Literary Thoughts of a Dragon Fly

Now a woman is a poem... Now a woman is a poem, and a man a complex web of words, A woman is a different season every day, and a man at times a calm sea and sometimes roaring waves. A woman is a poem, a beautiful, carved, shapely limb of a tree, a swaying leaf in the wind, or a piece of satin scarf drying on the clothes line. A man is a novel, a premise to be understood and followed, A pipe or a cigar or perhaps a hat, His shadows, his wants and his ambitions. A woman is a poem, filled with oh so few words, simile here, metaphor there, mostly an irony and a master in euphemism, A man is a novel, filled with infinite words, infinite possibility, limitless dreams, and grinding failure. You don't make love to a novel, You make love to a poem, You keep it beside you, perhaps a crumbled paper, hidden in a wallet, an anthem for someone or someone's slogan a vow at the wedding or a sombre word at the funeral.. But a novel at times is so much more, a...

How do I write a poem ?  How do I write a poem ?  Do i need to sew the words together ? Or leave them scattered like the stars in the sky ? How do I Write a poem ? Do i have to conjure up new words ? OR do i have to use ancient words and languages ? How do I Write a poem ? Should I write about broken hearts ? Or broken hearts being mended together ? Should I write about the joys of being alone ? Or the sting that sometimes being lonely brings ? How do i write a poem ? Should i write about the meadows in spring ? Or large, wise mountains gathering courage for winter ? Should I write about the first rain, first flower ? Or last of everything, beginning of a desert & a drought ? How Do I Write a poem ? Should I write about belief which gets you going ? Or belief which makes you stop ? Should I write about holding on to ? Should I write about letting go ? Should I write about beginning of love ? Or starting of hate ? Should I write sayin...

Book Review - The Ministry of Utmost Happiness Cousin :- What are you reading ? Me : -a novel called-- The ministry of Utmost happiness. Cousin- So did you find happiness ? Me- I don't know... I only started reading this book, because this book was directly/indirectly garnering all the attention at all corners possible. Be it virtual or real. As for me, i was not interested because my limited reading of Arundhati Roy stopped at 2 or 3 pages of "The God of Small things" at a tender age of 15 because i was searching for love making scene descriptions in that novel. From that point on wards to this time, I never read anything about Arundhati Roy or anything written by her. I am glad that i was mightily proved wrong, I am glad that this book picked me. And most of all this review or the thoughts written about this book are mainly for my purpose & recording of thoughts. These initial few lines greeted me, when i started reading- The ministry of Utmost Happi...

There are times, when a book chooses you. It doesn't leave you, till you finish it reading, it compels you, haunts you and we as a reader act like a demon possessed human. But once, when you complete reading , there is this strong feeling of warm blanket of words enveloping you. The characters from the book are still alive in your mind & you wish that the book never came to an end after all. This is what i felt after reading "The Borrower" by Rebecca Makkai. Here are my thoughts about the book. Book Name- The Borrower Author-Rebecca Makkai Genre- Adult & Contemporary No.of Pages- 324 The book is narrated in first person, where we are introduced to the main character of the novel- Lucy Hull, a librarian in her mid twenties working in children's section in a small town called Hannibal. The story progresses forward, where we are shown that Lucy Hull, who is concerned about a sensitive 10 yr old kid named-Ian Drake. As the story progresses further...