tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541988681105767002.post6342017619183284405..comments2024-03-28T13:25:12.398+05:30Comments on My Travels, My Life: Passion PoetryBalachandran Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10174364716507089780noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541988681105767002.post-72939269291052773122013-08-20T23:16:23.787+05:302013-08-20T23:16:23.787+05:30I read this before Balachandran.Still remember I l...I read this before Balachandran.Still remember I left this space with a tightened chest.In fact few poems I had a similar feel dear.<br />Needless to say,one of your brilliant poems !Mélangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16807745317206193365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541988681105767002.post-32972680719412399472012-06-30T23:21:47.164+05:302012-06-30T23:21:47.164+05:30Oh how beautiful! I'm sure it'll be publis...Oh how beautiful! I'm sure it'll be published.Ruprekhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02798091874208338723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541988681105767002.post-27746058820461044412012-06-27T14:29:44.034+05:302012-06-27T14:29:44.034+05:30@RGB:
"She said she would glance at my words...@RGB: <br />"She said she would glance at my words<br />Once in a blue moon".<br /><br />Actually those two lines are the key to the entire poem. Blue Moon is a phrase that denotes a rare occurrence, rare to the point of none. <br /><br /><br />The poem begins innocuously about the blue moon. It moves to the description of the night - this actually sets the scene and the mood - you have to visualize the poet standing in his room and looking out at the moon - the reader has no idea about what is to follow- then casually the coin drops - "She said she would glance at my words, Once in a blue moon." 'Oh', the reader realizes- 'so that's what he is blabbering about'.<br /><br />By inserting the lines there, the poet tries to show a different dimension to the entire narration. <br />It had to be cryptic, jarring and out of flow - that is the intended effect. <br /><br />The protagonist is yearning for the Blue Moon, something that is unlikely to appear, yet he yearns for that because the lover said that she glances at his words once in a blue moon, which is equivalent to saying that she doesn't at all. <br /><br />In the first stanzas, the poet is wondering how it would look like, the blue moon. Is it the colour, is it the feeling that Jazz music gives? In his heart, the poet knows that the lover doesn't care for his poems, but like all jilted lovers, he is hoping against hope! :-)<br /><br />A friend of mine once said after reading the poem that 'it is the height of lowliest grovelling shit'!! How much more can a man lower himself before a woman, he asked! ;-) <br /><br />All this is not necessarily true; but the objective of the writer is to make it feel true to the reader... <br /><br />Whew! that's a lot of effort, but thanks to you for making me interpret it. Usually when I write, it is impulsive; you really don't know why you chose a particular word or phrase - only in retrospection, I myself realize what I had meant to convey..!Balachandran Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10174364716507089780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541988681105767002.post-47840655861835383072012-06-27T13:56:09.617+05:302012-06-27T13:56:09.617+05:30I quite liked the first part. However, the 2nd par...I quite liked the first part. However, the 2nd part appears a bit out of place (in style, form or flow), especially these lines:<br />"She said she would glance at my words"<br />Once in a blue moon."RGBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15279590663523317849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541988681105767002.post-72482080633452511172012-06-27T10:17:56.121+05:302012-06-27T10:17:56.121+05:30"Kapatalokathilennute kapatyam sakalarum kaan..."Kapatalokathilennute kapatyam sakalarum kaanmathanen parajayam" enna patabedham oarthu poyi! :)Arun Meethale Chirakkalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647424169250887847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541988681105767002.post-71159371871851472662012-06-26T22:37:58.835+05:302012-06-26T22:37:58.835+05:30@Sujata: glad you liked it. It doesn't matter ...@Sujata: glad you liked it. It doesn't matter to me whether she has read/ will read the poem. The poem is work of imagination; part true, part fiction!:-)<br /><br />@Arun: it is out of stock at Flipkart, Arun! :-) One can be really tender - and one can also imagine tenderness! But love, yes - nothing is as sublime as love!<br /><br />@Anil: 'kapada lokathil aathmarathmayoru hridyam-undaayathanen parajayam! :-)<br /><br />@Bindu: Tempting suggestion, B, but poetry cannot buy me bread!<br /><br />@Gymnast: Too paynkili, it could be! :-)Balachandran Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10174364716507089780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541988681105767002.post-63935018806119550222012-06-26T20:57:36.857+05:302012-06-26T20:57:36.857+05:30Hope the book does get published..
Don know..but ...Hope the book does get published..<br /><br />Don know..but didnt like this poem quite so much..Gymnasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05468640996264277554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541988681105767002.post-69998380259915380662012-06-26T20:36:27.906+05:302012-06-26T20:36:27.906+05:30I wont say "you let the cat out of the bag! :...I wont say "you let the cat out of the bag! :-)<br /><br />Beautiful is an understatement. You should become a full time poet BalanInsigniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09819054091062923489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541988681105767002.post-38954011776814165682012-06-26T20:05:31.915+05:302012-06-26T20:05:31.915+05:30A wrong man in the wrong times!
Splendid !A wrong man in the wrong times!<br />Splendid !anilkurup59https://www.blogger.com/profile/07961961217418715354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541988681105767002.post-10725053309631422602012-06-26T15:57:19.346+05:302012-06-26T15:57:19.346+05:30How tender, how beautiful! Love, and the way it de...How tender, how beautiful! Love, and the way it defies the onslaught of time, I sensed it in your poem. I’m yet to order your first collection from Flipkart, may the second too come out soon.Arun Meethale Chirakkalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647424169250887847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541988681105767002.post-4577979217535295202012-06-26T13:43:22.471+05:302012-06-26T13:43:22.471+05:30Lovely and soulful. I wish she reads the lines. I ...Lovely and soulful. I wish she reads the lines. I am sure your collection will be published.sujata senguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13101153080266818022noreply@blogger.com