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Utopia (HAIKU)
Author:
Santosh Kumar
Front Cover: TheaterOfCrueltyNOH AZSACRA
Binding: Paperback (pp: 52)
ISBN: 978-81-903812-0-8
Availability: In Stock (Ships within 1 to 2 days)
Publisher: Rochak Publishing, India
Pub. Date: 2008
Condition: New
Description: NEW UTOPIA .. MORE THAN A MERE "HAIKU MOMENT"
Dr. Santosh Kumar has successfully shown that he has both a good understanding of the classical form and literary history of the haiku as an art form, and more importantly possesses the literary experience, expertise, sensitivity and dexterity required to update and further develop this classical art form in his own way – thus both ensnaring and enticing the reader to join him in his own contemporary pas de deux, expressive of the wonders and dilemmas of today's social, spiritual and psychological experience. This resonance in the reader/audience, together with the «magic» of boundless possibilities, is essential to the success and the survival of the artist's expression as a «living, and ever changing» organism.
I would encourage readers of this gem of a book to put away their musical scores and mathematical-literary formulas, to momentarily forget their guardianship of the more restrictive regulations regarding classical haiku-writing .. and even to attempt to avoid the perils of getting "stuck" in the search for the perfect «haiku moment», as that could possibly inhibit one's ability to recognize (and co-create) the essence of the poem. Furthermore, I would encourage the reader to try to see all poems in this book as being integral and connected parts of the entire artistic work. Although these individual works function quite well on their own, there is even greater "music" to be heard in discovering the silent transitions from haiku to haiku .. and experiencing the work in its totality: a comprehensive mural which rivals the frescoes of the greatest known and un-named painters from several centuries ago: yes, a haunting image dating from the earliest cave-dweller paintings on record to the Renaissance and Classical periods to Post Modern expressionism.
– Adam Donaldson Powell
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HAIKU
dove in a garden enclosed
lives in lord’s temple:
virgin mary
nuke-capable fire
kills every thing
except suicide bomber
ten headed devil
talks of peace-
before attack
that ambush
that stratagem
satan explodes bomb
 Dr.
Santosh Kumar (b. 1946) is a poet, short-story
writer and an editor from UP India; DPhil in
English; Chief Editor of an international literary
journal Taj Mahal Review; several awards;
member of World Poets Society (W.P.S.); member of
World Haiku Association, Japan; published poetry
in Indian Verse by Young Poets (1980), World
Poetry (1995 & 1996), The Fabric of A Vision
(2001), The Still Horizon (2002), The
Golden Wings (2002), Voyages (2003), Symphonies
(2003), New Pegasus (2004), Explorers (2004), Dwan
(USA), Promise (Purple Rose Publications,USA),
TMR 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 & 2007).
He has also edited sixteen World Poetry
Anthologies, and four books of World’s Great
Short Stories. He is also the author of a
collection of poems entitled Helicon (Cyberwit,
2006, India, ISBN 81-901366-8-2). He is able to
achieve masterly poetic effects full of a singular
beauty and rhythmical artistry in his new
collection New Utopia.
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Author:
Santosh Kumar
Binding:
Paperback (pp: 62)
ISBN: 81-901366-8-2
Availability: In Stock (Ships within 1 to 2 days)
Publisher: Cyberwit.net
Pub. Date: 2006
Condition: New
Description: The
antiterrorist and peace poems included in Helicon
by Santosh Kumar are full of the iridescent color
of imagination and apt observation. Here we find
visions of Peace and nonviolent approach to the
problems. The poems reveal a simple force and
chaste tenderness. Helicon is a book of poems for
those who love Peace. Several poems are about the
September 11 tragedy, Nuclear War, Chemical
Weapons, Horrid Caverns, Lament for Terrorist
attack, Missiles, The Ignorant Terrorist, The Wolf
Invisible, Fanatics. The poet is Chief Editor of
Taj Mahal Review. He has also edited fifteen World
Poetry Anthologies, and four books of the
World's Great Short Stories.
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LAMENT FOR TERRORIST
ATTACK
This time air-borne violence
Corpses falling and falling
Was Devil torching the heavens?
Satan permeated, spread, prevailed, dictated
Demanding more blood
Just daybreak!
And the sky became dark
All withered!
All spent!
All burnt out!
The red blade of Terror's dagger glinted
Life's music died
Nothing was saved
As Black Tuesday witnessed countless bodies
Exploded and exploded
Can the heavens smile as usual?
Can dust ever settle?
We've let Holy Witness down
Help us, save us O Lord!
Terrified by infinite gloom
Stench, triviality, stress of Terror
Golden sunshine I find
In Prayer at Lord's feet
This alone reveals hidden rapture and ecstasy.
REVIEWS
Dear
Dr. Santosh Kumar,
I
have received your amazing book HELICON, thank
you. I congratulate you!! I can share your
excitement as a poet, at having your thoughts
released into the world.
Your work is extremely thought provoking
and profound. I read it as one long prayer, a
solemn request to God for peace and love. It is
bound to have success for it is on the path to
love that it will surely propagate. Warmest
regards,
Barbara
Elizabeth Mercer, CPA
Author, Poet,
Visual Artist
Toronto,
ON, CANADA
Yes,
and I have enjoyed reading it. Congratulations!
Best regards.
Adam
Powell, Norway
Yes
I received it...and I enjoyed the poems in it...
although it is quite different from my way of
writing poetry.
Mariet,
Netherlands
Dear
Dr. Kumar:
Yes
I have received Helicon in the mail and have read
and enjoyed it. I found your social commentary on
current influences in India to be most
enlightening. Society needs a conscience and you
have done good works for your country and humanity
itself. The best of luck in your future.
Leland
Waldrip , USA
Yes
Santosh, The book Helicon arrived in good condition, your thoughts are clear and
concise, I am enjoying it, and wouldn't Universal
Peace be wonderful.
Beverly,
USA
Dear
Santosh Kumar
I
just ordered your book and it's a pleasure for
me to buy it, for I appreciate your poetry. I
always read you in Taj Mahal Review. The message
you are spreading is so important nowadays.
Especially since the September 11 tragedy. I'd
like to tell you also that I appreciate to be
published in Taj Mahal Review, and each time I'm
proud to be part of it because of its literary
high quality. Thank you very much for your
appreciation of my writings.
Eric
Tessier, France
Hello
Santosh Kumar, I did recieve the book, and very
happy with it, thank you very much.
Nyal,
USA
Dear
Santosh,
Many
thanks for your book, Helicon. It's beautifully
presented, as your books tend to be, and I look
forward to dipping into it. Best wishes for grand
sales of the book and a good new year.
Patricia
Wellingham-Jones, USA
Dear
Santosh:
I
received your books yesterday and was so pleased.
Your work is truly brilliant and has brought a
great sense of peace and inspiration to my days.
Janet
K. Brennan, USA
Dear
Santosh,
I
just wanted to say how much I am enjoying reading
your fine poems in Helicon. I hope that you have a
well deserved success with the book.
Yvonne,
UK
Dear
Sir,
My
daughter Roopa had ordered your book
"HELICON". When it reached I thought of
reading it. As I read through the pages I was very
much impressed by your presentation. Just 29 poems
in about 50 pages, but the message they convey can
run into volumes. I must say very sincerely that
this book should be read by each and every
politician around the globe. This book is a
powerful weapon against war. You must send a copy
to UNESCO with a request to use it in all of their
educational movements. I like to say sir, the
poems in HELICON proves that
pen can be mightier than a nuclear bomb. By
writing this book you have done a great service to
the human society.
V.
A. Menon, India
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