The poetry lovers of the city enjoyed a Poetry Reading session organised at Swami Vivekananda library on Sunday. Known poet from city Hutashan Vajpeyi read out his collection of poems Shapes of longing.
The session was jointly organised by Club literati and Amryllis for the poetry lovers of the city. The poetry session was all about the innocence and simplicity of the heart. The poems in this collection portray the disappearance of the lover’s ego in the agony of the absence of his beloved adorned with scintillating narrative.
Notably, Shapes of longing by Hutashan Vajpeyi is a collection of poems on love and longing in which love gets realized only in the longing for it.
Before reading out the poems Hutashan, explained about the poems. He said that here the poems dealt with what in the Sanskrit tradition is known as ‘vipralambh shringar’. Though very contemporary in their imagery and syntax, these poems still resonate with the bygone history of love poems by the likes of the legendary Soordas of the erstwhile Braj region of India and also the iconic Rumi of Persia.
The Shapes of longing gave an opportunity to the listeners to experience the traditional love poetry by ancient poets of the genre. It was an extremely wonderful experience by the poetry lovers of the city.
Hutashan Vajpeyi hails from Bhopal. He has a formal training in the most ancient form of Indian classical music, Dhrupad from the renowned filmmaker and Dhrupad exponent, Mani Kaul. His poetry has been published in such prestigious publications as ‘The Caravan’ magazine, ‘Indian literature,etc..