Happy I am going to be in Dazzling Bards (Volume one) of poets of today who write in English by Kiriti Sengupta to be brought out with an introduction by Yayati Sri Madan Gandhi, founder-president of Poetry Society of India.

Let me make a quick announcement here. This is something that I could never imagine beforehand. It was Subhankar Paul, the editor of 'Hiranyagarbha' who practically forced me to write on the contemporary Indian poets, the ones who are writing in English-language. I went on writing, critiquing, and much more with my select poets and their works, and kept counting on the scores of remarks of my readers and well wishers on the posts I made. My enterprise reached its pinnacle as Sri Madan Gandhi, the founder-president of The Poetry Society of India happily agreed to produce and publish my manuscript in the form of a book, titled MY DAZZLING BARDS (Vol:I). The book will be published in a month's time, and will be available all across the nation. I have personally requested Sri Gandhi to write the foreword of my book.

My beloved poets, you beget and feature in all the ten chapters that my book will comprise of. Would you, please, let me know your feedback?

I take this opportunity to present my first rendition in Hindi (edited by Nitin Soni, New Delhi.):

हर दिन सुनहरा होता है
बस अपनी और सिर्फ अपनी ही
नज़र का फरक बन जता है।

ये जो सूरज है, इसे
रात भी भुलाती नही
चांद भी सुबह
मुस्कुराते हुए नज़र आता हैं।

An article on my poetry.

My Beloved (Part IX)

Here comes a poet, who loves to research on the words and their mechanism of unfurling flavors; an extremely talented academician Dr. Ampat V Koshy (Ph.D.) is my next poet. He is presently an assistant professor in the department of English, Faculty of Arts (Girls), Academic College, Jazan University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He did his research on Samuel Beckett’s poetry in English, majoring in modern English poetry. Dr. Koshy was born in Trivandrum, Kerala, and he has had three poetry titles, and four titles on serious literary critiquing. Once a regular columnist with the Plumtree Books and Publishers (United Kingdom), Dr. Koshy prefers to remain reticent about his literary achievements. In the year 2012 a poem of his was nominated for Pushcart Prize for poetry. He loves to be referred to as a ‘natural poet’ who derives much inspiration from almost everything that surrounds him, and that poetry is his ‘spontaneous’ expression. As the noted critic-translator-poet Bina Biswas remarked, “Dr. Koshy is not drawing from Borges or Nicholas Boileau or Paris Review interviews, although he mischievously sends his readers on such wild goose chases. He is drawing from texts he is teaching and his experience as a seasoned poet and critic who appreciates reading new poetry.” Let me share a few of his poems:

Chanson

Far away, love is
waiting
alone in a double bed with
hope
that one day there will be no hollow
nearby. Thus it copes.

Far away, love is
waiting, thinking
one day there will be someone
who appreciates me for
my....self, and all else thereby

Far away love is waiting
silver hair in its black
far away

Love never fails
because
it cannot lose, anyway
in a contest
where the rules keep
changing
each and every day
not knowing what is happening
It only keeps on going
far away
pretending
everything's alright
far away... elsewhere, tonight

As I said in my introductory lines, Dr. Koshy has this brilliant ability to wrap and unwrap his poems with flavor. Chanson is a lyrical French song, and by using it as the title, the poet immediately includes some lyrical flavor into the poem. And look, I am not wrong at all. With ‘everything's alright / far away... elsewhere, tonight’ Chanson turns up to be an orator’s delight! The following poem reveals the ‘spiritual’ self of Dr. Koshy:

Shivashakti

Why, when it comes to you alone
am I not able to
hurt you?
When everyone else hurts me
I swallow it, in my pride
remain standing, to their dismay
It leaves only a blue mark on my neck
and I destroy its effect.
I can hurt them back
if I want.
You alone get away
with 'blue' murder.
What pleasure do you get
in being cruel to me
testing the limits of my patience
sawing off your own support?

This is a splendid creation by Dr. Koshy as it superimposes the image of Lord Shiva, who only consumed the unholy of the universe, on the pivotal sketch of a general male who is supposed to cushion the stresses of livelihood! Dr. Koshy stood impeccably male, and I simply can’t resist myself from quoting one of my poems here (Ref: The Reciting Pens, Inner Child Press, U.S.A., 2013):

Y-gene

My friends were aware of the wish I nurtured.
If I had a daughter,
I would name her Srividya!
No, I was not influenced by any actor.
There are a lot of disputes, prevailing over
the sibling rivalry of the sisters
in every corner of Bengal.
I thought my daughter would grow up to say
‘Hey! You were all so wrong.’
Our prayer room hosted a dazzling crystal Sri Yantra
on the holy altar.

