Autumn Leaves

Autumn Leaves tell us in a poignant way the sanguine and sobre reflections of life when contemporaneity offers the unpredictable… whether it comes in the form of a flood, bomb blast, a total massacre or a cardiac arrest… It strikes a balanced stance to view everything with equanimity, like “the river flows, I sit and watch”. The poet’s faith in essential human goodness resonates throughout and renders hope and promise. The auto driver who sacrificed his life to save strangers from death, or the helplessness of the once powerful, now turned average man caught up in a flood are grim reminders of the essential human element when you are reduced to nothing. The gender concerns of the poet also highlight the woes of ordinary working woman and the un- understanding husband. The free verse straddles between the common man’s idiom and everyday experience. Ageing, dried up relations, longings and memories fill up the canvas and the purple glow of fading twilight suffuse the horizon of Autumn Leaves and render a world view unique and unparalleled. Listen to the voice of humanity in Autumn Leaves .