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Autobiogardens and other poems

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It was through the gardens in literature that I sensed the importance of gardens in a person's psyche. From the gardens in fairy tales to Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini by Giorgio Bassani. Umbrous space and quiet brought out a certain sensibility, central to an indvidual’s personality. It was also the place where a person could hide from the world, or disguise her real intentions under other preoccupations, as in The cherry orchard by Anton Chekov, or in a A voyage round my father by Johm Mortimer. My childhood memories were closely linked to gardens, but it was only when writing Autobiogardens that I realized that my interest in gardens in literature stemmed from the experience of my own perception of the gardens I grew up in.

Writing poems came naturally to me in my early teens. It was a spontaneous impulse to appreciate what I saw, and a way to analyze and deconstruct what I could not understand, much in the same way, I imagine, in which small boys break up toys to see how they were engineered. It took me time to learn that writing poems could be a serious life long vocation.

And now in putting together this book, I see that even though I have worked professionally and intensely in other areas, I was and am always, first and foremost, a poet.

Language: English

Pages: 68

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: SifiPublishing

Release: January 26, 2015

Autobiogardens and other poems

0/5 ( ratings)

It was through the gardens in literature that I sensed the importance of gardens in a person's psyche. From the gardens in fairy tales to Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini by Giorgio Bassani. Umbrous space and quiet brought out a certain sensibility, central to an indvidual’s personality. It was also the place where a person could hide from the world, or disguise her real intentions under other preoccupations, as in The cherry orchard by Anton Chekov, or in a A voyage round my father by Johm Mortimer. My childhood memories were closely linked to gardens, but it was only when writing Autobiogardens that I realized that my interest in gardens in literature stemmed from the experience of my own perception of the gardens I grew up in.

Writing poems came naturally to me in my early teens. It was a spontaneous impulse to appreciate what I saw, and a way to analyze and deconstruct what I could not understand, much in the same way, I imagine, in which small boys break up toys to see how they were engineered. It took me time to learn that writing poems could be a serious life long vocation.

And now in putting together this book, I see that even though I have worked professionally and intensely in other areas, I was and am always, first and foremost, a poet.

Language: English

Pages: 68

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: SifiPublishing

Release: January 26, 2015

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