My wife’s desires were too girly.
She wished to drape her daughter
in frilled dresses to look gorgeous.
She also had good plans to find her daughter
the best possible groom, so that my wife could live hassle-free!
Prior to her labour, my mother-in-law
keenly observed my wife’s navel and opined,
‘Come on, it’s a boy!’
It was a boy of course -
A cute little thing of two and a half kilos.
To take care of the borderline weight,
special supplements were arranged.
My wife looked bright in pride, and
you could see it in her eyes.
We thanked and worshiped the Narayana
right after the Holy Bath.

My son is now at school.
It’s a co-education convent.
After his school he returns home and tells his mother,
‘Girls were all sitting on the left.’

(Translated into English by Rituparna Sarkar from the original Bengali written by Kiriti Sengupta.)

Gina McKnight: N a d e z h d a

Gina McKnight: N a d e z h d a: World acclaimed poet Dr A.V. Koshy is presently working as Assistant Professor in Department of English, Faculty of Arts for Women, Jaza...

The esteemed Journal of Literature and Aesthetics - an international peer reviewed journal, one of only two such in Kerala, the other one having been run by the late P K Rajan - has my poem in it, thanks to Prathap Kamath  It also has a great poem by Ra Sh called Creation and an article by Prathap on Dattani's Tara. This poem was rejected twice, first for an African anthology by James Robert Myers and then by Sunil Sharma for the Authorspress Indo- Australian anthology, so I am happy that it finally appeared. It is about Booker T Washington who wrote Up From Slavery. He is M L King Jr.'s forerunner in America. Thanks to Srinivasan sir, chief editor and founder, for everything and proud to appear in a magazine where great writers like Derek Walcott have appeared. The photo of Booker T is there on the page, and my poem is on it. The moral of the story is my poems will keep appearing... despite everything...

Here is my simple poem:

1) UP FROM SLAVERY
For Booker T Washington

booker t
you belonged to a different time
but sitting in a corner in india
when i was a child
reading you
your mother's prayers and your uncle tom humility
touched me
i will never forget you
or what you taught me
booker t
that wrong isn't right
that might isn't light
that hate can't bait
and no one can keep anyone
slaves, endlessly

freedom rings
from your memory
even to today's slaves
booker t
be they in india
or u.s. of a
or anywhere else
in mine or field

you will always shine
when they count the death blows
to slavery
great booker t!

(c) 2013 Koshy A.V.

As a double whammy or treat, in Holistic Thought, Prathap Kamath's department journal, my article on Othello has also finally appeared. Don't know how to thank you enough, dear Prathap.

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Two of my books and three I wrote forewords or back cover blurbs for near to the launch.
The launch is on October 19th.
YMCA NEW DELHI 6- 9.30 am
Authorspress and Butterfly and the Bee are the ones involved.

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Look at the picture - my books are Art of Poetry and Samuel Beckett's English Poetry and the books I wrote for are Sangeeta Suneja's inspirational book and Madhumita Ghosh's and Bina Biswas's poetry books.

How to buy my book Samuel Beckett's English Poetry

Dear Friends...

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Overseas buyer can purchase the same book at a price of US $21.00 per book which includes courier charges.

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Where flipkart is not supplying (which is often the case) note that Authors press will charge you Rs.550 only – if you are ordering in India directly from the publisher and in return will allow you free postage anywhere in India. You may order the book through VPP or can deposit the amount to the following bank:
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Thank you
Dr A.V Koshy

Ichhamoti Review - Home

Ichhamoti Review - Home - has  my poem and article on haiku in it.

My book Beckett's English Poetry: Transcending the Roots of Resistance in Language is now available on flipkart.

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My book on Beckett will finally come out on flipkart in two weeks

Thanks to Bina Biswas for all the help. Thanks to Sudarshan Kcherry of Authorspress India for everything - no words can express my heartfelt gratitude to him for bringing out my book on Samuel Beckett's English Poetry: Transcending the Roots of Resistance in Language, in 2013, after helping me in his inimitable style with the title and quality editing and printing and cover that matches and competes with the best in academic publishing in the world anywhere and surpasses most in his restless indigenous and transnational innovativeness and trail-blazing pioneering originality of vision. I also thank my mother Sara - no more - to whom this book is dedicated, Dad, Dr K Radha (now retired) Anna Gabriel Koshy, my kids, Mary Annie AV Avy Varghese Aardvark and AV Abraham, my friends the late Aveesh K, Santosh Babusenan Satish Babusenan Sree Kumar Tommy John Gorakhnath Gangane Chitra Panikkar Bina Biswas Prathap Kamath - for their enormous patience, love, care, long suffering and faith in my ability to do this eventually. I also thank George Korah of Primalogue and Jonsy. The same for all my dear fb friends without whose likes and comments I feel I can no longer exist. I was possessed by the spirit of Beckett when I wrote this book. No regrets, whatsoever.
The book will be available on flipkart in two weeks and later in infibeam etc. It costs 550 Rs for the Indian market and 21 dollars for the international market. Enjoy. — with @Authorspress India

Buy my book.A treatise in poetry for beginners

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Review of Soul Resuscitation/Allusions to Simplicity by Angel Meredith/Koshy A.V.

