“Solitude, when opted for by one after having a comprehensive experience of the world, makes the ground fertile for the rare union of wisdom and rhythm to generate some quality poetry!” WorldWritingPhilosophyWisdomPoetryPoetSolitudeExperience Author:Alok Mishra
“Philosophy eulogises death, perturbs lives.” LifeWritingPhilosophyDeathPoetryReadingLiteratureAcademicDr Alok Mishra Author:Alok Mishra
“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
“Personal angst, agony, anger, anxiety and pleasure might produce good poetry. However, to create the best, as many poets have expressed in the past, these personal experiences have to be forged with imagery and wisdom to find a universal resonance.” WritingWisdomPainPoetryAngerWritersPoetsAuthorsThemes Author:Alok Mishra
“Any poet may find the most profound themes scattered along the path. Observation, if passionate, however, might debauch the deepest of themes.” WritingPoetryLiteraturePoetObservationPoetry QuotesAuthorPoets Author:Alok Mishra
“A poet not only has to observe but also absorb all the emotions objectively in order to express them in verse. Only a calm and detached mind can observe and absorb at the same time. If you participate, you may find the poetic output tilted towards your bias.” WritingWisdomPoetryLiteraturePoemAuthorPoetsVerseCraftPoetic Narrative Author:Alok Mishra
“This observation, understanding, and appreciation, when combined with the excellence of poetic expression, produce the best poetry, steeped in poetic truth and served with a detached attitude that readers will find relatable, possibly universal, and also long-lasting, if not everlasting.” WritingPhilosophyWisdomPoetrySolitudePoetsDetachmentPoetic Truth 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
“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
“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
“Solitude is a powerful tool; the master who uses this tool must have courage, conviction, experience and vision!” LifeWritingPhilosophyWisdomPoetrySolitudeThoughtsWordsLoneliness Or Solitude 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
“Criticism that thrives on exaggeration or selective reading ultimately undermines its own credibility.” WritingReadingLiterary CriticismEnglish LiteratureLiterary TheoryLiterary QuotesDr Alok MishraAcademic ResearchLiterary Thoughts Author:Alok Mishra
“Literary criticism must venture into the dark streets of the unconscious and the mildly lit subconscious of the characters and the authors. However, it must not ignore the aesthetic and the apparent value of a literary work.” WritingReadingLiterary CriticismEnglish LiteratureLiterary TheoryLiterary QuotesDr Alok MishraAcademic ResearchIntellectual QuotesLiterary Thoughts Author:Alok Mishra
“Every profound literary work is a bridge between what we are and what we may become, not just as individuals, but as a collective conscience.” WritingHumanityReadingLiteratureVisionCreativeBooksThoughtsClassicsDr 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
“It is not enough to present literature as an object of study; it must be introduced as an experience.” WritingReadingLiterary CriticismEnglish LiteratureLiterary TheoryLiterary QuotesDr Alok MishraAcademic ResearchLiterary Thoughts Author:Alok Mishra