A Sojourner's Rhapsodies in Alphabetical Order
, by Kunjappu, Joy T.- ISBN: 9781479126637 | 1479126632
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 8/23/2012
This is a collection of 50 poems in English - A blending of the eastern and western worlds as seen by a scientific, pedagogic mind with deep roots in literature and music.Enunciating the irony and paradox in every day human activities and their lasting impact on the rungs of the cultural ladder is a primary coating in the multi-dimensional symbols and images created in these poems. They are adorned with original thinking that looks afresh in simple but elegant words the inevitability of life's swinging trajectories. The pulsating humor that pervades the intertwined convolutions within and in between the lines haunts the reader with unique signals in the short and long term memory storage neurons. Amid the evolving sense of euphoria, the thin layers of cautious optimism emerge into the surface. And, amid the apparent sense of negative sensations, the positivity of hopeful clues into future overrides!Ellen Doree Rosen (author of "A Wobbly Life") and other reviewers find the poems in this collection as a witty and exciting amalgam of the scientist's understanding of nature and the humanitarian's passion for justice expressed in unique colors and subtleties. ... These poems with roots in everyday life, but majestic in its essence, will amuse both intelligent and common readers. ... The flow of these poems touches our hearts. Marked by simplicity, they are quite elegant, and transcend a deeper breadth and space.