A Review of Soul Resuscitation, 50 poems, written by Angel Meredith and Dr. AV Koshy, (published by Barry Mowles & Destiny 2 Write Publications) two writers from the Jouralspace era. I am a voracious reader of AV Koshy but am not familiar at all with Angel Meredith’s writings. Both are well written but this book does not cling to my heart nor stir my imagination as I am accustomed to in the poetry by Koshy.

The book is written in two parts: the first Angel’s poems. Death Bed has wonderful imagery and was understandably enjoyed because of my daily dealings with death. Beautifully described. Insipid is a strong and vivid painting of our modern societal breakdown. Watchers left me hanging on a branch wondering if it would break. I was not impressed with the finale. Her poems become predictable.

My expectation from Dr. Koshy is to saturate my imagination with deliciously creative illusions. In this particular book I found this with only several of his pieces. After Rilke is a good example of that. Reference to the gang-rape victim in India is made in the poem Nirbhaya. Well done. Koshy has a way of making things vanishand two of these types are found in this book, “How to make love vanish”, and “How to make myself vanish”. He has a poem out in another collection, “How to make a poem vanish”. I like his ability to steer the reader off course. Far off course. Unfortunately I do not find that much here.
References to death are made by both writers in this collection as are descriptions of the decaying of society.

Angel and Koshy are talented writers and leave just enough here, however, to lead the reader wondering what may be produced by them in the future.

by Summer Wind

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Paul Eluard

I do not know French. I have read only a few of Eluard's poems, primarily from Beckett's translations and then probably from a pdf I downloaded that was for free from poem hunter or some such place, That had some of the same poems done by a different translator and new ones. It was basically more of the same stuff. Eluard has been called a Surrealist but he is more Romantic and lyrical, according to me. I find his poems bittersweet,especially if one is in the shock of going through a time of experiencing the trauma of a love that goes very deep which one does not yet know the end of. You both fear and anticipate it because it can turn out well or ill. http://rosannadelpiano.perso.sfr.fr/Images/Paul%20Eluard.jpg That is what he looked like. The poem that comes to mind is L’amoureuse She is standing on my lids And her hair is in my hair She has the colour of my eye She has the body of my hand In my shade she is engulfed As a stone against the sky She will never close her eyes And she does not let me sleep And her dreams in the bright day Make the suns evaporate And me laugh cry and laugh Speak when I have nothing to say [translated by Samuel Beckett] This is so simple and lyrical that it needs no explication except perhaps to say that one is reminded of Neruda. But Scarcely Disfigured goes deeper. Scarcely Disfigured Farewell Sadness / Greeting Sadness / Thou art inscribed in the lines of the ceiling / Thou art inscribed in the eyes that I love / Thou art not altogether want / For the poorest of lips denounce thee / Smiling / Greeting sadness / Love of the bodies that are lovable / Mightiness of the bodies that arelovable / Starts up a bodiless beast / Head of hope defeated / Sadness countenance of beauty Paul Eluard / Translated by Samuel Beckett This is great poetry , of course in a line like "the poorest of lips denounce thee." I do not write here as a critic but as a poet and a lover, in this post. Why I remembered Eluard and sit here writing this post, when I should be going to work is because he inspires me, though I have only read him haltingly in French, and in these translations. This is my tribute poem to two fine poets Eluard and Beckett inspired by my own experiences of love and sadness. The first two lines are taken directly from Eluard into my own poem. Hello sadness Good day to you You are not caused by anyone outside In this matter I have been a paltry God I make you appear in the eyes of the ones I love As a poet I praise you, falsely You come from inside me as talons of love And leave scratches on the bodies of the ones I love They are more than scarcely disfigured now I could say they too created sorrow for me, or for themselves, but won't. Now we drown in the un-bridged planets of grief But sadness, I only wanted to stop hurting others and bid you what you so richly deserve The spirit of farewell and then I'd stay with my love.

Nomination for Pushcart Prize for Poetry 2012

My poem A Shayira of Sorts has been nominated by Camel Saloon/editor Russell Streur as one of the best six entries to his magazine for the second half of 2012. This is a great honour. He has also chosen my poems Africa, Hurt-spoken to Vincent A Shayira of Sorts as editor's pics. Butterfly and the Bee has chosen my book A Treatise on Poetry for Beginners as one of the best reads in Indian literature of 2012.

