 164783547X ISBN-13: 9781647835477 Publisher: Notion Press Media Pvt Ltd
Binding Type: Hardcover Published: January 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Epic |
LCCN: 2023347766 |
Physical Information: 0.44" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" L (0.69 lbs) 130 pages |
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Publisher Description: Saumitra is, by profession an engineer and by passion, a poet. He has moved away from India, but his sensibility is filled with boyhood memories and tender moments of his youth. With an economy of words, he expresses himself in short verses that look like a map of his moods. All aspects of nature find expression with Saumitra so much so that he emerges as a friend of live landscapes, changing skies and the smell of raw mangoes. He has a Wordsworthian involvement with nature and with the simple sweet voice of humanity. The translation by Dhiraj Singh is equally sensitive and soulful, conveying the author's creativity convincingly. To quote the very first poem- 'Every tree Calls out to her But she chooses Her tree and sits on it She chooses and sits And that is all There is to it.' At first sight these may appear to be single-focus expressions but page after page you come across sensitive lines like these you are bound to feel involved. Poetry is not a sealed-off entity of nature alone. We live in an urban world and our concerns are city-bred. Then what impacts our young poet to focus on greener landscapes. Actually this appears to be Saumitra's retort to the mechanized, mundane metro culture that leaves us myopic to personal pleasures and the bounty of nature. - Mamta Kalia |
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