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Gaurav’s Quotes

“Only if I knew
that knowing it would bring
a burden I could seldom carry
and ferry among those I know,
only to be rejected.”
― Alok Mishra, Thoughts Between Life and Death

tags: dr-alok-mishra, hindu-philosophy, indian-author, indian-philosophy, indian-poetry, poems, poetry, poetry-quotes, spiritual-quotes, thoughtful-poetry

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“Poetry, if it has too many layers, should at least lead readers to the openings of the caves the poet built with words and then let them explore on their own! If it does not happen, the travellers might return even without knocking at all!”
― Alok Mishra

tags: criticism, dr-alok-mishra, literary-style, literature, poems, poetry, thoughts-on-writing, writing, writing-advice

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“Poetry is frequently introduced as an object of dissection rather than an experience of encounter. Students are trained to hunt for metaphors, symbols, and devices before they are allowed to feel the poem. This premature intellectualisation breeds anxiety rather than appreciation.”
― Alok Mishra

tags: creative-writing, criticism, dr-alok-mishra, english-literature, higher-education, poetry, poetry-quotes, reading, study, writing-quotes

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“Poetry, today, is struggling for its space. Poets are writing poems. Readers are not reading poems. Other poets are reading other poets’ poems. They seldom like or appreciate what others write. Poetry, therefore, has turned itself into an unresolving cycle of paradox!”
― Alok Mishra

tags: criticism, dr-alok-mishra, poem, poetry, poetry-quotes, reading, thoughts-on-writing, writing

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“When we two parted,
there was no agony in either
of the two
who
lived all our lives together,
so close and near,
and so, so dear
one could hardly guess
one from the other.”
― Alok Mishra, Thoughts Between Life and Death