The boatman of Murshidabad : selected poems
By: Kailas, Madhu.
Contributor(s): Basu, Kingshuk.
Material type: BookPublisher: New Delhi Aleph Book 2021Description: xiii,104p.ISBN: 9789390652822.Subject(s): PoemsDDC classification: 821 | K122b Summary: In this book, Madhu Kailas presents the poet’s engagement with art and creative liberation through startling imagery and innovative verse. In the title poem, ‘The Boatman of Murshidabad’, the eponymous boatman becomes a metaphor for torpor, loneliness, and the remorseless passing of time; in ‘The Day a Song Dared to Soar’, travellers return and pick new faces for rebirth; in ‘Keys Made of Sunshine’, a child grows up and learns to listen to silence; in ‘Silence of Butterflies’, golden silk strands cascade on to the green forest floor; and in ‘The Forest Sings’, the breeze preserves an arrangement of leaves and flowers in a secret language. Deeply felt and packed with insights into the human condition, The Boatman of Murshidabad is a dazzling collection of poems by an accomplished poet.Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Books | PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur | General Stacks | 821 K122b (Browse shelf) | Available | GB2388 |
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821 J199C CRITICAL READING OF THE SELECTED POEMS OF T.S. ELIOT. | 821 J846fo Forced smiles | 821 K122b The birds fly in silence and other poems | 821 K122b The boatman of Murshidabad | 821 K224c Complete political works of Keats and Shelly | 821 K22zb STYLISTIC DEVELOPMENT OF KEATS | 821 K22zb2 KEATS |
Madhu Kailas is the pen name of Kingshuk Basu.
In this book, Madhu Kailas presents the poet’s engagement with art and creative liberation through startling imagery and innovative verse. In the title poem, ‘The Boatman of Murshidabad’, the eponymous boatman becomes a metaphor for torpor, loneliness, and the remorseless passing of time; in ‘The Day a Song Dared to Soar’, travellers return and pick new faces for rebirth; in ‘Keys Made of Sunshine’, a child grows up and learns to listen to silence; in ‘Silence of Butterflies’, golden silk strands cascade on to the green forest floor; and in ‘The Forest Sings’, the breeze preserves an arrangement of leaves and flowers in a secret language. Deeply felt and packed with insights into the human condition, The Boatman of Murshidabad is a dazzling collection of poems by an accomplished poet.
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