Hi jane... Anand asked me to send this peice of mine to you... wout the dots... i cud nt understand the relevance... can u throw some light on tihs issue for me...
Sometimes when we are alone.. I try to hold him on... but then he... He, the little twinkle tht sparkles my eyes... traces his path down my cheek.. stops for a split second... brushes my lips... smiles and dissappears.. oblivious of whatever happens to me.. the one left behind And then Again I ask myself I.... WHY?.... Prerna SOLITARY TEAR --- jane bhandari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I enjoyed the metrosexual exhibition. A few of us > held an impromptu reading (with wine) of gender > poems in the gallery, surrounded by huge paintings, > and wound up at Apurva where we read more poems.... > > I was very interested by the selection of > photographs shown at the beginning of the festival, > an introduction to the paintings that came later. > Shubha Mugdal's recital began lack-luste and only > warmed up towards the end - but then, this so often > happens. song takes just as long as poetry to get > going. I also liked the dance performance. Didn't go > to any of the discussions. > > I thought it was a good effort by Himanshu. I think > he will do even better next time. > > The Fourth Floor is a great space for all kinds of > events, and in fact Poetry Circle meets there (amid > the furniture and the paintings) on the second > Friday of the month. Not to be missed. It is always > an interesting discussion even if you don't always > agree with the sentiment of the poems...mostly > subjective. I think subjective poetry might be a > sign of the times. > > Bender trouble indeed! Though it is true that the > festival seemed to have an abnormally large > population of gays. The term metrosexual is in > danger of becoming synonymous with gay. > > jane > > Abhishek Hazra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <distinctions may be blurred. Curiously, one only > hears > this term applied to men: can women be metrosexual, > or > is this still a male bastion?>> > > interesting... > one can call it "Bender Trouble", perhaps :-) > > by the way, what did you think of the recent > Metrosexual exhibition curated by Himanshu Verma at > Kitab Mahal? > > cheers, > abhishek > > > > --- jane bhandari wrote: > > > Thanks, Farah, > > > > It just shows you the gaps in my reading. I really > > didn't know this. > > > > Objective or subjective...it rather seems to > depend > > what you are writing about. Good poetry can be > > either. I think you will find that most women's > > poetry is subjective and men's is > objective...though > > in these days of metrosexuality the distinctions > may > > be blurred. Curiously, one only hears this term > > applied to men: can women be metrosexual, or is > this > > still a male bastion? > > > > And no, Ronnie, I didn't damn the term, I simply > > asked what it was, not having come across it > before. > > I hadn't read the Sacred Wood essays, you see. Not > > really required reading for a painter. But now I > > will...thank you for prodding me. Or should I say > > goading? > > > > jane > > > > Farah wrote: > > Hello, > > > > My internet had not been working so i was a bit > out > > of touch...About > > this "objective co-relative"...I have read Eliot's > > Sacred Wood > > essays, and in them he has debated whether good > > poetry stems from > > being objective or subjective...his opinion is > that > > objectivity is > > preferable since it gives a more universal elemant > > to poetry...but > > that is not a strict criterion.Plath wrote > intensely > > personal > > poetry, and it is very good. I think Ronnie meant > > that subjective or > > personal poetry is more vague, so consequently, > more > > difficult to > > grasp...whereas objective poems like Eliots "Love > > song of > > J.Prufrock" (one of my favorites) etc have wider > > interpretations...Am I right Ronnie?...please let > me > > know if i got > > this wrong. > > Personally I prefer more objective poems. > > > > Farah > > > > > > --- In [email protected], jane bhandari > > wrote: > > > > > > If you know, tell me. Obviously it's something I > > should know, but > > don't. > > > > > > > > > ronnie banerjee wrote: > > > correlative or corelative?? First - what is the > > spelling? Perhaps > > it is a sister-in-law. Perhaps u may read Eliot's > > Sacred Wood essays > > to understand it before u start damning the term . > > Perhaps u can > > stick to ur own ideas even as others stick to > > theirs. 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