Lakshmi Venkatachalam wrote and posted this while I was sleeping - can't thank her enough for this wonderfully classy review!
A Sonetto For The Poetic World By Dr Ampat Koshy & You heard the Scream, Didn’t you? By Dr Santosh Bakaya.
My Review 19.1.2023
Just finished reading A Sonetto for the Poetic World by Dr Ampat Koshy and You Heard the Scream, Didn’t you? by Dr Santosh Bakaya.
This is a book about the history of sonnets, one of the most endearing of poetic forms, by Dr Ampat Koshy, in his inimitable style, who is an academician, poet and writer, with innumerable sonnets sprinkled here and there, the only reaction, a mere mortal like me, but with a passion for poetry can exclaim, is WOW.”
Once I started reading the book, I could not keep it down till I finished the last page and ended up reading even the back cover.
Dr Koshy has created the Roseate Sonnet form and Dr Santosh Bakaya’s “You heard the Scream, Didn’t you?” a full narrative poem of 50 Roseate Sonnets that follows Dr Koshy’s writing on the sonnets, and I would exclaim once again “Wow”,
Dr Bakaya weaves magic in her sonnets that tell a heart-wrenching story, that is relatable to life and times, past and present. If poetry should have the power to move a person’s heart, and evince empathy for the protagonist, “You heard the Scream, didn’t you?” moved me very much. Dr Bakaya has painted the ruthlessness and heartlessness of mob mentality and helplessness and innocence of victims trapped and suffering due to circumstances and prejudices.
Dr Koshy has in his History… proved again that he is a veteran of Poetic forms and Poetry. His interesting history of the Sonnets as it evolved from Italy, reaching English shores and Europe, America and Indian shores, from Renaissance to Modern Times, is written in such a very absorbing style that a reader would fall in love with the ‘Sonetto’ or sonnet. After travelling all over the world of sonnets through reading this book, I could not help but write a Roseate Sonnet of mine that I am posting here.
And Dr Koshy, Thanks for including me in your Dedication. I am happy that in my own humble way, I also inspired you to write this gem of a book.
Authorspress and Sudarshan Kcherry require special mention for having brought out this classic edition in an attractive manner. The book is available at Amazon.in.
Wah! Dr Ampat Koshy, Dr Santosh Bakaya and Sudarshan Kcherry !
A Roseate Sonnet 19.1.2023
Words flutter in her mind, as the mustard splutters in the frying pan,
They dance a merry jig, as the curry sizzles to a spicy dish.
In the midst of her hectic kitchen chores, words seek and tease her
To form lines of verse, within her spinning head.
No time for her to pen on paper, or tap on her phone,
Those shimmering words, that chase her like one possess’d.
When at last, the day is done, and her well-earn’d rest is won,
She sits by the window, to hear the range of thoughts that tails her.
She casts her refreshed eyes around,
LED lights inside, neon displays outside,
Silence within, cacophony outside,
Her dear ones in cocoons spun around them.
The words that vied within her mind for a space
Now finds in her poem, an eternal place.
Resplendent is the sky above,
On the blanket of night, twinkling stars greet her,
Suffusing her heart with bejewelled thoughts
Enshrined forever in her heartfelt lines.
Lakshmi Venkatachalam
Lakshmi I will be spreading this review all over the world.
Here is the link for those who have not got it yet.
"https://www.amazon.in/Sonetto.../dp/B0BGDMHRJ6/ref=sr_1_1
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Lakshmi with our book.
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