Poet's Philosophy is an exploration of poetry and its inherent philosophy. Noted poet and essayist, Falguni Ghosh describes why philosophy matters in poetry and tells us, in a language at once acute and emotional, how we can open up our imagination so that its essence can make a difference. In a razor-sharp analysis of verse from around the world. from Shakespeare, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats, Eliot, Goethe to Yeats, Baudelaire, Lorca, Neruda, Borges and others, he discovers the true meaning of poets' words and ideas (new islands of beauty and thought) and brings different perspectives and their subtle messages into our hearts. He also tal s about Bengali Poets, like, Tagore, Madhusudan, Jibanananda, Buddhadeb Bose, Sankha Ghosh and many young poets. He focuses especially on Pabitra Mukhopadhyay's Grand Poetry that can sustain strong feeling in the reader. He also mentions about Indian Poets writing in English. An engaging work, this summation of poetry and philosophical traits will speak to all readers who long to place poetry in their lives.
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