Standing: Dr. M. Thirumeni, President of CPC, (Left), Dr. Kannan, President of CPC and me
Photo Credit: Dr. Queen Sarkar
Standing: Dr. M. Thirumeni, President of CPC, (Left), Dr. Kannan, President of CPC and me
Photo Credit: Dr. Queen Sarkar
A NEW FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN: BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH from England and ASIM KUMAR PAUL from India. This endorsement is written in his gift to me in his autobiography book THE LIFE AND RHYMES OF BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH, (ISBN 9781471168956)
Today 29.11.2019, I received a book packet from distant land of UK, and in the packet, I am very happy to see a letter of comments from Dr. Benjamin Zephaniah, eminent poet, and also I received one beautiful book from him, titled – THE LIFE AND RHYMES OF BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH, the autobiography.
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TODAY I AM HAPPY TO FIND MY ONE LINE POEM IN THE QUATRAIN PROJECT AS ONE LINE CONTRIBUTOR OF A POEM, organized BY THE STAFF OF GYROSCOPE REVIEW, IN ITS SPRING, 2019 ISSUE . THANKS TO THE EDITORS. – ASIM KUMAR PAUL, 27.03.2019
In the link here, little things are nice and create a little boost that lets me go:
Dr. M. THIRUMENI
Chairman, Chennai Poets Circle, India
Exaltation of Asim Kumar Paul’s poetry
“The siege” by Asim Kumar is a wonderful collection of poems on nature and human experiences. His poems are on clouds and he has a fascination for clouds. The cloud is to him a symbol of freedom, movement and action. Not only that for him clouds are the windows of heaven to see the secrets of heaven and Gods.
He reflects more aspects of romantic poets like Shelley and Wordsworth. Two poems are very impressive:
They are ‘Love and Life’ and ‘Divine Wedding’. The spirit in the first poem is that of a romantic lover. Even if he falls he can stand up and can get strength from the hands of his lady. Her presence gives him life, hope and happiness. The lover does not like loneliness; he likes the company of a woman. He gets fresh life from the smell of her Belli flower.
The best poem is ‘Divine Wedding’. The poet Yeats’ poem on ‘Prayer for my Daughter’ reflects the aspiration and worries of a father about the future life of a daughter in the midst of human and natural disasters. Here the poet gets the message from his dream. His dead sister asks him to guide her daughter to a peaceful and settled life.
The Bengali poet gives directions for a peaceful life to his niece. She should be cheerful and peaceful. She should do the house-hold works cheerfully. She should entertain the guests and relations in a graceful manner. This advice is applicable to all women in India.
Asim Kumar is our Shelly, Keats and modern Tagore.
Let his poems prosper in the lips of English readers.
Sd/- M. Thirumeni
22.09.2017
In Guntur Conference.