Title  : With Blue Ink of the Oceans

Author : Anu Joshy

Blurb :Like a matured painter who is very particular in choosing the right and profound colours to draw a masterpiece, Anu has exhibited abundance of talent as a conscious artist in choosing the right words and putting them at the right place in her compositions for effectively creating the magic of lovely poetic creations”- R. K. Das, Director, Rajya Sabha, Parliament of India (‘Of The Lesser Known’)

“Anu has good talent, command and control of words and has fruitful imagination. The poetess appears to be a sensitive soul which reminds us of the old saying, ‘the heart has its own reasons that the head cannot understand”- Dr. Alexander Jacod, I.P.S (‘When My Heart Speaks”)

Anu Joshy’s poetry stands out for its universal appeal with great depth of thought, sensitivity to issues, power of expressions and refreshing honesty. It is captivating to see how she entraps the delicate emotions of the human heart and the nuances of relationships in her poems. Her identity and perception as a woman stands out stark in her poetry. Her third collection of poems ‘With Blue Ink of the Oceans’ is a candid mirror that she holds against her soul and the society. The beauty of her poetry lies in the truth that in that mirror we can see our own reflections.

My View :

I have with me the blue ink of the oceans,

And secrets fluttering in the wind

Like careless abandoned chits of paper;

Let me write you.

I like the way she plays with nature's way of teaching to people and how one can learn about life from nature's play.She draws message from nature's play and bring forth to readers.The story she tells with her aesthetically carved words are worth to give a ear.The mellowness equipped in her verses can be easily felt through the genuine echoes coming straight from her heart.With her one hand in nature's arm, she let's reader visualize the story she narrates with her verses.Every verse speaks of the uniqueness it holds within itself.Albeit, the core could be same but the way she pours her imagination brings a new life to the theme.

She chooses sensitive topics to write on, topics which could melt reader's heart.Such topics which you know, but yet to read in this manner.She let her thoughts wears the blanket of words with so delicacy, then those wrinkles left on the blanket would knock on the heart of reader's heart.You would be thrilled to find the topics on which she chose to write on.One after other, there are some interesting and touching topics which could force you to feel through words.Every topics has its own sensitivity and are delivered with great intensity.

There's only one thing that could make reader feel disappointed.Where some very swiftly enters into reader's heart and makes reader's heart overwhelmed, others don't cast the spell as much as others do.It's just that her verses are competing with each other in her book.

Worth a read! There's a soul in each of her poems.Loved spending time with it.

Rating : 4/5

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Reviewer :Shweta Kesari