Poetry
“A book of poems written from the heart, offering new perspectives on the human experience.” — Vikas Swarup
This book, my first publication, is the long-overdue realization of a dream held close for most of my life. It contains poems written over a period of almost thirty years — from my teens, when I started writing, to my late thirties.
The poems in this collection bear witness to my own internal evolution as a person as well as my keen observation of the external environment and circumstances that fueled, and frequently provoked, that process. Love, loss, despair, hope, dreams, elation, and sometimes just word imagery are all presented in a diversity of style and language, but always personal. Underpinning it all is my understanding of the human condition, its values, limitations, and ambitions, as well as its possibilities.
I am a purist and remain faithful to the truth and spontaneity of my emotions and evocations, presenting the moment to the reader pure and unchanged, raw as I experienced it. And wrote it.
If you would like to purchase a copy of the book, you can get the soft copy on Amazon or contact me for a hard copy.
Fragments of Thought
“see yourself in
a teardrop on my cheek”
“the colour of sleep is blind”
“did you read the pages
full of empty words?”
“guarding the door
a single tame deer
trained carefully?”
“my mind swims
in its own sensation”
“we are two
but choose“
“today I died
and celebrated with champagne
and friends”
“drooping mind
sagging thoughts
education, mortification”
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Testimonials
“A book of poems written from the heart, offering new perspectives on the human experience, provoking us to see even the ordinary in a new light.”
VIKAS SWARUP, author of Q&A/Slumdog Millionaire, Accidental Apprentice and Six Suspects. Diplomat, Columnist, winner of several International awards.
“Poetry is, at its best, a method of conveying deep philosophies through as few words as possible. Devendra Bisaria does this simply and well, tearing free of the constraints of rhyme, infusing insightful thoughts into his poems through his interplay of words. The poem Antithesis is but one example of what can be done by a poet who knows his craft. Do check this book out.’
AMISH TRIPATHI, author of Shiva Trilogy, Ramachandra Series, Suhaldev, Dharma and Immortal India. Diplomat, Columnist, described by BBC as “India’s Tolkien”.
“……to my eyes, his poems appear to be small gems”
MANI SHANKAR AIYAR, author of several books including Confessions Of A Secular Fundamentalist. Diplomat, Minister, Member of Parliament, Columnist.
“In an impressive debut as a poet, Devendra Bisaria, tackles head-on, the ‘hard to handle’ emotional and sensual footage between lovers. He achieves this without resorting to the maudlin. He guides the reader through his realm of imagination and its often trance like imagery: ‘A Kingdom on Stilts’, sojourns of the sky contemplated by a cast of characters, the unexpected colour of somnolence or even the still-life of a ketchup bottle. Once sucked in … you do not want this saucy dream to end …”
NEIL DASWANI, poet, author of poetry books Red Shift, Why Now?, Camera & Quill and Seen & Felt.