Book Review by #LITEROMA :: "Winter Poems" by Sabarna Roy
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'Winter Poems' as the name suggests is poetry anthology by Sabarna Roy, kind of a pack of two volumes '2010' and '2012'. Cover of the book is very appealing which depicts the Taj of Calcutta - Victoria Memorial.
The first part titled 'Winter Poems-2010' is a series of 12 long poems that mostly deal with the imaginations of death and home. Roy says, " I think these are the two fundamental imaginations that separate humankind from other animals. What would the pleasure of living be without the imagination of death? What would the pleasure of running through wilderness be without the imagination of home?"
Being a Bengali myself, a line from his poem titled 6 relived my good old days in the city; as if I could visualize every corner described in his lines:-
"Dense fog trailed through Harish Mukherjee Road; it was
freezing and past midnight
As I entered the hazy road to have a cup of steaming milk tea by
the Gurdwara
I caught a faint sight of a man and a woman trapped inside a
mosquito net
On the pavement opposite the SSKM Hospital by the Sarala Ray
Memorial Hall"
The second part titled 'Winter Poems-2012' contains 26 short poems mostly dealing with the idea of loss and coming to terms with gradual wasting of life. Roy says in his poem titled 12,
"Ageing is a phenomenon of fury
What time and gravity can do to our souls and bodies!"
It's a nice read and my overall rating of the poetry collection is 4*/5*.
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** Thanks to our reviewer for reviewing the book on behalf of Literoma. **
'Winter Poems' as the name suggests is poetry anthology by Sabarna Roy, kind of a pack of two volumes '2010' and '2012'. Cover of the book is very appealing which depicts the Taj of Calcutta - Victoria Memorial.
The first part titled 'Winter Poems-2010' is a series of 12 long poems that mostly deal with the imaginations of death and home. Roy says, " I think these are the two fundamental imaginations that separate humankind from other animals. What would the pleasure of living be without the imagination of death? What would the pleasure of running through wilderness be without the imagination of home?"
Being a Bengali myself, a line from his poem titled 6 relived my good old days in the city; as if I could visualize every corner described in his lines:-
"Dense fog trailed through Harish Mukherjee Road; it was
freezing and past midnight
As I entered the hazy road to have a cup of steaming milk tea by
the Gurdwara
I caught a faint sight of a man and a woman trapped inside a
mosquito net
On the pavement opposite the SSKM Hospital by the Sarala Ray
Memorial Hall"
The second part titled 'Winter Poems-2012' contains 26 short poems mostly dealing with the idea of loss and coming to terms with gradual wasting of life. Roy says in his poem titled 12,
"Ageing is a phenomenon of fury
What time and gravity can do to our souls and bodies!"
It's a nice read and my overall rating of the poetry collection is 4*/5*.
All the Literoma reviews are available at our page:-
https://literomagroup.blogspot.com/
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