tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post7573710202005989375..comments2024-03-25T22:25:27.515+05:30Comments on Madly-in-Verse: Malfuf wa Malik: Collaborations, Displacements, Exiles, and Fleas*Nilanjana Bosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-59154954326745433012017-08-30T12:18:25.043+05:302017-08-30T12:18:25.043+05:30Ya, poetry predates writing, started off as an ora...Ya, poetry predates writing, started off as an oral tradition...glad you enjoyed reading, Thanks for visiting.Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-47208206343670363662017-08-30T02:38:34.135+05:302017-08-30T02:38:34.135+05:30I know that poetry has been around for a long time...I know that poetry has been around for a long time. By giving us a glimpse of different time periods and different places you have added a chapter to our knowledge without any effort on our part. At least for me. ThanksMunirGhiasuddinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05232362559666320301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-13902578613400223632017-08-29T11:12:41.101+05:302017-08-29T11:12:41.101+05:30What, indeed? Songs sum up specific periods for me...What, indeed? Songs sum up specific periods for me, trips, milestones - inextricably linked with memories.Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-72212547796967421742017-08-28T23:09:32.570+05:302017-08-28T23:09:32.570+05:30"The best poems are those, when you read them..."The best poems are those, when you read them for the first time, you feel you've waited forever for those very words to throw a mantle of enchantment around you and make your senses swim. For this one poet, and only him/her, to sum your entire life up, to shake up and reassemble your feelings in wondrous configurations." Yes! I have felt that way about several songs that I've The Silver Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730805376957629641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-41427097348394982192017-08-27T14:02:45.671+05:302017-08-27T14:02:45.671+05:30Palgrave's is still there on my bookshelf in t...Palgrave's is still there on my bookshelf in the parental home. I go back and reread a couple pages every year :) "Drink to me only with thine eyes and I will pledge with mine"....That was absolutely my favourite collection growing up...Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-36712183062005496412017-08-27T13:56:29.523+05:302017-08-27T13:56:29.523+05:30Glad you do! thanksGlad you do! thanksNilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-78585612315573698902017-08-27T13:55:59.409+05:302017-08-27T13:55:59.409+05:30Yup, and a far better world than our real one just...Yup, and a far better world than our real one just at the mo. You have a great week too. Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-79391908836112952622017-08-27T13:54:27.753+05:302017-08-27T13:54:27.753+05:30Rumi is just sublime! rich mantles :)Rumi is just sublime! rich mantles :)Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-18153243994214809252017-08-27T13:40:33.315+05:302017-08-27T13:40:33.315+05:30Hi Nila - lovely post ... I'd love to do some ...Hi Nila - lovely post ... I'd love to do some studying of poetry under you. Partition life at the time must have been awful - and to see life as it is now ... thanks for giving us an insight into these times. I'm always grateful for the nod you give us towards poets, artists, musicians ... we're unlikely to have heard of.<br /><br />I have Palgrave's Golden Treasury here ... Hilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-66724115567168293942017-08-27T07:01:21.800+05:302017-08-27T07:01:21.800+05:30You know that I really enjoy these peeks of yours ...You know that I really enjoy these peeks of yours into another culture. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-49775830815443108272017-08-27T04:27:12.191+05:302017-08-27T04:27:12.191+05:30A mantle of enchantment that wraps...you described...A mantle of enchantment that wraps...you described the world of poetry. Pieces that capture the soul. <br />Have a good week<br />Joannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11604494404874408870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-54845928595880786492017-08-27T02:55:27.393+05:302017-08-27T02:55:27.393+05:30Someone (Rumi?) said that poetry is the language o...Someone (Rumi?) said that poetry is the language of the heart. And the very best poetry plucks my heart strings and produces melodies I have never heard - and always knew.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.com