WELCOME
TO
OUR POETRY ARCHIVE
I think when you read a wonderful
poem, when it starts, by the end of it you’ve moved so far – and you think how
did you move me so far in so few words?”
–- Tishani Doshi
It has been a privilege and an
honour for me to be touched by Poetry!
And even more humbling to be a contributor and now part of the Editorial
Team to this wonderful E Zine which embraces Poets and Poetry from different
corners of the earth. What unites this forum together is the beauty of the
poetic form and the common lingua franca~ English!
Born out of passion of NillavroNill
Shoovro in April 2015, Our Poetry Archive has indeed come a long away in
facilitating a cross cultural exchange of world poetry. It has also given space
and recognition to many wonderful new poets from all over the world. This
special edition in May celebrates Indian Poets writing in English.
Indian English Poetry has made a
rich contribution to the world of literature and is associated with writings by
Indians both residing in India as well as literature from the Indian diaspora.
Tracing its journey, one remembers the patriotic and spiritual poetry of
Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Aurobindo Ghosh, Rabindranath Tagore and Sarojini Naidu.
Moving on from that era in post
colonial India, contemporary poets have written about a variety of themes, from
forging a new identity, to social issues, and even autobiographical content.
A strong trend in modern Indian
Poetry is the use of free verse, non rhyming poems with irregular verses, a
literary style where thoughts, feelings and emotions are presented in a free
flow. It experiments with language and imagery and is often influenced by
globalisation.
Contemporary Indian Poets have made
it big in the world arena. Poets like Vikram Seth, Sudeep Sen, Tishani Doshi,
Ampat Koshy, Santosh Bakaya to name a few have global following. Well known
amongst the diaspora is Rupi Kaur who with her illustrative poetry has caught
the imagination of the Indian youth in different parts of the world. Dr Ampat
Koshy has invented a new form of sonnet called the Roseate Sonnet where the
first Alphabet of the last four lines when read together spells Rose. Many
poems have been written in this format.
And so here it is ladies and
gentleman. A special edition dedicated to Contemporary Indian poets writing in
English and contributing to world literature. Happy Reading!
Ipsita
Ganguli
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great editorial, small,compact and beautiful.wish you more success, Ipsita Ganguly.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, keep it up Ipsita.
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