Simple poems that radiate innocence

Romantic poems visit me like a faraway stranger, with whom one has blood relations, but who chooses to stay distant. When I’m reading such poems on love, mostly I’m in awe of the brilliant expressions that poets come up with, along with their enchanting imageries and metaphorical descriptions. Some explore romanticism with intricate in-depth analyses, whereas some just want to pour their hearts out on paper. Whatever the inspiration might be, love poems hold the capability to mystify. 

 

“A lamp of dusk, her glitch bit blazy,

Finally stole my heart, she made me crazy,

My beats so intense, she made a scar

Slowly this love went so far

It happened so fast, it happened so right,

Feelings in heaven, placed it’s height.”

 

“That Kiss in The Midnight” by Jayadev Gochhi traces the feelings of a lover, talking about his newfound love interest, their feelings when in love and then their separation and it’s wrecking consequences. The book is divided into three parts, and each part unrolls as a long poem, broken up bitwise. 

 

One thing that can come to the reader’s mind when they are barely a few pages into the book is how heartfelt and genuine the poems sound. It’s as if someone is sitting right across us, shoulders laid back and confessing about his experience of love.  This individuality remains intact all throughout the book, making way for a very endearing collection of simple poetry.

 

The essence and impact of the verses follow a very dynamic undulation. At times, they appear to be very shallow and linear, but even then, they can perhaps connect to its’ readers at varying depths. On the other hand, there are some really colourful and multi-dimensional poems as well, that shine bright with their prospects of plurality. The poet has avoided any technical ornamentations to enhance the beauty of the verses. His metaphors harp on direct comparisons, and his descriptions are straight and un-swerved. Out of the few areas where he has tried to incorporate certain ambiguous concepts, his writing goes a bit haywire, and he takes a certain time to again collect the bits and pieces back together and return to the main thought of the poem.

 

“A day without her, like a moon without sky

Now love in despair, trust turned lie.

She broke me, she broke my promise,

Wrecking me apart, just spoke some blemish

Alone my world, now started its way

Depressed and broken, what to say.”

 

In the second section of the book where primarily the heartbreak and distance between the lovers have been dealt with, the shaky condition of the lamenting protagonist (who’s also the speaker of the poems) has been expressed quite well. The disarray in his mind, his clouded recollections and his inner turmoil has been captured in detail. In contrast to this, the last section of the book sees a hasty execution—and it craved for more insight.

 

The verses of the poems, although put to rhyme, often lacked a poetic feel. They appeared as stary phrases, and their binding could have been more compact. This is why some of them culminated without any flourish. To add to the personalized touch, it was understood that the poet had tried to make them free-flowing and raw—but to make them more flavourful, there should have been additional poetic stances. The poems do come about to be very unconventional in look and feel, mainly because of its deficit of philosophical touch, and this kind of writing can have mixed feedback when received by the audience.

On the brighter side, the poems do emanate a sense of innocence and genuineness. The protagonist appears to be very hopeful and enthusiastic in harnessing his romantic feelings, and he manages to extract sympathetic emotions from the hearts of the readers. His situation and mental agony seem very down-to-earth—the kind of situations any normal person can imagine himself/herself to be in. As a consequence, the poems successfully stay out of the ‘complaint zone’, in which many unimaginative readers comment that they are unable to grasp the high-end philosophical categories of poetry. Simple and enriching, this collection of poetry is bound to give them a treat. My recommendation of this book thereby goes to readers who are looking for a light poetry read or readers who want to experience the feelings of heartbreak without actually being in it themselves.  

 

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⮞ABOUT THE AUTHOR: A blogger and a writer, Jayadev's poem "Scattered" gathered acclaim when it was recognized and selected by three international anthologies and poetry journals of USA. His other achievements include entitlement with the "Elite writer of the year" status in 2019, when he participated in India's largest poetry contest "The Wingword Poetry Prize". Reach out to him at @jayadevgochhi. 

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