EPIPHANIES OF A YOUNG POET

My Review of "Roads - A Journey With Verses" by Smitha Vishwanath and Vandana Bhasin : "Poetry is the journal of the sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air. Poetry is a search for syllables to shoot at the barriers of the unknown and the unknowable. Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away.” — Carl Sandburg, from The Atlantic, March 1923. These words by one of my most favorite authors aptly describes this collection which Smitha and Vandana describe as "a journey with verses". Being both an avid reader and a poet myself, I understand and value the power of verses and really good poetry is infinite in its capacity to enthrall, excite and awe you. And to be honest, that kind of poetry is something rare, something worth cherishing.       Coming to "Roads", the book has been divided into three broad sections - "Courage, Wisdom, Serenity", "Love, Strength, Compassion" and "Jo...