: ‘Monsoon’: Abhay K’s book-length poem running across 150 four-line stanzas is a delight of geography #IndiaNEWS Abhay K is the author of nine poetry collections, and he seems preoccupied with

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‘Monsoon’: Abhay K’s book-length poem running across 150 four-line stanzas is a delight of geography #IndiaNEWS
Abhay K is the author of nine poetry collections, and he seems preoccupied with geography, topography, and landscape. He was till recently the Indian Ambassador to Madagascar, but we are concerned with him as a poet. Abhay’s latest book is Monsoon: A Poem of Love and Longing. He has had earlier trysts with geography too, which I find most fascinating for a poet. For instance, an earlier book of his, The Alphabets of Latin America, comprises poems that explore different landscapes in a unique way. I am aware that in his book on Latin America, for instance, he speaks about the world’s driest place, the Atacama Desert.Poetry and topographyIn the preface to Monsoon: A Poem of Love and Longing, the poet traces how he came to write a love poem that connects India and Madagascar. One of Abhay K’s books is a translation of Kalidasa’s Meghaduta into English. So, this preoccupation with topos – topography, so to say – remains firmly in the poet’s oeuvre. I would look at the idea of place is a very positive way. I am immediately reminded of the iconic poems “Ithaka� by CP Cavafy and “To Go To Lvov� by Adam Zagajewski. In the preface, as Abhay says, one of his debts – or a poetic, oracular flash of...Read more

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