Comments on: Message from the Ether

By: Prachi

Prachi — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 07:19:00 +0000

Refer to my reply to Urvashi. If you can’t follow – read it again! And again. Till you understand.

By: Sharanya

Sharanya — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 05:43:00 +0000

I beg to differ, hipster-Prachi- by your definition all poems about love, the body, any city is redundant because its been done before.
She is a very talented and versatile poet and “The Vivid Stream” definitely tugged at my heartstrings. The general pulse of her work reminds me of Plath! Poetry to me is a very visceral thing so I’m not going to pretend to be academic about it.
PS. : Great interview Urvashi!

By: Prachi

Prachi — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 15:50:00 +0000

Clearly, you find her highly readable; hence, the interview. The intention was not to make you subscribe to my standpoint. It’s for the poet to know how a certain reader feels about her work. Maybe she’ll see the point I am trying to make. Then again, maybe not. But I am just as entitled to an opinion as anyone else is.

I shall look up the titles you mentioned. Meanwhile, if you are interested you may want to read (i.e. if you haven’t already) http://www.poetryfoundation.org/learning/essay/237868
to know where I’m coming from. Understand, I don’t want you to appreciate the idea, only entertain it, even if it is to ultimately reject it.

By: Urvashi

Urvashi — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:21:00 +0000

I beg to differ. Every theme is hackneyed, it’s about bringing something new to the done-to-death. Sure, her book is full of the sea and rain, but if you look at work such as Storm Chasing for example, what is typical about that?

And on another note, poetry isn’t simply about twisting heartstrings, it has subtler influences than that. She IS a subtle poet, look at Peach or Dolls even.

By: Prachi

Prachi — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:33:00 +0000

At the risk of sounding cynical, she is just another wannabe contemporary poet. She turns out poetry by the dozen. There is no freshness of thought. She sees Bombay or Bangalore just as anyone else does – the sea, the rain, the slums. Her poems are full of hackneyed themes, over exposed ideas that dont twist any heartstrings.