The poems in here were extremely well written, in a form of regular poems instead of modern poetry. And it's such a shame, it deserves to be well known for a reason. This was a very pleasant suprise, because I've never heard of this author or poetry collection before. I end with a quote from Kurt Vonnegut which should encourage Tajammul Kothari and other creative people to continue to be so: 'Practise any art, music, singing, dancing, acting.no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what's inside you, to make your soul grow.' A book of clear, direct poems I found a pleasure to read. A poem called A Raven In A Room stood out for me, a powerful, disturbing work, which dramatizes the truth that from the evil there is in the world we have no shelter. A poem written in the third person would not go amiss, for one thing, as a release from concentration on the self. Maybe he concentrates too much on the self, I thought, at times, while reading his poems. He deals with failure, loneliness, bullying, happiness, success and always, the search for meaning, the truth. In his lines, he addresses his father, his mother, and others in his life.

Quite often, his honesty, directness is painful to read. Reading the book, I felt like I was reading its author's diary, which I had come upon by accident, and though I knew it was wrong to do so, I went on, page by page, nonetheless. The poems are clear explorations of his emotions and his thoughts on people in his life and on the world as it is. His second book of poems, Unanswered Verses, I found to be enjoyable and refreshing to read for the same reasons. There was no need to debate the meaning of his verses and they hid no obscure allusions. Compared to much modern poetry, I found his poems refreshingly direct, clear, straightforward. In 2017, I read and reviewed An Ode To Life by Tajammul Kothari, his first book of poems.

Unanswered Verses by Tajammul Kothari