The Little poem was scared…..All the long and famous poems were buriedThere were bombs and missiles flying aroundIt was dark and it was cold… There were flashes during which the poem read itself.It was little, small, naive..there was no depth in it..it thought… It was not the only little poem..there were others like it..They played by sliding on every penthey even played hide and seek … Continue reading 17/365 The Little Poem – Poetry
This Post is long due… because I had met MNN Chettan (Madassery Neelankandan Namboothiri) two months back to receive a copy of his translations of the Malayalam’s beloved poet Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri… I have been close to MNN Chettan for a while here in the US…. My acquaintance with Poet Vishnu Narayanan Namboodiri though go back to when I was a kid… Vishnu Narayanan Namboodiri … Continue reading Nights and Days in Ujjaini
A drunk, embroiled, bleeding will that imposed itself on constellations, on the world’s secret, is blazing in my generation’s heart. Fettering the free, festive air, with a strict hand. The sun and the deeps are wheel horses on its farm. It is strange to be a woman, simple, domestic, feeble, in an insolent, violent generation, to be shy, weary, in a cold generation, a generation … Continue reading Day-88-Penpositive Reading Campaign-A Drunk, Embroiled Will; By the Israeli Poet Zelda
I write poetry, gentlemen, I write poetry, but please don’t call me poetess; I swig my wine like the bricklayers do and I have an assistant who talks to herself. This world’s a strange place; things happen, gentlemen, that I don’t disclose; they build cases, for example, yet never build homes for the poor who can’t afford them. And old maids are always having it … Continue reading Day-87-Penpositive Reading Campaign-I Write Poetry Gentlemen; By the Spanish Poet Gloria Fuertes
Too bad for you men who don’t notice that my eyes remember slings and black flags which murder with each blink of my Mississipi lashes Too bad for you men who do not see who do not see anything not even the gorgeous railway signals formed under my eyelids by the black and red discs of the coral snake that my munificence coils in my … Continue reading Day-86-Penpositive Reading Campaign-Mississippi By the French Poet Aime Cesaire
Julio Cortázar (August 26, 1914 – February 12, 1984), was an Argentine novelist, short story writer, and essayist. Known as one of the founders of the Latin American Boom, Cortázar influenced an entire generation of Spanish-speaking readers and writers in the Americas and Europe. He has been called both a “modern master of the short story” and, by Carlos Fuentes, “the Simón Bolívar of the … Continue reading Day 85– PenPositive Reading Campaign – ‘Return Trip’ by the Argentinian Novelist and short story writer Julio Cortazar
Octavio Paz Lozano (March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998) was a Mexican poet-diplomat and writer. For his body of work, he was awarded the 1981 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the 1982 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, and the 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b2776hUlhQ Continue reading Day 84– PenPositive Reading Campaign – ‘Between Going and Coming’ by Octavio Paz
Seo Jeong-ju (May 18, 1915 – December 24, 2000) was a Korean poet and university professor who wrote under the pen name Midang. He is widely considered as one of the best poets in twentieth-century Korean literature. He was nominated five times for Nobel Prize in literature. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gKUzmurvhg Continue reading Day 83– PenPositive Reading Campaign – ‘On Seeing Mudung Mountain’ by the Korean poet Seo Jeong-ju
Faiz Ahmad Faiz (13 February 1911 – 20 November 1984) MBE, NI, Lenin Peace Prize was an influential left-wing intellectual, revolutionary poet, and one of the most highly-regarded poets of the Urdu language, having been nominated four times for the Nobel Prize for literature. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rocOVJNA3JU Continue reading Day 82– PenPositive Reading Campaign – ‘Before You Came’ by the Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Vinod Narayan 