Poetry Manifesto: New and Selected Poems

Table of Contents One of the pleasures gained by reading Vihang Naik's poetry is the awareness that every poem, both singly and when placed together as a body of work, demonstrates a belief in the possibilities that language truthfully and energetically communicates the writing experience' ? The Journal of Poetry Society ( India ). 'Naik maps out the way in which a poem instills life into words' ? Indian Literature: A Sahitya Akademi's Bi- Monthly Journal, New Delhi, India. About City Times & Other Poems 'the poet [Vihang A. Naik] has something up his sleeve to say beyond the appearances' ? Indian Book Chronicle.City Times & Other Poems, which appeared in 1993, was Vihang A. Naik's first collection. His Making A Poem, was published in 2004 after his Gujarati poetry Jeevangeet in 2001. This definitive edition, a testimony to his prodigious output so far and astonishing breath of vision, brings together Vihang A. Naik's work from 1993 to 2009 and also includes a whole new section of uncollected poems.The poems in this collection are vintage, Vihang A. Naik's poems are intuitive, thoughtful, philosophical and creative pieces, where the poet displays a confident command, mature, with a fine balance of emotional intensity, irony, ranging across themes and places with experimentation. A literary landmark from an authentic Indian poetic voice.