Welcome to the latest 2019 edition of Harvests of New Millennium. The latest issue includes some of the best modern and postmodern creative writings by the contemporary authors. The poems and haiku selected for this issue are distinguished by a highly impressive gift of simplicity devoid of ornamental, artificial phrases and laboured vocabulary. There is no doubt that Harvests of New Millennium is a famous multicultural journal, and this latest issue presents a large number of attractive poems, enlightening haiku, book review and beautiful artwork by the artists across the world reaching the readers from all parts of the globe. I am deeply thankful and grateful to all poets and creative artists published in this newest issue of Harvests of New Millennium.
There is no doubt that the poets are able to write poetry with universal truths, if they are intensely inspired. Victor Hugo aptly says: " The poet invites inspiration by meditation, as the prophets raised themselves to ecstacies by prayer." This becomes quite evident if we peruse the immortal poem "Rugby Chapel" by Matthew Arnold (1822-1883). The poem is an elegy and very sincere, inspired tribute to his illustrious father Thomas Arnold:
Yes! I believe that there lived
Others like thee in the past,
Not like the men of the crowd
Who all round me to-day
Bluster or cringe, and make life
Hideous, and arid, and vile;
But souls temper'd with fire,
Fervent, heroic, and good,
Helpers and friends of mankind.
T.S. Eliot's masterpiece "The Wasteland" inspired several modern poets. No doubt, T. S. Eliot was quite inspired and influenced by the Indian Upanishads and Yoga Sutras. This is quite visible in the last lines of The Wasteland:
Da Da Da
Shantih Shantih Shantih
This is the spiritual message of the Thunder. Three da-words in oriental Sanskrit, as explained by T.S. Eliot himself, mean “Give, sympathise, control”. 'Shantih', traditional ending to an Upanishad, means peace that transcends understanding. Eliot is suggesting that our planet afflicted with spiritual drought, the wasteland, will be rejuvenated and revived, if we follow three commands "give, compassion, self-restraint'.
I shall be failing in my duty if I don't express my gratitude and thanks to the poets and creative artists whose immense cooperation and kindness encouraged and inspired me in this task of editing the journal. Thanks again.
Santosh Kumar
Editor |
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