My Voice

Dear Friends

“A poet should be brave enough to accept failures, without this courage no one can be a poet” – these are the words of Ramakant Rath, a great poet of our time, living in Orissa. He mentioned this while talking about poetry. He explored his view saying – “Rejection is part of life, we face rejection everywhere, from everyone, from God as well as one’s beloved. But rejection in poetry is most common, so a poet should always be ready to accept this rejection.”

Is it possible in this modern world, where everything is judged on the basis of its economic value? Doesn’t a poet also wish to live like other artists in comfort? Is it wise to accept rejection with joy? Can’t a poet live in comfort? History says a few poets lived in comfort too, especially in the court of kings. But we do not know whether they were happy or not. They might have faced rejection from their own souls.

Rejection is not new; it is as old as poetry itself. Than why do we worry about this? A poet should write what he/ she can write. But always be clear about his/her vision, thoughts and aim. Poetry should always be society oriented. A poem always takes birth from the pyre the poet has built for himself/herself. And if one has this boldness to accept rejection and pain, one can venture on the path of poetry.

Highlight of this issue are the poems from Palestine Poet-  Abdullah Issa .

He says – Just Try…/If you don’t weep/like the wind among the shadows of hoopoes,/just try…/As if a lady charged you with having colored ancestries

and then came back to dwell in the grave overlooking the garden.

In the Name of Poetry we read about BYRON, a great poet of his own time.

It is always good to read Ali Sardaar Jafri

We have three young poets in this issue- Joshnaa Banerjee, Johny takkedasila and Pulkita Anand

 

.I hope and wish, I am able to bring a good issue

 

With best wishes

 

Rati Saxena