The Second Hump Volume III : A Shayira of Sorts

The Second Hump Volume III : A Shayira of Sorts: by A.V. Koshy O Rumi intoxication with the divine is not the only way O Ghalib the way of the senses is not the only one Brothers,...

A Review of my book A Treatise on Poetry for Beginners by Rukhaya MK

Dr Ampat Koshy is a poet and critic par excellence. His ‘wrighteings’ are honest statements and deconstruct conventional dogmatic constructs laid down by previous critics. He fights this anxiety of influence in his work, as any of his FB poems would. According to Dr Koshy, a poem is an illegitimate orphan on FB, and competes with its contemporary opponents, but does not have a heavy inheritance to be compared to. On the other hand, it fights against its own virtual reality. He employs transliterations for a personal touch, and yet in the wisdom the book imparts, it is universal in its appeal. The informal tone enables the reader to build a comfort level and connect with his style. For the ones who would like to master the basic nuances of poetry, this book is definitely for you. And for the ones who think they already know, you will discover after reading the book: There were many things you always knew, but never realized.

My book A Treatise on Poetry for Beginners is now available on Createspace for purchase

https://www.createspace.com/4001326?ref=1147694&utm_id=6026&fb_action_ids=10152117159930006&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582 List Price: $4.99 Add to Cart About the author: Dr A.V. Koshy is an established author and writer who is a poet, critic and artist. He has a doctorate in Samuel Beckett's Poems in English from the University of Kerala. He has published a monograph of essays called Wrighteings: In Media Res and has several, published research papers to his credit. He has also published poems in India, UK, America and Canada in poetry journals, magazines, e-zines and anthologies. He has two certificates, one in entrepreneurship from the World Bank, and a diploma in education, partly from the USA via an online course, besides his expertise in teaching English Language and Literature in different premier institutions and parts of the world like KSA, India and Libya. His greatest desire is to build a village for people having autism where all their needs are met. He runs an NGO called "Autism for Help Village Project" with his wife for this dream to come true. A Treatise on Poetry for Beginners Authored by Dr A V Koshy Cover design or artwork by Kelly D Boykin This small book A Treatise on Poetry for Beginners is an attempt to encourage a beginner to take more interest in reading and writing poetry, at a deeper level than is the usual practice. With this aim in mind, the reader is introduced to the elements of poetry with examples in a light, humorous and interesting manner. Publication Date: Sep 18 2012 ISBN/EAN13: 1479347655 / 9781479347650 Page Count: 76 Binding Type: US Trade Paper Trim Size: 5.5" x 8.5" Language: English Color: Black and White Related Categories: Poetry / General

Mira Kapoor's review of my book A Treatise on Poetry for Beginners.

Poetry, this word always makes me miss a beat. But that's not enough to write well. I knew I have that appetite to learn, but I did not know what to read and how to start. Met Koshy sir on Facebook. Of course, we all know him on fb. Got to read his book ... A Treatise on Poetry. A beginner like me was in need of something which was fun and learning both. This book is outstanding. I was glued to it, once I dived into it. Less of lecture, more of learning, that too in such a light manner. It gave full rein to my "infant" imagination. The strength of this book lies in the way it is written. I knew nothing about poetry, but this book held my hand and took me through a lot of things, so beautifully. I feel good and i am more confident now. Every beginner must read it. A beaut. I, as a beginner, loved it.

Information on my book A Treatise on Poetry for Beginners now in two outlets.

Published by Speak Up Publishing belonging to Kelly Boykin Pocan, Editor of inklinks and honorary editor of wOw LIfe Dr A.V. Koshy's new, second book is now available on two outlets smashwords and Amazon as ebook and kindle - it will soon be out in paperback. It cost 115 rupees or two dollars aproximately as ebook or kindle format. The book will cost three dollars, shipping and handling extra and will come out soon from Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Available at Amazon.com in Kindle version. Paperback version will be available soon... will inform you all when paperback is out http://www.amazon.com/Treatise-Poetry-Beginners-ebook/dp/B009DB8ZGI/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1348069013&sr=1-1&keywords=dr+av+koshy https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/222992

Dr Mary Annie's review of A Treatise on Poetry for Beginners by Dr A.V. Koshy

My sister's review of my book on smashwords after buying it. Review by: Mary Annie A.V.(anna maria) on Sep. 19, 2012 : I have been really surprised that this book was able to hold my attention throughout. The book is a must read for beginners of poetry...it also assists those who know poetry. The objective is thus two fold. I thoroughly enjoyed the examples and the explanations. I could term them all as eye-openers. The style is new and hence grabs our attention... The book, I am confident, will be a constant companion to all who want to refer time to time about poetry.