THE BOATMAN OF MURSHIDABAD SELECTED POEMS

In this book, Madhu Kailas
presents the poet?s engagement with art and creative liberation through
startling imagery and innovative verse. In the title poem, ?The Boatman of
Murshidabad?, the eponymous boatman becomes a metaphor for torpor,
loneliness, and the remorseless passing of time; in ?The Day a Song Dared to
Soar?, travellers return and pick new faces for rebirth; in ?Keys Made of
Sunshine?, a child grows up and learns to listen to silence; in ?Silence of
Butterflies?, golden silk strands cascade on to the green forest floor; and
in ?The Forest Sings?, the breeze preserves an arrangement of leaves and
flowers in a secret language. Deeply felt and packed with insights into the
human condition, The Boatman of Murshidabad is a dazzling collection of poems
by an accomplished poet.