Mellowed with Years by Debasis Panigrahi
Mellowed with Years by Debasis Panigrahi ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My Ratings 4.4/5 GRAB YOUR COPY VIA AMAZON NOW Synopsis The poems of this collection are musings on our life and times, musings mellowed with years. A few of them are based on ‘Corona’, the deadly pandemic that overtook the world in 2020. In a way, the collection is a part memoir of life in the time of Corona. The poems often reflect on forgetfulness, reticence, tentativeness and absence of entitlements. A recurrent theme is the deceptiveness of memory, remembrance and recollections, as the line of distinction between fact and fiction is getting blurred. There is an overwhelming preoccupation with fleetingness of time, fears, premonitions, forebodings, ageing, insanity, infirmity, death and morbidity. The poems portray relationships, emotions, places and peoples with an unusual intensity and are deeply perceptive, contemplative and poignant. My Thoughts There’s something to be said about a poem that deeply moves you. With ...