The Crossover – Open Heart
Verses by Sunil Sandeep is a book of poems. It is the first time I am going to
write about such a book. I love poems but, I seldom read poetry books. But,
when I got a review request from BecomeShakespeare.com I obliged.
I took quite a while to
read the book and even after I finished it, it took me quite a while to jot
down my views about the book. Poetry is a beautiful form of expression. Every poet
has his own way and the beauty of poems is that one can interpret it in
different ways. As I flipped the pages of the book, I sensed a feeling of
melancholy and sadness. Reading through the author’s bio I came to know that
the author has seen a lot of ups and downs in his life and that truly reflects
in his work. I particularly loved the cover of the book; it is so poetic in its
own way and perfectly syncs with the content of the book.
The poems are divided
into 3 sections – Dreams, Reality and the Path. The sequence is exactly how we
live our lives. We dream, we face the reality and finally we tread on the path
to find our inner selves.
Through the different
verses, the poet dwells on the listless and void life people live these days,
how people hanker after riches, how we ignore the beauty of nature around us,
how we choose to ignore the social problems and how we are not doing the things
we ought to do. Through his verses, the poet has tried to persuade people to
rise above the materialistic pleasures and move towards inner peace and
divinity.
I can’t say that I
understood each and every poem in the book. Some were quite beyond me to
interpret. Nor could I make anything of the pictures that accompanied each
poem. There were some poems that touched my heart, were thought provoking and there
were others as well whose meaning I couldn’t fathom. But, I believe that is my
shortcoming and not the poet’s. If you enjoy good poetry, then you can pick
this book up.
To end the review, I
quote two of my favorite verses from the book.
‘The path
so light
Has to be
walked alone
There
are no shortcuts
And
there are no maps’
‘Light cannot contain darkness
But darkness can contain light
If we are open to destroy all our beliefs
Only then we can reach a greater height’
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