Book Review: Anemone Morning and Other Poems by Gopal Lahiri
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Sutanuka Ghosh Roy reviews Gopal Lahiri’s latest poetry collection Anemone Morning and Other Poems (Published by Penprints, 2024) calling it poet’s epiphany.
- ISBN: 978-81-967932-1-0(Paperback)
- Edition: (2024)
- Price: Rs 350 $33
- Published by Penprints.
Gopal Lahiri is a bilingual poet, editor, critic, and translator based in Kolkata. Anemone Morning and Other Poems is his latest collection of poetry that is singular in its style, thought, and skill and can stimulate many artistic minds. “This is a collection of meditative, eco-critical, nature, real, and surreal poems. In addition, there are Japanese-form poems, like Gogyoshi, Haiku, Senryu, and Haibun” writes Lahiri. The linchpin of the volume is the stunning imagery which creates a poetic landscape. Lahiri’s work stems from meticulous planning and control over his poetic medium. The volume is neatly divided into four segments—Resurrection, Dreamer’s Search—Green Path, Mind’s Eye, and Miscellany. The title is intriguing. The name ‘Anemone’ comes from the Greek word ánemos, meaning “wind.” It can denote both the wind that helps blow the flowers open and the flower’s fragility and susceptibility to wind. Anemone Morning is the poet’s epiphany akin to the wind which opens his horizon to the fragility, susceptibility of life, and consequent healing.
