“When put to the best use, poetry has not only the power to stir one’s emotions and thoughts, but also the soul itself!” WritingTruthPoetryLiteratureCreativeBooksThoughtsCriticismPoetsDr Alok Mishra Author:Alok Mishra
“In the beginning, poets make their best efforts to fit words into their rhyme and lyric. However, as time passes and the ink mystifies, poets tend to let their thoughts conjure a rhyme in tune with the extraordinary struggles of ordinary life.” WritingPoetryTimeLiteratureCreativeBooksPoemCriticismAuthorDr Alok Mishra Author:Alok Mishra
“Sadly, but certainly, a promising genre of literature in poetry that began with pomp and a loud thud, a banger and an emphatic entry in the public domain with so many expectations, has been circumambulating the corridors of university classrooms and the decision war-rooms of the government-funded and apparently biased award bodies.” PoetryLiteratureOpinionPoemCriticismGenreAcademicCreative WritingDr Alok MishraThoughts On Writing Author:Alok Mishra
“From the actual public discourse of life, poetry, unfortunately, has vanished! Whatever residue is left has the silver touch of verse and aesthetic in the subconscious of the aged population from the bygone era!” PoetryLiteratureCriticismPoetry QuotesPoemsDr Alok MishraThoughts On Writing Author:Alok Mishra
“Poetry, today, is struggling for its space. Poets are writing poems. Readers are not reading poems. Other poets are reading other poets’ poems. They seldom like or appreciate what others write. Poetry, therefore, has turned itself into an unresolving cycle of paradox!” WritingPoetryReadingPoemCriticismPoetry QuotesDr Alok MishraThoughts On Writing Author:Alok Mishra
“Poetry, if it has too many layers, should at least lead readers to the openings of the caves the poet built with words and then let them explore on their own! If it does not happen, the travellers might return even without knocking at all!” WritingPoetryLiteratureCriticismPoemsWriting AdviceDr Alok MishraLiterary StyleThoughts On Writing Author:Alok Mishra
“When poetry becomes synonymous with examination stress, it is unsurprising that readers abandon it once formal education ends.” PoetryReadingStudyCriticismPoetry QuotesCreative WritingWriting QuotesHigher EducationEnglish LiteratureDr Alok Mishra Author:Alok Mishra
“Poetry is frequently introduced as an object of dissection rather than an experience of encounter. Students are trained to hunt for metaphors, symbols, and devices before they are allowed to feel the poem. This premature intellectualisation breeds anxiety rather than appreciation.” PoetryReadingStudyCriticismPoetry QuotesCreative WritingWriting QuotesHigher EducationEnglish LiteratureDr Alok Mishra Author:Alok Mishra
“A great literary classic should not require an introductory essay and ten pages of footnotes to be understood. It should require a human heart and a curious mind.” WritingReadingLiteratureFictionBooksThoughtsCriticismAuthorsNovelsClassics Author:Alok Mishra
“Literary criticism, to be precise, and when pursued beyond the boundaries of academic jargon, directly serves the collective consciousness of humanity! It should be carried out to encourage mass participation in the perusal of serious literature or to find seriousness even in the most playfully written literary works. Extending the hypothesis, every author has a thread or two hidden to conceal the life lessons that are layered beneath the entertaining episodes in the storyline. Readers, at large, given their busy and callous lifestyle bereaved of the aesthetic values, may conveniently ignore toiling to reveal those layers; it is, therefore, incumbent upon literary critics to make it happen!” WritingPhilosophyLiteratureConsciousnessVisionThoughtsCriticismAppreciationLiterary CriticismDr Alok Mishra Author:Alok Mishra
“Poetry is the rhythm composed in solitude and distributed to the masses.” WritingPhilosophyPoetryLiteraturePoemSolitudeThoughtsCriticismRhythmDr Alok Mishra Author:Alok Mishra
“Meaningful literary criticism is like penance to please Bhagwan Shiva and ask for wisdom for the world instead of material things for oneself when God appears! Such is the spiritual gravity of deep, reflective engagement with literature.” WritingReadingLiteratureBooksCriticismNotesAcademicAuthorsDr Alok Mishra Author:Alok Mishra
“The true critic and the true reader are inextricably bound. They both recognise that literature is not just about plot or character or rhythm or rhyme. It is about meaning. It is about impact. It is about transformation.” WritingReadingLiteratureBooksExpressionReaderCriticismAuthorCriticDr Alok Mishra Author:Alok Mishra