Poetry Archives - Indian Book Critics

Thoughts Between Life and Death by Alok Mishra, a detailed review of the poetry collection

1 week ago

Dr Alok Mishra’s Thoughts Between Life and Death is a poetry collection that navigates the fragile thresholds of existence, mortality, love, solitude, and the metaphysical questions that arise in the…

Melodies of Society Arav Rajesh book review Indian Book Critics

Melodies of Society by Arav Rajesh – Book Review

Poetry

3 years ago

A poem is an important medium to express one’s expressions about anything one (the poet) deems appropriate. On that list, poems about society are very important – they often extend…

William Blake The Complete Poems Penguins Classics book review

William Blake: The Complete Poems – Book Review

Poetry

3 years ago

Who knows poetry (English) and does not know William Blake? I bet the population of this lot must be meagre, negligible and, perhaps, non-existent. English poetry cannot be thought about…

Sarojini Naidu, Selected Poetry and Prose – Book Review (edited by Makrand Paranjape)

Poetry

3 years ago

One of the finest English poets India produced, Sarojini Naidu, wrote many poems before independence and continued her literary ventures after India became free from the unholy clutches of the…

Ponder Awhile by Mohit Misra Book Review Indian Book Critics

Ponder Awhile by Mohit Misra – Review

Poetry

3 years ago

Every poet has something to contribute to the literary fraternity. Some poets contribute with their lyrical abilities and rhythmic melody. And some poets offer the richness of their thoughts and…

Dewdrop and Banyan Tree Ramachandran Rajasekharan Book Review

Dewdrop and Banyan Tree by Ramachandran Rajasekharan – Book Review

Poetry

3 years ago

Poetry collections are my biggest weakness. Any day, give me a few novels and two poetry collections and I will pick the latter without any second thoughts. My interest in…

Lahar by Jaishankar Prasad – poetry collection – book review

Poetry

4 years ago

Jaishankar Prasad is undoubtedly one of the most-loved figures in Hindi literature in India. His poetic art was unrivalled. He was able to fuse patriotism, history, romance and elements of…

An Anthology of New Indian English Poetry by Makarand Paranjape – Book Review

Poetry

4 years ago

Indian English Poetry has much to offer if you are a curious dealer of words! It has the depth that will soak the imaginations and emotions, thoughts and intellect, ideas…

Rays of Reverie by Rosy and Jones – Book Review

Poetry

4 years ago

If you are a poet, occasional or frequent doesn’t matter, you must understand that ramifications of poetry might be different for every unique individual. However, in general, poetry is a…

Hindi Poetry – A concern that only 90s guys and those before 90s will understand – opinion

Poetry

4 years ago

Hindi poetry has travelled a great distance. If we mix everything written in languages like Hindi, the history of Hindi literature in India will go back many centuries before, even…

The Poetician satire Lov pathak book review

The Poetician: A Common Man’s Satire by Lov Pathak – Review

Poetry

4 years ago

Unn shabdon ka karun main kya jisme koi dhwani aur akaar nahin Na ho jisme khanak koi Aur na hi koi jhankaar nayi Main Hindi bhashi hi achcha hun Angrezi…

Tarapath by Sumitra Nandan Pant – Review

Poetry

5 years ago

Hindi Literature in India, of course by Indians, has been closely associated with the idea of Indianness, something that we have been debating for a while now. The language, as…